School of Health Sciences: Recent submissions

  • WOMEN’S PERCEPTIONS OF POST-OPERATIVE PHYSIOTHERAPY MANAGEMENT AT AN OBSTETRIC FISTULA CENTER IN ELDORET, KENYA 
    MUIA, C. M.; KINGAU, NAOMI W.; MLENZANA, NONDWE (EAST AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, 2017-08)
    Background: Residual Urinary incontinence persists even after successful closure of obstetric fistula that affects women following prolonged obstructed labour. Their ill health relates to reduced physical and functional ...
  • Seroprevalence of Chikungunya Infection in Pyretic Children Seeking Treatment in Alupe District Hospital, Busia County Kenya 
    W. Mwongula, Albert (ijcmas.com, 2013-05)
    Chikungunya fever is a viral disease transmitted to humans majorly by a bite of infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Studies have revealed that other species of Aedes mosquitoes equally transmit chikungunya virus (CHIKV). ...
  • Does Decentralization Deliver Health Services to vulnerable Groups in Kenya? A Case Study of Busia and Kakamega Counties -Kenya 
    Nyabola Okedi, William (RESEARCH SQUARE, 2021-12-29)
    Decentralization has become an increasingly important concept in development theory and practice in the world since the 1970s. Decentralization is generally understood to be referring to policies and processes that shift ...
  • Factors influencing utilization of physiotherapy services by patients and people living with disability at Busia County Referral Hospital in Kenya 
    Eyinda, Johnstone Milimo; Myezwa, Hellen; Sekome, Kganetso (Bulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy, 2022-04-20)
    Background: Physiotherapy, a component of primary health care, could be a remedy for physical challenges permeating widely in the world community due to non-communicable diseases trauma and infections. Objectives: To ...
  • Challenges Encounter By Researchers In HIV Research At AMPATH – MTRH On Application Of The Principle Of Justice 
    Eyinda, Johnstone Milimo; Naanyu, Violet; Kamaara, Eunice (Journal of Public Health, 2018-08)
    During research activities there is need to apply ethical principle of justice where justice is about doing what is morally right and proper treatment of persons. It is not easy to maintain justice in research in ...
  • The Experiences Of Researchers On Application Of The Principle Of Justice In HIV Research At MTRH AMPATH - ELDORET 
    Eyinda, Johnstone Milimo; Naanyu, Violet; Kamaara, Eunice (Journal of Public Health, 2018-08)
    There is need to apply ethical principle of justice during research. Justice is doing what is morally right and proper treatment of persons. It is not easy to maintain justice in research in limited resource setting. The ...
  • Effectiveness of Hospital Management Committees in Busia County, Kenya 
    Okedi, William N.; Adungo, Ferdinard (Health, 2021-10)
    The Kenya Ministry of Health restructured the health sector in 2009 with the goal of promoting and improving the health status of all citizens. It established the Hospital Management Services Fund to be managed at the ...
  • Hemiplegic Patients - The Socio-Economic And Cultural Challenges At Coast Referral County Hospital 
    Eyinda, Johnstone Milimo (Journal of Public Health, 2018-08)
    Background: Hemiplegia is manifestation of muscles paralysis of the body contra-lateral to side of brain pathology. Patients tend to have a unique complex of physical, psychological and social problems. They experience ...
  • Oligohydramnios: a prospective study of fetal, neonatal and maternal outcomes in low-middle income countries 
    Figueroa, Lester; McClure, Elizabeth M.; Swanson, Jonathan; Nathan, Robert; Garces, Ana L.; Moore, Janet L.; Krebs, Nancy F.; Hambidge, K. Michael; Bauserman, Melissa; Lokangaka, Adrien; Tshefu, Antoinette; Mirza, Waseem; Saleem, Sarah; Naqvi, Farnaz; Carlo, Waldemar A.; Chomba, Elwyn; Liechty, Edward A.; Esamai, Fabian; Swanson, David; Bose, Carl L.; Goldenberg, Robert L. (Reproductive Health, 2020-01-30)
    Background: Oligohydramnios is a condition of abnormally low amniotic fluid volume that has been associated with poor pregnancy outcomes. To date, the prevalence of this condition and its outcomes has not been well described ...
