Maseno University Repository: Recent submissions
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Post-Natal Care –Health Seeking Behavior Among Women of Reproductive Age in Homa Bay Town
(British Journal of Medical and Health Research, 2019)Postnatal care (PNC) is vital for the life of both mother and child as it reduces both marternal and infant morbidities and mortalities. However, in Kenya, PNC utilization is low (48%) but the cause is not known. ... -
Dental caries experience and associated risk factors among pre-school going children in Bureti sub county Kericho County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2019)Globally, dental caries is one of the most prevalent dental health problem that affects children. It is number four main cause of morbidity among under five year old children in Bureti Sub County and accounts for up to ... -
Recursive Relation for Zero Inflated Poisson Mixture Distributions
(HIKARI Ltd, 2017)The paper extends the work of Sarguta who derived recursive re lations for univariate distributions by considering the ZIP continuous mixtures. The paper gives a recursive formular which can be used to evaluate the mixed ... -
Nurses’ knowledge related to pain assessment for critically ill patients at a public sector Hospital in Johannesburg
(University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2014)Discrepancies exist between how pain is assessed in ICU patients able and unable to self report. There are pain assessment scales and guidelines that have been developed over the years for pain assessment. However, ... -
Level of ICT Integration in Teaching of English: The Kenyan Case
(Academia, 2020)This paper is part of research on ICT integration and its contribution to the teaching of English in Kisumu County Kenya. ICT integration just like other innovations goes through stages as it develops to efficacy. ICT ... -
Application of Continous Time Model in Prediction of Loss Reserves in Credit Insurance for Asset-Based Lending Companies
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2022)Asset-based lending companies and other loan providers are exposed to risk of loan defaults by borrowers. To reduce this risk, these companies acquire credit insurance. Thus when the borrower defaults in payment, the ... -
Relationship Between Human Resources And Students’ Performance in Kisumu County
(Maseno University, 2020)Primary schools exist to fulfill certain mandates that include offering quality education to learners, maximizing the stakeholders’ interest, social responsibility and ethics. However, the achievement of these mandates ... -
Haemostatic disorders in patients with breast cancer at Kenyatta national hospital, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2010)Haemostatic disorders (thrombosis and haemorrhage) are increasingly being investigated and assessed as factors that influence outcome of treatment of solid tumors including breast cancer. There is little data available ... -
Health literacy knowledge and experience of bachelor nursing students at a university in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Health literacy is defined as the degree to which an individual has the capacity of obtaining, processing, and understanding basic health information and services needed for one to make appropriate decisions with relation ... -
Important pillars in delivery of mass campaign messages to a target audience through earned media
(Maseno University, 2022)Over the years, the remits of different theoretical and policy discourses on media issues have dealt with how conventional forms of mass media are a crucial ingredient for effective media campaigns. They have marked and ... -
Molecular Characterization of Global Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana, L. Gaertn) germplasm Reaction to Striga in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)Finger millet (Eleusine coracana, L. Gaertn) is an important food crop in Africa and Asia. The parasitic weed Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth limits finger millet production through reduced yield in agro-ecologies where ... -
Effects of Socio-cultural Attributes on Dominant Tree Species Diversity in Ugenya Sub-County Siaya County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)The households’ socio-cultural characteristics are vital indicators of land use practices and human development. Attributes, for example, culture, education, and gender affect the tree species’ cover distribution. However, ... -
Nurses' knowledge related to pain assessment for critically ill patients at a public sector hospital in Johanesburg.
(Maseno University, 2014)A research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Nursing Johannesburg, 2014Discrepancies ... -
ASSESSMENT OF THE VARIOUS TYPES OF INFORMAL HOSPITALITY SERVICES OFFERED BY WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN KENYA
(Maseno University, 2022)Purpose: Women have ventured into the informal hospitality sector to provide different services to improve their socio-economic well-being in the developed world and Africa. Similar results to assess informal hospitality ... -
Conflict between state sovereignty and the right of intervention under the Constitutive Act of the African Union
(Maseno University, 2009)he need to redress crimes against humanity and violations of human rights has underpinned the global idea of international intervention in the domestic sphere of a state's jurisdiction in the last two decades. This article ... -
Patient Characteristics from an Emergency Care Center in Rural Western Keny
(Maseno University, 2019)Emergency care is a neglected area of focus in many low- and middle-income countries. There is a paucity of research on types and frequencies of acute illnesses and injuries in low-resource settings. -
Patient Characteristics from an Emergency Care Center in Rural Western Kenya
(Elsevier, 2019)Emergency care is a neglected area of focus in many low- and middle-income countries. There is a paucity of research on types and frequencies of acute illnesses and injuries in low-resource settings. -
Selected genes of Human herpesvirus-8 associated Kaposi’s sarcoma among patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 and Acquired Immunodeficiency Disease Syndrome
(AJOL, 2019)Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a kind of cancer that causes flat or raised lesions containing Human herpes virus 8 (HHV8). The KS lesions are common among immunosuppressed HIV patients. Highly Active Antiretroviral (HHART) treats ... -
The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Micro-enterprise Development in Kenya: A Study of Obunga Slum in Kisumu
(Maseno University, 2010)—The performances of small and medium enterprises have stagnated in the last two decades. This has mainly been due to the emergence of HIV / Aids. The disease has had a detrimental effect on the general economy of the ...