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Essential Maternal and Newborn Care Skills Training for Midwives: Their Impact on Reducing Maternal and Neonatal Mortalities in Kenya
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016-01-27)
Continuing professional development (CPD) continues to gain acceptance as a model for health care professionals to engage in lifelong learning. Little is known about how CPD participants put the experience and the new ...
Perspectives of continuing professional development for Kenyan midwives.
(2014)
Abstract Continuing Professional Development (CPD) provides an important strategy for reduction of ma-ternal morbidity and mortality with the aim of attaining Millennium Development goals (MDG) four ...
Socio-Demographic, Nutritional and Adherence as Determinants of Nevirapine Plasma Concentration among HIV-1 Patients from Two Geographically Defined Regions of Kenya
(IISTE, 2020-10)
Data are skewed on the role of Socio-demographic, nutritional and adherence related factors on
the influence of nevirapine plasma concentrations among Kenyan population. This study rigorously determined
these three factors ...
Patient and Health System Related Factors Associated with Non-Adherence to Antihypertensive Medication among Patients at Chuka Referral Hospital, Kenya
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2021-05-08)
Background: Non-adherence to hypertensive medication continues to become a contributing factor to hypertensive complications like stroke, heart
attacks, kidney disease heart failure. Associated factors to non-adherence ...
Perceptions Towards Diagnosis Of Prostate Cancer in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya
(Journal Of Nursing Practice, 2021-04)
Background: Cancers are leading cause of death in developed nations and the second
leading cause of death in developing nations. One of the most frequently diagnosed cancers
among men is Prostate cancer (PCa).
Purpose: ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 pres sure control. Hypertensive medication non-adherence continues to become
a ...
Essential Maternal and Newborn Care Skills Training for Midwives: Their Impact on Reducing Maternal and Neonatal Mortalities in Kenya
(Science Publishing Group, 2016-01-27)
Continuing professional development (CPD) continues to gain acceptance as a model for health
care professionals to engage in lifelong learning. Little is known about how CPD participants put
the experience and the new ...