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Factors Influencing Deliveries at Health Facilities in a Rural Maasai Community in Magadi sub-County, Kenya
(Springer Nature, 1/3/2018)
Background
In response to poor maternal, newborn, and child health indicators in Magadi sub-county, the “Boma” model was launched to promote health facility delivery by establishing community health units and training ...
Factors influencing deliveries at health facilities in a rural Maasai Community in Magadi sub-County, Kenya
(Springer, 2018-01)
Background: In response to poor maternal, newborn, and child health indicators in Magadi sub-county, the “Boma”
model was launched to promote health facility delivery by establishing community health units and training
community ...
Gender Differences in Health-related Quality of Life at the Time of a Positive HIV Test – a Cross-sectional Study in a Resource-poor, High Prevalence Setting in Nairobi, Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 12/19/2017)
Few studies have examined gender differences in sub-Saharan Africa, where HIV disproportionately affects women. Objectives of this cross-sectional study were to determine gender differences in HRQoL at the time of a positive ...
Motivators and Barriers to Uptake of Post-operative Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Follow-up in Yala Division, Siaya County, Kenya
(Pan African Medical Journal, 11/26/2016)
Introduction: follow-up visits are recommended to all voluntary medical male circumcision clients (VMMC), however, adherence is variable. High
lost-to-follow-up cases limit knowledge about clinical status of clients and ...
Factors Influencing the Utilization of Focused Antenatal Care Services in Malindi and Magarini Sub-counties of Kilifi County, Kenya
(Pan African Medical Journal, 11/26/2016)
Introduction: globally, pregnancy related complications contribute to more than half of the deaths among women annually. Antenatal care (ANC) is
important for the prevention of maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity. ...
A Scorecard for Assessing Functionality of Community Health Unit in Kenya
(Pan African Medical Journal, 11/26/2016)
The Pan African Medical Journal. 2016;25 (Supp 2):10
Uptake and Linkage into Care Over One Year of Providing HIV Testing and Counselling through Community and Health Facility Testing Modalities in Urban Informal Settlement of Kibera, Nairobi Kenya
(BioMed Central, 5/4/2016)
Background: We examine the uptake of HIV Testing and Counselling (HTC) and linkage into care over one year of
providing HTC through community and health facility testing modalities among people living in Kibera informal
urban ...
Participation in a Mobile Health Intervention Trial to Improve Retention in HIV Care: does Gender Matter?
(SAGE Journals, 4/13/2016)
Background
To be consistent with the United Nations’ sustainable development goals on gender equality, mobile health (mHealth) programmes should aim to use communications technology to promote the empowerment of women. We ...
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 ...
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, ...