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HCS 314: DEMOGRAPHY
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HCS 321: Non -Communicable Diseases
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HCS226:Sexual and reproductive health
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Healing The Human Person ―― Post-Traumatic Counselling: Healing of Wounds caused by Violence
(2018)The healing of wounds caused by violence provides a space for recovery from emotional and psychological harm caused to victims and offenders. Trauma is an experience of both victims and offenders. Meeting such needs ... -
HEALTH CARE ACCESS & EQUITY: ADDRESSING DISPARITIES IN KENYA
(UoEm, 2024-07-10)Health involves thriving into various aspects of life and encompasses more than just avoiding to get sick. It includes various factors such as the mental, physical and social well-being of an individual. It is not just ... -
Health disparities across the counties of Kenya and implications for policy makers, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
(2018)Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2016 provided comprehensive estimates of health loss globally. Decision makers in Kenya can use GBD subnational data to target health ... -
Health Hazards of Solvents Exposure among Workers in Paint Industry
(Scientific Research, 2013-12)Background: Paints and coatings include paints, varnishes, lacquers, stains, printing inks and more. A wide variety of volatile solvents are used in paint and coating manufacturing including aliphatic and aromatic ... -
HEALTHCARE ACCESS & EQUITY: ADDRESSING DISPARITIES IN KENYA
(UoEm, 2024-07-10)Kenya faces a challenge in ensuring everyone has access to the healthcare they need. Despite government’s efforts, disparities persist. Despite having a majority of Kenyans residing in the rural areas, it is those in ... -
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND EQUITY: ADDRESSING DISPARITIES IN KENYA
(UoEm, 2024-07-10)This paper embarks on exploring the inequity in access to healthcare in Kenya. This is despite the efforts by the government to ensure that all citizens have equal access to health. This paper suggests that the tremendous ... -
Heart Surgery Practice in Sub Saharan Africa: Single Nigerian Institutional Midterm Results and Challenges
(Scientific Research, 2014-03)Background: The majority of prospective cardiac surgical patients in sub Saharan Africa lack access to open heart surgery. We reviewed our midterm results to identify the obstacles to growth and challenges with sustainability. ... -
HeartSmartTM: A New Method of Assessing Hydration in Neurosurgical Patients
(Scientific Research, 2012-11)Background: Maintenance of normal fluid homeostasis is challenging in neurosurgical patients. Consequently, we studied hydration assessment in neurosurgical intensive care patients. Methods: Pulmonary artery catheter ... -
Heavy metal concentrations in soil and vegetables irrigated with sewage effluent: A case study of Embu sewage treatment plant, Kenya
(Elsevier, 2020-02)As a result of the increasing constraint in the availability of fresh water for irrigation, wastewater especially sewage effluent is being used for irrigation of agriculture fields, par- ticularly in urban and peri–urban ... -
Heavy Metal Contaminated Food Crops Irrigated with Wastewater in Peri Urban Areas, Zambia
(Scientific Research, 2013-07)Studies on peri urban farming in Zambia have not adequately tackled the issues pertaining to heavy metal contaminated wastewater irrigation farming. The study investigated heavy metal contamination of water, soils and ... -
Heavy Metals and Pesticides in Marine Sediment, Seawater, and Seaplants Along the Kenya-Mombasa Coastline
(Taylor & Francis, 2003)Marine sediment, seawater and several species of seaplants along the Kenya- Mombasa coastal region were analyzed to determine the levels of heavy metals by AAS and EDXRF and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) by GLC-ECD. In ... -
Heavy metals in vegetables grown in the vicinity of Hawassa industrial zone, Ethiopia: Estimation of possible human health risks
(African Science Publications, 2021-04-05)Concentration of heavy metals (Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Pb and Hg) in cabbages and potatoes were determined and the potential human health risks due to the consumption of the vegetables have been estimated. Mean concentrations ... -
HEL 202: Reading and Writing Skills in English
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Hellenic Integrative Psychotherapy: A Total Holistic Approach
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2018-07-12)An integrative psychotherapy model is described which proposes that the basic “schools” of psychotherapy, that is the psychodynamic, behavioral, humanistic/ existential, systemic and biological approaches can be synthesized ... -
Hepatitis B infection is highly prevalent among patients presenting with jaundice in Kenya
(2016-02)Background:Viral hepatitis is a major concern worldwide, with hepatitis A (HAV) and E (HEV) viruses showing sporadic outbreaks while hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) viruses are associated with chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis ... -
Hepatitis B virus sero-profiles and genotypes in HIV-1 infected and uninfected injection and Non-injection drug users from coastal Kenya
(2015-07-30)Background Information about HBV sero-markers, infection stages and genotypes in HIV-1 infected and uninfected injection and non-injection drug users (IDUs) in Kenya remains elusive. Methods A cross-sectional study ... -
Hepatitis B virus subgenotype A1, occurrence of subgenotype D4, and S gene mutations among voluntary blood donors in Kenya
(Springer, 2013-05-24)Kenya is one of the high endemic zones for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The consensuses on prevalence of the HBV genotypes and the existence of their variants have not been fully established in Kenya. Hence, there ...