ABSTRACT Introduction: Globally, HIV continues to be a major global public health issue. The vast majority of people living with HIV are located in low- and middle- income countries, with an estimated 66% living in sub-Saharan Africa. Among this group 19.6 million are living in East and Southern Africa which saw 800,000 new HIV infections in 2017. There has been a gradual increase in the number of people living with HIV accessing treatment. In 2013, Uganda reached a tipping point whereby the ...
ABSTRACT This was a descriptive cross-sectional study, employing quantitative method of data collection from adult females of Ishaka. The specific objectives of the study was to assess whether female adults of Ishaka residents have the knowledge of breast self-examination and its importance, to establish whether female residents of Ishaka practice breast selfexamination, and to establish the frequency of breast changes or breast masses among the women who practice breast self-examination A ra...
ABSTRACT Back ground: Burn injuries are a global public health problem, accounting for an estimated 195 000 deaths annually. The majority of these occur in low- and middle-income countries and the rate of child deaths from burns is currently over seven times higher in low- and middle income countries than in high-income countries. Burn injuries are largely considered as being preventable. However, one needs to know the patterns, causes and outcomes of burn injuries if intervention measures ...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ............................................................................................................................ i DEDICATION ............................................................................................................................... ii APPROVAL ................................................................................................................................. iii ACKNOWLEDGMENT ...........................................
ABSTRACT Historically there has been life behind our ways of living and human health has always been linked to our surroundings. During early ages of child development, there are practices that parents instill into their children not for formality but for good health even in the child’s future. Though some practices are forcefully instilled into some children like bathing of one’s body some practices like cleaning of the compound, having a good latrine are always the responsibility of par...
ABSTRACT Background and objectives: Skin infections are among the common diseases in children of Africa. Among the factors contributing to high prevalence of skin infections, poor hygiene is the most apparent factor yet can be controllable. Schools are organized communities where children from different families with different social status spend much of their time. The role of school is important for cognitive, creative and social development of children. Education regarding proper sanitatio...
ABSTRACT Title: Assess challenges faced in the labour ward at Narok District Hospital Broad objective: To determine challenges faced in the labour ward at Narok District Hospital. Methodology: A cross sectional study was done at Narok District hospital on staff and women attended to in labour ward. Convenience sampling patients was used with a sample size of 75, data collected using interviewer administered questionnaires, entered and analyzed on Microsoft excel and presented as tables, pie c...
ABSTRACT Background: Good knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of HIV/AIDS prevention are essential in order not to acquire HIV infection and to prevent the disease from spreading. A proper and wellfunctioning prevention of HIV requires clear and relevant information and instruction from health care providers who have been trained in that field. Study objective: To assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of HIV/AIDS prevention among first year diploma students doing clinical medicine...
ABSTRACT The study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of nurses on the management of diarrhea among children under five years of age on Pediatric ward at KIU- TH. Methodology: The study design was descriptive and cross sectional in nature involving collection of information using questionnaires and enrolled 30 respondents (nurses) who were selected using a simple random sampling procedure. Results: Majority responded on the three clinical types of diarrhea,10(33%) indicated ac...
ABSTRACT Surgical site infections (SSIs) are infections related to an operative procedure that occurs at or near the surgical incision within 30 days after the surgery. The incidence of SSI Varies from hospital to hospital in different countries with developed countries having lower incidences ranging from 2% to 6.4%, and developing countries with higher incidence ranging from 5.5% to 25%.It is estimated that SSI develop in 2% to 5% of the more than 30 million patients who undergo surgical pr...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out in Bushenyi-Ishaka municipality. The purpose of this study was to identify factors which influence mother’s choice of delivery site. The respondents were mothers between the ages of 15-49 years with sane minds. There were 100 mothers in the quantitative data. The research showed that among the women that had delivered before most of them 80% were aware of the common causes of maternal mortality and 30% of those that had never delivered knew the causes of m...
ABSTRACT Background: Rhesus incompatibility occurs when a rhesus negative woman is carrying a rhesus positive foetus, the first pregnancy is normally spared, unless the mother is injected with Anti D,the subsequent pregnancies will have complications resulting to kernicterus, erythroblastosis fetalis or hydrops fetalis, in other words the foetus will not survive to term or will die shortly after birth).The objectives were: Assessing knowledge, attitude and practices of Rhesus incompatibility ...
This phenomenological study aimed to explore the factors impeding or encouraging parental participation through the lived experiences of eight parents of children with autism who are currently receiving applied behavior analysis-based treatment.
ABSTRACT Globally, about 36.7 million people are living with HIV of which 51% are women worldwide. In Africa there is still prevalence of new HIV infections with 12% occur in married couples many of whom are unaware of both partners’ sero-status. The study purpose was to establish factors contributing to increased HIV infection among Married Couples attending ART Clinic at Ishaka Adventist Hospital, Bushenyi District. The study used a descriptive cross-sectional design which employed quanti...
ABSTRACT This study sought to assess the knowledge on the use of Artemether/ therapy in the management of uncomplicated malaria among out patients treated at KlU-TH. A cross sectional study design was employed in this study. Data was collected from August to October 2018 using a questionnaire by simple Random sampling and was entered and analyzed using Microsoft Excel spread sheet and Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 respectively. The results were presented in form of ...