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Late Antenatal Care Booking And Its Predictors Among Pregnant Women In South Western Nigeria
Antenatal care Late booking Gestational age Risk factors
2015/7/28
Introduction: Antenatal care is concerned mainly with prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of general medical and pregnancy associated disorders. For it to be meaningful, early booking is recomme...
Prevalence of Hypertension and Association of Obesity with Hypertension in School Ggoing Children of Surat City,Western India
Hypertension Obesity School children
2015/7/10
Purpose: The association of obesity with hypertension has been recognized for the decades which are the important risk factors for the cardiovascular disease. So the purpose of the present study was t...
Specialist palliative care use for people dying of cancer in Western Australia
Specialist palliative care people dying of cancer Western Australia
2015/3/24
The Western Australian Data Linkage System was used to study patterns of specialist palliative care delivery during the last 12 months of life, comparing use between different socio-demographic groups...
Impact of the Kenya post-election crisis on clinic attendance and medication adherence for HIV-infected children in western Kenya
medication adherence HIV children Western Kenya
2014/12/12
Background: Kenya experienced a political and humanitarian crisis following presidential elections on 27 December 2007. Over 1,200 people were killed and 300,000 displaced, with disproportionate viole...
Pediatric assent for a study of antiretroviral therapy dosing for children in western Kenya: a case study in international research collaboration
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active Assent Children Ethics, Research Internationality Kenya Pediatric Assent Vulnerable Populations
2014/12/12
Multinational collaborators in health research face particular ethical challenges when conducting studies involving vulnerable populations such as children. We use an example from our first attempt to...
Impact of the Kenya post-election crisis on clinic attendance and medication adherence for HIV-infected children in western Kenya
medication adherence HIV children Western Kenya
2014/12/11
Background: Kenya experienced a political and humanitarian crisis following presidential elections on 27 December 2007. Over 1,200 people were killed and 300,000 displaced, with disproportionate viole...
A qualitative study using traditional community assemblies to investigate community perspectives on informed consent and research participation in western Kenya
community-based research ethics Western Kenya
2014/12/11
Background International collaborators face challenges in the design and implementation of ethical biomedical research. Evaluating community understanding of research and processes like informed conse...
Community Perspectives on Research Consent Involving Vulnerable Children in Western Kenya
community-based research pediatrics Western Kenya
2014/12/11
Involving vulnerable pediatric populations in international research requires culturally appropriate ethical protections. We sought to use mabaraza, traditional East African community assemblies, to u...
Acceptance of HIV Testing for Children Ages 18 Months to 13 Years Identified Through Voluntary, Home-Based HIV Counseling and Testing in Western Kenya
HIV pediatrics home-based testing Western Kenya
2014/12/11
Background Home-based, voluntary counseling and testing (HCT) presents a novel approach to early diagnosis. We sought to describe uptake of pediatric HIV testing, associated factors, and HIV prevalenc...
Models of care for orphaned and separated children and upholding children’s rights: cross-sectional evidence from western Kenya
orphans Western Kenya
2014/12/11
Background Sub-Saharan Africa is home to approximately 55 million orphaned children. The growing orphan crisis has overwhelmed many communities and has weakened the ability of extended families to mee...
Prevalence and Correlates of Pain and Pain Treatment in a Western Kenya Referral Hospital
pain treatment Western Kenya
2014/12/11
Background: Pain is often inadequately evaluated and treated in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Objective: We sought to assess pain levels and pain treatment in 400 hospitalized patients at a national refer...
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Substance Use Practices Among Street Children in Western Kenya
substance abuse street children Western Kenya
2014/12/11
The study describes the knowledge of and attitudes toward substance use among street-involved youth in Kenya, and how they relate to their substance use practices. In 2011, 146 children and youth ages...
Retention of HIV-infected and exposed children in a comprehensive HIV clinical care program in Western Kenya
paediatrics HIV Western Kenya
2014/12/11
Background To describe incidence rates (IR) and risk factors for loss-to-follow-up (LTFU) among HIV-infected and HIV-exposed children in a large HIV treatment programme in Western Kenya. Method...
Impact of Domestic Care Environment on Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Orphans in Western Kenya
post-traumatic stress disorder orphans Western Kenya
2014/12/11
Objective The aim of this study was to determine the impact of the domestic care environment on the prevalence of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among orp...
Sensory Exploration of Seasonally and Locally Available Vegetables and its Effects on Vegetable Consumption of Western Massachusetts Head Start Children
sensory exploration Head Start preschool children
2014/11/7
The current exploratory study, as part of the Massachusetts Farm Fresh (MAFF) research project: 1) examined the effect sensory attributes (i.e. taste profile, color, shape, texture, growth pattern) of...