Search Results - "Wanjihia, Violet"
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Health systems' capacity in availability of human resource for health towards implementation of Universal Health Coverage in Kenya
Published in PloS one (30-01-2024)“…Kenya faces significant challenges related to health worker shortages, low retention rates, and the equitable distribution of Human Resource for Health (HRH)…”
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Depression, injecting drug use, and risky sexual behavior syndemic among women who inject drugs in Kenya: a cross-sectional survey
Published in Harm reduction journal (30-05-2019)“…Injecting drug use (IDU) is a key driver of the HIV epidemic particularly when individuals experience psychosocial conditions and risky sexual behavior in a…”
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Assessment of gestational diabetes mellitus knowledge, attitudes, and practices and associated factors among pregnant women at a district hospital in Coastal Kenya
Published in Tropical medicine and health (22-10-2024)“…Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is any degree of glucose intolerance first recognized during pregnancy. GDM awareness among pregnant women translates into…”
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"For a man to go to hospital, then that would be his last option": A qualitative study exploring men's experiences, perceptions and healthcare needs in the implementation of Universal Health Coverage in Kenya
Published in PLOS global public health (2024)“…The achievement of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) requires equitable access and utilization of healthcare services across all population groups, including…”
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Induction of the hepatic stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 gene in offspring after isocaloric administration of high fat sucrose diet during gestation
Published in Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition (01-11-2013)“…Adverse early nutrition leads to metabolic aberrations in adulthood. Molecular and cellular mechanisms responsible are emerging; specific nutritional causes…”
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Improvement of Dietary Diversity and Attitude toward Recommended Feeding through Novel Community Based Nutritional Education Program in Coastal Kenya-An Intervention Study
Published in International journal of environmental research and public health (05-10-2020)“…Community-based nutritional intervention to improve the practice of dietary diversity and child nutrition by community health workers (CHWs) involving Nyumba…”
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Maternal Factors Associated with Dietary Diversity Scores of Children aged 6-23 Months in Kwale County, Kenya
Published in The East African health research journal (30-11-2023)Get full text
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