  • The Global Network Maternal Newborn Health Registry: a multi-country, community-based registry of pregnancy outcomes 
    McClure, Elizabeth M.; Garces, Ana L.; Hibberd, Patricia L.; Moore, Janet L.; Goudar, Shivaprasad S.; Saleem, Sarah; Esamai, Fabian; Patel, Archana; Chomba, Elwyn; Lokangaka, Adrien; Tshefu, Antoinette; Haque, Rashidul; Bose, Carl L.; Liechty, Edward A.; Krebs, Nancy F.; Derman, Richard J.; Carlo, Waldemar A.; Petri, William; Koso‑Thomas, Marion; Goldenberg, Robert L. (Reproductive Health, 2020-09-15)
    Background: The Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health Research (Global Network) conducts clinical trials in resource-limited countries through partnerships among U.S. investigators, international investigators ...
  • Population-based rates, timing, and causes of maternal deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country prospective cohort study 
    Ahmed, Imran; Ali, Said Mohamed; Amenga-Etego, Seeba; Ariff, Shabina; Bahl, Rajiv; Baqui, Abdullahi H.; Begum, Nazma; Bhandari, Nita; Bhatia, Kiran; Bhutta, Zulfikar A.; Biemba, Godfrey; Deb, Saikat; Dhingra, Usha; Dube, Brinda; Dutta, Arup; Edmond, Karen; Esamai, Fabian; Fawzi, Wafaie; Ghosh, Amit Kumar; Gisore, Peter; Grogan, Caroline; Hamer, Davidson H; Herlihy, Julie; Hurt, Lisa; Ilyas, Muhammad; Jehan, Fyezah; Kalonji, Michel; Kaur, Jasmine; Khanam, Rasheda; Kirkwood, Betty; Kumar, Aarti; Kumar, Alok; Kumar, Vishwajeet; Manu, Alexander; Marete, Irene; Masanja, Honorati; Mazumder, Sarmila; Mehmood, Usma; Mishra, Shambhavi; Mitra, Dipak K; Mlay, Erick; Mohan, Sanjana Brahmawar; Moin, Mamun Ibne; Muhammad, Karim; Muhihi, Alfa; Newton, Samuel; Ngaima, Serge; Nguwo, Andre; Nisar, Imran; O'Leary, Maureen; Otomba, John; Patil, Pawankumar; Quaiyum, Mohammad Abdul; Rahman, Mohammed Hefzur; Sazawal, Sunil; Semrau, Katherine E. A.; Shannon, Caitlin; Smith, Emily R; Soofi, Sajid; Soremekun, Seyi; Sunday, Venantius; Taneja, Sunita; Tshefu, Antoinette; Wasan, Yaqub; Yeboah-Antwi, Kojo; Yoshida, Sachiyo; Zaidi, Anita (The Lancet Global Health, 2018-10-22)
    Background Modelled mortality estimates have been useful for health programmes in low-income and middle-income countries. However, these estimates are often based on sparse and low-quality data. We aimed to generate high ...
  • Trends and determinants of stillbirth in developing countries: results from the Global Network’s Population-Based Birth Registry 
    Saleem, Sarah; Tikmani, Shiyam Sunder; Elizabeth, M. McClure; Moore, Janet L.; Azam, Syed Iqbal; Dhaded, Sangappa M.; Goudar, Shivaprasad S.; Garces, Ana; Figueroa, Lester; Marete, Irene; Tenge, Constance; Esamai, Fabian; Patel, Archana B.; Ali, Sumera Aziz; Naqvi, Farnaz; Mwenchanya, Musaku; Chomba, Elwyn; Carlo, Waldemar A.; Derman, Richard J.; Hibberd, Patricia L.; Bucher, Sherri; Liechty, Edward A.; Krebs, Nancy; Hambidge, K. Michael; Wallace, Dennis D.; Koso-Thomas, Marion; Miodovnik, Menachem; Goldenberg, Robert L. (BMC, 2018)
    Background: Stillbirth rates remain high, especially in low and middle-income countries, where rates are 25 per 1000, ten-fold higher than in high-income countries. The United Nations’ Every Newborn Action Plan has set a ...
  • eHBB: a randomised controlled trial of virtual reality or video for neonatal resuscitation refresher training in healthcare workers in resource-scarce settings 
    Umoren, Rachel; Bucher, Sherri; Hippe, Daniel S.; Ezenwa, Beatrice Nkolika; Fajolu, Iretiola Bamikeolu; Okwako, Felicitas M.; Feltner, John; Musale, Annet; Olawuyi, Olubukola A; Adeboboye, Christianah O; Asangansi, Ime; Paton, Chris; Purkayastha, Saptarshi; Ezeaka, Chinyere Veronica; Esamai, Fabian (BMJ Open, 2021-08-05)
    Objective To assess the impact of mobile virtual reality (VR) simulations using electronic Helping Babies Breathe (eHBB) or video for the maintenance of neonatal resuscitation skills in healthcare workers in ...

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