Research Articles: Recent submissions
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Service Delivery Factors That Influence Utilization of HIV Integrated Primary Health Care Programme in Embu Referral Hospital, Kenya
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2019-09-25)Globally, there are approximately 36.7 million people living with HIV. Integration of HIV treatment with primary care services improves effectiveness, efficiency and equity in service delivery. The study sought to establish ... -
Integration of Cervical Cancer Screening Services in the Routine Examinations Offered in the Kenyan Health Facilities: A Systematic Review
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2019-05-21)Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women and the leading cause of deaths among women worldwide. In Kenya, uptake of screening services is at 3.2% below the targeted of 70%. Therefore, there is need ... -
Barriers to Immediate Post-Partum Intra-Uterine Contraceptive Device Uptake among Mothers Delivering at Meru Hospital
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc, 2019-03-04)Global contraceptive use is at 64%, Africa lagging behind at 33.4%. Kenya has an unmet need for family planning at 23%. Hormonal injections are the most used in Africa at 9.8% and Intra-Uterine Contraceptive Devices at ... -
Patients Related Factors Associated with Non-Adherence to Antihypertensive Medication among Patients at Chuka Referral Hospital, Kenya
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2019-09-27)Antihypertensive medication is one way to manage hypertension but many hypertensive patients do not optimize drug therapy to achieve blood pressure control. Hypertensive medication non-adherence continues to become a ... -
EFFICACITY OF HARKNESS TEACHING METHOD ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS
(International Journal of Creative Research and Studies, 2019-06)Mathematics is very important in the society because it is the foundation of science, technology and engineering. Unfortunately low achievement in mathematics affects a large number of students due to various deficits ... -
Integrated Effect of Rhizobium Inoculation and Phosphorus Application on Tissue Content, Symbiotic and Phosphorus use Efficiency in Soybean Production
(International Journal of Environment, Agriculture and Biotechnology (IJEAB), 2019-10)Soybean (Glycine max) is an important legume crop that is cultivated all over the world as livestock feed, food for human consumption, soil fertility improvement and industrial products such as candles and paints. However, ... -
Application of Seasonal Autoregressive Moving Average Models to Analysis and Forecasting of Time Series Monthly Rainfall Patterns in Embu County, Kenya
(Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics, 2019-08-19)Rainfall is of critical importance for many people, particularly those whose livelihoods depend on rainfed agriculture. Predicting the trend of rainfall is a difficult task, and statistical approaches such as time series ... -
Service Delivery Factors That Influence Utilization of HIV Integrated Primary Health Care Programme in Embu Referral Hospital, Kenya
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2019-09-25)Globally, there are approximately 36.7 million people living with HIV. Integration of HIV treatment with primary care services improves effectiveness, efficiency and equity in service delivery. The study sought to establish ... -
Predictive Modelling of Benign and Malignant Tumors Using Binary Logistic, Support Vector Machine and Extreme Gradient Boosting Models
(Science and Education Publishing, 2019-11-26)Breast cancer is the leading type of cancer among women worldwide, with about 2 million new cases and 627,000 deaths every year. The breast tumors can be malignant or benign. Medical screening can be used to detect the ... -
Lifestyle Modification Strategies Practiced in Management of Hypertensive Patients in Imenti North Sub County, Kenya
(Medwin Publishers, 2019-06-10)Globally, the prevalence of Non-Communicable diseases such as hypertension is increasing dramatically hence a burden to countries of low income countries such as Kenya. In Kenya the prevalence of hypertension has increased ... -
PHILOSOPHICALLY, THERE IS A NECESSARY NEXUS BETWEEN BEING AS THE OBJECT OF KNOWLEDGE AND KNOWLEDGE
(American Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Research (AJHSSR), 2019)This paper looks at the question of validity and justification of knowledge from the perspective that without being there can be no knowledge in the first place. It advances an argument that being is a condition sine qua ... -
EFFECTS OF INTEGRATED APPLICATION OF RHIZOBIUM AND PHOSPHATIC FERTILIZER ON GROWTH, NODULATION AND YIELDS OF SOYBEAN IN MERU SOUTH KENYA
(J. Env. Sust. Adv. Res., 2019-10)The cultivation of soybean is increasing in Kenya due to its widespread use in the food and feed industry. Production is, however, constrained by low soil nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) levels. A field trial was conducted at ... -
Kimwimbi Women as Mirrored in the Cultural & Social Notions & Expressions
(TechMind Research, 2019-10)Among the Mwimbi linguistic group, expressions exist or are used for a variety of purposes including communication and all are geared towards socialization of societal members so as to enable each fit in their expected ... -
CATEGORIES OF DISCOURSE MARKERS USED IN GICHUKA SPEECH
(International Journal of Creative Research and Studies, 2019-06)Discourse markers are linguistic items that are frequently used in the course of daily communication. These are not only connecting words that contribute to cohesion of discourse but are also crucial tools for achieving intended ... -
DENOTATIVE MEANINGS OF NAMES GIVEN TO BUSINESSES IN CHOGORIA TOWN: A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS
(International Journal of Economics, Business and Management Research, 2019)Naming is an important aspect of our everyday life. Practically everything in the world has a name. This Article sought to provide a pragmatic analysis of names given to businesses in Chogoria town, Tharaka Nithi County ... -
Corporate Communication Types Employed in Public Universities in Kenya
(THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL STUDIES, 2019-06)In the management world today, it’s widely accepted that the future of any organization critically depends on how it is viewed by key stakeholders. Several research studies have shown that corporate communication when ... -
Colonialism and The Agikuyu Women’s Indigenous Knowledge Systems on Food Crop Production in Kiambu, Kenya, 1902-1963.
(Macrothink Institute, 2019)The introduction colonial capitalist economic policies and practices such as land alienation, forced labour and commercial crop production acted as a major catalyst of change on the existing African indigenous subsistence ... -
Representation of Socio-Economic Activities and Conflict in Traditional Oral Narratives of the Tharaka People in Kenya
(Society for Science and Education, 2019-07-25)This study looks at oral narratives collected from the Tharaka people who live on the eastern region of Kenya, in Tharaka Nithi County. The Tharaka people were from time immemorial pastoralists and peasant farmers, ... -
CURRICULUM AND ETHICS: A DECONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF KENYAN EDUCATION SYSTEM
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2019-05-05)One of the objectives of education is to promote ethical behaviour among learners. The African educational system inculcated ethics among members of society and produced ethically and morally upright individuals for ... -
The Aftermath of the 2007/08 Post-Election Violence in Kenya and the Role of Religion
(American Research Institute for Policy Development, 2019-06)War, violence and conflicts are the biggest hiccups to human development to date. In spite of the numerous calls for justice, reconciliation and peace as prerequisites for a stable society, political, religious and ...