School of Medicine and Health Sciences: Recent submissions
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Influence of Accountability on Health System Responsiveness: A Case of Pumwani Maternity Hospital, Kenya
(IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science (IOSR-JNHS), 2021-10)Availability of quality healthcare servicesis essential to functioning of a society. While the government of Kenya is constitutionally mandated to ensure highest level of healthcare for all of its citizens, a number of ... -
Factors Affecting Medical Equipment Utilization in Health Service Delivery in Mandera County Referral Hospital
(IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science (IOSR-JNHS), 2021-08)Health service delivery in Kenya and Mandera County Referral Hospital (MCRH) in particular has been hampered by low utilization medical equipment. This study sought to investigate factors that influence the utilization ... -
Influence of Direct Government Funds on Service Delivery in Primary Health Care Facilities in Kenya
(IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science (IOSR-JNHS), 2021-10)Introduction: Financing health care services is a global problem for all governments even among the developed countries. The problem is even more magnified in low and middle income countries with struggling economies and ... -
Factors influencing upward referral system of patients in Nairobi County
(International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, 2021-08)Background: The referral system forms main health systems coordinating a mechanism ensuring the harmonious movement of patients between different levels of health care institutions for effective and efficient service ... -
Determinants of Efficient Health Commodity Management in Maternal Child Health: A Case of Meru County, Kenya
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications,, 2021-08)Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (EmONC) has become a priority especially in developing countries like Kenya. However, access to obstetric and neonatal care has been hindered by lack of medical commodity, equipment’s ... -
Factors Influencing Rational Use Of Psychotropic Medicines In Mathari National Teaching And Referral Hospital In Nairobi, Kenya
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications,, 2021-08)The World Health Organization recommends a focus on the six building blocks of a health system in order to strength health systems. The focus of this study was medicines, vaccines and technologies, with rational use of ... -
FACTORS INFLUENCING HIV/AIDS CLIENT SATISFACTION AT COMPREHENSIVE CARE CENTRES IN WAJIR COUNTY, KENYA
(European Journal of Public Health Studies, 2021)Service delivery is one of the core pillars of health systems building blocks and client satisfaction is one of the parameters that is used to assess the status of services offered in an institution. This study investigated ... -
Factors that influence healthcare service utilization during COVID-19 pandemic among pregnant women and caregivers with children under two years in Rongo sub-county, Migori County, Kenya
(International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, 2021-08)Background: Health systems have failed in past epidemics to maintain delivery of routine health essential services. Most resources including human and essential supplies are all diverted to address health emergency, ... -
Factors Influencing Delivery of Quality Health Care in Kasarani Sub County
(Journal of Medicine, Nursing & Public Health,, 2021-08)Quality in health service delivery is key in ensuring patient satisfaction since delivering quality service has a direct influence on the customer satisfaction and management outcome. An assessment done in 2019 using Kenya ... -
Health System Influence On Functionality of Managers in Public Hospitals: A Case of Sub County Hospitals in Bungoma County
(Journal of Public Policy & Governance,, 2021-07)Managers tasked with leading and managing the hospitals in the developing economies often have little formal preparation and face challenges in execution of their mandates. This study therefore interrogated the influence ... -
Assessment of attitudes towards breastfeeding among Somali women of reproductive age, Garissa County, Kenya
(International Academic Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences, 2020-07)Breast milk is the safest and most common natural food for an infant. Despite efforts by the county and national government as well as non-governmental organisations, breastfeeding uptake in Garissa County was low. This ... -
Factors Associated With Anaemia among Pregnant Women in Mandera County Referral Hospital, Kenya
(International Academic Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences, 2020-12)Anaemia is a nutrition-related disease that mostly affects pregnant women and is among the most common diseases associated with deficiency that are observed globally, affecting more than a quarter of the global population. ... -
BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTATION OF NURSING PROCESS AMONG NURSES WORKING IN NAROK COUNTY REFERRAL HOSPITAL
(Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing(JHMN), 2020)Purpose of the study: This study therefore assessed barriers of nursing process implementation by Narok County Referral Hospital nurses. Methodology: A descriptive cross sectional study design was used to collect data ... -
THE INFLUENCE OF CLINICAL NURSE INSTRUCTOR PRACTICES ON CLINICAL PERFORMANCE AMONG BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING (BSCN) STUDENTS IN KENYA
(Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing(JHMN), 2020)Purpose: The study sought to assess the influence of clinical nurse instructor practices on clinical performance among BScN students in Kenya. It examined the influence of clinical instruction strategies and clinical ... -
Factors Influencing Delays of Elective Surgical Cases in Private Health Facilities in Kenya
(Global Scientific Journals, 2020-07)Delays of elective surgical operations are a major concern for all healthcare institutions and their resolution would be key in reducing wastes and improving workflow efficiency. However, achieving efficiency in the ... -
PROFESSIONAL HEALTH PROVIDERS’ GOVERNANCE ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS AS A DETERMINANT OF DELIVERY OF QUALITY HEALTH SERVICES IN KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL, KENYA
(International Academic Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing (IAJHMN), 2020-09-10)Introduction: Governance in essence is exercise of authority. It entails decision making and implementation, competent control, provision of standards and accountability. Objectives: The study set out to determine influence ... -
Determinants of adverse drug reactions reporting in retail chemists in Nairobi County, Kenya
(International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, 2020-08-28)Background: Reporting of adverse drug reactions remains the mainstay of a vibrant pharmacovigilance system that seeks to safeguard medicines in a health system. This study sought to establish the impact of the national ... -
Health Literacy on Patients’ Rights Charter Among Users of Primary Care Health Facilities in Kiambu and Machakos Counties in Kenya
(International Journal of professional Practice (IJPP), 2020-10)Health literacy of patients’ rights and responsibilities is a challenge for users of primary health care facilities in many parts of Kenya. Low health literacy hinders the practice of patients’ responsibilities as described ... -
Influence of patients’ rights charter on health systems responsiveness in selected counties in Kenya: health care provider perspective
(International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, 2019-10-14)Background: The role of health care providers in the implementation of responsiveness of health systems is unclear. Responsiveness of health systems is one of the goals set out by WHO in 2000. Effective leadership and ... -
Effect of Routine Vitamin a Supplementation on Nutritional Status of Children Aged 6-59 Months in Wajir County, Kenya
(International Journal of professional Practice (IJPP), 2021)Malnutrition remains an important public health problem in Wajir County with stunted growths in the county reported to be 26.4%, which is similar to the national average of 26.0% as per the Kenya Demographic Health Survey ...
