Waswa, Judith; Anyango, Loyce Joyce; Mugambi, Mary(Researchjournali’s Journal of Public Health, 2019-12)
Introduction: It is important to understand the mother's views of child malnutrition for successful prevention and intervention initiatives. Objective: The objective of this study was to explore mother's perceptions of the ...
WASWA, J.; ANYANGO, L J.,; OKEYO, D O(East African Journal of Science, Technology and Innovation, 2021-05)
Appropriate infant feeding is a proxy indicator for good health and nutritional status of infants. The objective of this qualitative study was to explore mother’s beliefs and practices of infant feeding practices up to two ...
Waswa, Judith; Anyango, Loyce Joyce; Mugambi, Mary(Research journals Journal of Public Health, 2019-12-12)
Despite benefits of exclusive breastfeeding, the rates are low in informal settlements in Kenya. Objective: This study aimed to exploring breastfeeding practices, perceptions, beliefs, and subjective norms among mothers ...
Exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) can cause diseases and deaths among children. Yet children continue to be exposed especially among the low income countries. Epidemiological evidence shows that children of smoking parents ...
Body-image may be defined as a multidimensional concept that represents how individuals think, feel, and behave with regard to their own physical attributes. Individuals are described as having either a negative or positive ...
Waswa, Judith; Abigael, Eileen; Siambe, Sheila; Awino, Paul(International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, 2019-09)
Social protection refers to policies and actions including legislative measures, whose primary goal is to boost the aptitude and chances for the underprivileged and the weak to recover and tolerate their lives, livelihood ...
Background: Information regarding circulating fatty acids (FA) in association with metabolic health in black Africans is scarce, while the usefulness of circulating FAs as biomarkers of dietary fat intake and predictors ...
Ojwang, Alice Achieng; Kruger, Herculina Salome(CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA, 2019-06-19)
Diets rich in n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and saturated fatty acids (SFA) have been associated with increased risk of obesity and the metabolic syndrome (MetS), but the evidence is inconsistent, whereas diets ...
Malla, Janet Kajuju; Ochola, Sophie; Ogada, Irene; Munyaka, Ann(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2021-10-07)
Nutritional deficiencies and other nutritional comorbidities commonly affect Nutritional deficiencies and other nutritional comorbidities commonly affect Nutritional deficiencies and other nutritional comorbidities commonly ...
Mose, John Mokua; Kamau, David Muchina; Maina, Naomi Wangari(5Department of Animal Health & Production, Mount Kenya University, 2012-08-07)
Toxoplasmosis, which is caused by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii, is a significant public health problem worldwide and causes various pathological manifestations in different body organs. Animal models for the ...
Mokua, John Mose; Kutima, Helen; Waihenya, Rebecca; Yole, Dorcas(Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research, 2031-05-19)
Carica papaya is widely used in different parts of Kenya for the treatment of intestinal helminthes. The present study was designed to evaluate the anti-schistosomal effect of a methanolic and aqueous extract of Carica ...
John, Mokua; Muchina, Kamau David(International Journal of Primatology Research, 2020-05-07)
Toxoplasmosis is a neglected parasitic disease caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, which infects virtually all warm blooded animals. In humans, presentation ranges from an acute asymptomatic self-limiting infection ...
Mose, John Mokua; Kamau, David Muchina; Kagira, John Maina; Maina, Naomi; Ngotho, Maina(Web of Science, 2019-08-07)
Toxoplasma gondii is an important foodborne opportunistic pathogen that causes a severe
disease in immunocompromised patients. The pathology and immune responses associated
with the ensuing disease have not been well ...
Mose, John Mokua(International Journal For Research In Health Sciences And Nursing, 2020-07-07)
The number of youth and adolescent infected with the Human Immunodeficiency
Virus is increasing globally. In 2019 alone, an estimated 460,000 young persons between 10 to 24 years globally were reported to be newly infected ...
Mose, John Mokua(Journal of Clinical Immnunology and Immunopathology Research, 2012-03-07)
Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease, second to malaria, affecting human’s tropics and sub-tropics. The disease condition varies in severity depending on parasite species and strain, organ system infected, geographical ...
Mose, John Mokua; Kagira, JohnMaina(BioMed Research International, 2016-09-19)
Thedetection of Toxoplasma gondii in free-range chickens is a good indicator of possible risk to human beings.Theaimof this study
was to investigate the occurrence of T. gondii in free-range chicken using polymerase chain ...
Mose, John Mokua; Kagira, John Maina; Kamau, David Muchina; Maina, Naomi Wangari; Ngotho, Maina; Karanja, Simon Muturi(BioMed Research International, 2020-07-07)
Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent
constituting 11 countries, namely, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda,
Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Djibouti, The
Sudan (Khartoum), and South Sudan ...
Juvenile delinquency has become an urgent concern for sociologists across the globe because it is a significant predictor of a possible increase in criminal activity among our growing population. A juvenile is a person who ...
Domestic violence can be considered a silent social pandemic that is evident in almost all societies across the globe. It is a silent social pandemic since it largely remains invisible as fewer victims come out to talk ...