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Board Characteristics and Financial Distress of Deposit Taking Savings and Credit Cooperatives in Kenya
(KeMU, 2021-08)Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) have evolved over time from mobilizing savings and granting loans to become established entities that provide banking services to their customers. According SASRA, SACCOs have ... -
Preparedness of County Referral Health Facilities in Implementing Adolescent Friendly Health Services: A Case of Mama Lucy Kibaki County Refferal Hospital, Kenya
(Global Journal of Health Science;, 2015)Background: Health service delivery is a key pillar of health system management. However, there is limited peer reviewed literature on health services to adolescents necessitating assessment of whether the existing ... -
Effectiveness of Ng’adakarin Bamocha model in improving access to ante-natal and delivery services among nomadic pastoralist communities of Turkana West and Turkana North Sub-Counties of Kenya
(Pan African Medical Journal., 2015-04)Introduction: Access to maternal and child health care services among the nomadic pastoralists community in Kenya and African continent in general is unacceptably low. In Turkana, only 18.1% of the women had seen a nurse ... -
Assessing How the Packaging of Immunization Services Influence Uptake of the Immunization Services in Selected Health Facilities of Kajiado North Sub-County Kenya
(International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology IJSRSET, 2016)Background: Immunization as a preventive measure to diseases is vital to organizational performance. Among the six pillars of the health system, this research focused on service delivery. A desk review indicated that there ... -
FACTORS RELATED TO QUALITY DATA WHICH DETERMINE HE ALTH INFORMATION UTILIZATION IN MAKING DECISION AMONG HEALTHCARE MANAGERS IN MOMBASA COUNTY, K ENYA
(2020)Purpose: This was a study based on Health Info rmation Systems pillar. T he st udy sought to explore factors related to quality data which influence health information utilization in ... -
Towards a Well-functional Computerized Health Management Information System: A case of Mbagathi County Hospital, Kenya
(International Journal of Computer Applications (0975 – 8887), 2017-03)Health Management Information Systems (HMISs) initiatives in Kenya have traditionally been donor-driven with minimal, if any, organizational input in their design. This has consequently led to predictable failures ... -
Attitudes of Primary Health Care (PHC) Gatekeepers Towards Patient Referral Policy, Machakos County, Kenya
(Science Journal of Public Health, 2016-06)Primary Health Care (PHC) serves as the foundation for building a working healthcare system that provide good health outcomes. The quality of PHC delivery and the decision to refer patients depends on some behavioural ... -
Health Insurance Plan and Utilization of Health Services: The Case of Tanykina Community Health Plan; Nandi County, Kenya
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2016-03)Community Based Health Insurance mechanism of Health financing targets the informal sector and the Rural who cannot access the national social health insurance. Tanykina Community Health Plan was established to help dairy ... -
Influence of Maternal Health Education Delivered Through Community Health Referral Project on Antenatal Care Attendance: A Focus on Mirihini and Midoina Communities of Kilifi County, Kenya
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2016-05)Timely delivery of effective, safe, quality and personal services is a key pillar of health system strengthening. A Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNeCH) Project was initiated by the Ministry of Health and World ... -
Effectiveness of the Devolved Primary Health Care Gatekeeper System in Machakos County, Kenya
(American Journal of Health Research, 2016-07)The low health outcomes and inequities problems in developing countries are due to ineffective gate keeping at the Primary Health Care (PHC) level, non-adherence to policy and dysfunctional health infrastructure. This study ... -
Efficiency and Organizational Arrangements in the Utilization of Resources at Primary Health Care (PHC) in Machakos County, Kenya
(International Journal of Health Economics and Policy, 2017-05)Health care is costly and there is need for rational use of health care resources for the world to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). The preventive Primary Health Care (PHC) service is cheaper than the Secondary ... -
Correlates of alcohol consumption in rural western Kenya: A cross-sectional study
(BMC Psychiatry, 2017)Background: Studies on alcohol consumption in rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa are scarce. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and determinants of alcohol consumption in rural western Kenya. The study was conducted ... -
Determinants of Uptake of Health Insurance Cover Among Adult Patients Attending Bungoma County Referral Hospital
(International Journal of Health Economics and Policy, 2017-07)Health insurance is currently being considered as a mechanism for promoting progress to Universal health Coverage and reducing out-of-pocket payments in many African countries including Kenya which is prompting the use ... -
The Nexus between Customer Relationship Management Strategy and Customer Loyalty in the Star Rated Hotels in Kenya
(KeMU, 2021-08)Customer relationship management strategies are very essential strategies in current business environment. It is applied in managing the organizations’ associations with its current and target clients. It concentrates on ... -
Alternatives to Corporal Punishment for Improving Students’ Discipline In Public Secondary Schools In Eldama Ravine Sub-County, Baringo-Kenya
(KeMU, 2021-09)Learning institutions are expected to shape the moral behavior of students by providing code of conduct and ensure compliance to standards rules and regulations. However, due to various reasons, students often do not follow ... -
Approaches Used in Managing Students’ Healthcare in Public Secondary Schools in Meru County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2021-08)There are different approaches for managing school healthcare, but there is noticeable lack of mechanisms, systems and structures for implementing them. The study aimed to analyze the different approaches used to manage ... -
Education Democratization and Students’ Discipline in Public Secondary Schools in Meru County
(KeMU, 2021-08)Students’ indiscipline has been a thorn in the flesh in the management of secondary schools in Kenya. It has led to the destruction of properties and the rise of other forms of misconduct among students. The study sought ... -
Effect of Strategy Implementation on Quality Service Delivery of Mission Hospitals in Meru County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2021-08)The operations within a workplace or organization that are planned to facilitate the achievement of strategic plan are referred to as strategy implementation. Strategy implementation incorporates functional areas such as ... -
Effects of Selected Human Resource Practices on Employee Performance in Public Universities in Kenya
(KeMU, 2021-08)Human resource is a crucial asset to organizations. Effective human resource management practices are associated with the increased performance of employees. The study sought to establish the relationship between selected ... -
Influence of Information Communication Technology on Market Access by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Trans Nzoia County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2021-08)Accessing a sustainable market should be a priority for SMEs to expand their business horizons to new opportunities and clients. New opportunities promote the urge of SMEs to employ all legally possible means to offer their ...
