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Adapting a Club-based Medication Delivery Strategy to a Hypertension Context: The CLUBMEDS Study in Nigeria
(BMJ, 2019-06-10)Introduction The prevalence of hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa is among the world’s highest; however, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in this region are suboptimal. Among other barriers, the ... -
Adaptive Scenarios in Quality Improvement (QI): a Case Study of an International Health Development and Research Organization Embracing Change
(International Journal of Health Sciences & Research, 10/8/2015)Background: Health care organizations are under immense pressure to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of care delivery. To date little research into how health organizations in resource-limited settings take up, ... -
Adaptive Scenarios in Quality Improvement (QI): a Case Study of an International Health Development and Research Organization Embracing Change.
(International Journal of Health Sciences and Research - Research Gate, 2015-11)Background: Health care organizations are under immense pressure to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of care delivery. To date little research into how health organizations in resource-limited settings take up, ... -
Adequacy of Prenatal Care and its Association with Low Birth Weight in Ndola and Kitwe, Zambia
(Gavin Publishers, 2020-09-23)Background: Prenatal care is one of the recommended interventions globally to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes. In most Sub-Saharan African countries, high rates of poor pregnancy outcomes coexist with high Antenatal ... -
Adherence to COVID-19 Mitigation Measures among Kilifi and Mombasa Residents - An Observational Study in Coastal Kenya
(ResearchGate, 2021-08-20)Aim:Corona Virus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic led countries into engaging public health guidelines as a strategy towards preventing infections. Hand washing, social distancing and masking remains key measures ... -
ADMH 105: Research Methods in Mental Health
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ADMH101: Psychopathology, Psychopharmacology & Practicum
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ADMH101: Psychopathology, Psychopharmacology and Practicum
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ADMHP 102: Assessment in Mental Health & Practicum
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ADMHP 102: Assessment in Mental Health and Practicum
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ADMHP 104: Theoretical Approaches to Therapy & Practicum
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ADMHP 104: Theoretical Approaches to Therapy & Practicum
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ADMHP103: Interviewing Skills
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Adolescents’ Communication with Parents, Other Adult Family Members and Teachers on Sexuality: Effects of School-Based Interventions in South Africa and Tanzania
(Springer, 2/28/2015)Cluster-randomized controlled trials were carried out to examine effects on sexual practices of schoolbased interventions among adolescents in three sites in sub- Saharan Africa. In this publication, effects on communication about ... -
Advanced HIV Disease at Presentation to Care in Nairobi, Kenya: Late Diagnosis or Delayed Linkage to Care--a Cross-sectional sSudy
(BMC, 2016-04-18)Background Presenting to care with advanced HIV is common in sub-Saharan Africa and increases the risk of severe disease and death; however, it remains unclear whether this is a consequence of late diagnosis or a delay ... -
Advanced HIV disease at presentation to care in Nairobi, Kenya: late diagnosis or delayed linkage to care? - a cross-sectional study
(Springer Nature, 4/18/2016)Background Presenting to care with advanced HIV is common in sub-Saharan Africa and increases the risk of severe disease and death; however, it remains unclear whether this is a consequence of late diagnosis or a delay in ... -
Africa-Style 'House Calls' Saving Lives
(Los Angeles Times, 1978-03-10)ITALAL. Kenya-Dr_ "Michael. Wood hopped into the piiot's seat. He checked .his gauges-"We've got oil pressure. That's good"-and headed down the runway, his single-engine plane climbing slowly into the choppy early ... -
Africa-Style 'House Calls' Saving Lives
(Los Angeles Times, 1978-03-10)ITALAL. Kenya-Dr "Michael Wood hopped into the pilot's seat. He checked .his gauges - "We've got oil pressure. That's good"- and headed down the runway, his single-engine plane climbing slowly into the choppy early ... -
The Age Specific Practices and Outcomes in Women Undergoing Unsafe Abortions in Rural Communities of Kenya
(Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 2013-04)Unsafe Abortion is common among young women. It is not however known whether the young women decide on their own to terminate the pregnancies, whether the methods they use are similar to those of older women, and whether ... -
Alternative Rite of Passage: A New Way to End FGM
(Elsevier Inc., 2018-07)Background Female genital mutilation (FGM) continues to be practiced in various parts of the world and is a culturally and socially sanctioned gender subjugation effort that also undermines the health of women. Currently ...