Browsing Articles: School of Nursing by Author "Kirigia, Consolata"
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Barriers to Immediate Post-Partum Intra-Uterine Contraceptive Device Uptake among Mothers Delivering at Meru Hospital
Kirigia, Consolata; Gitonga, Lucy; Muraya, Moses Mahugu (Scientific Research Publishing, 2019-03)Global contraceptive use is at 64%, Africa lagging behind at 33.4%. Kenya has an unmet need for family planning at 23%. Hormonal injections are the most used in Africa at 9.8% and Intra-Uterine Contraceptive Devices at ... -
Cervical cancer screening during the COVID-19 Crisis: Africa view point
Kirigia, Consolata (eCancer, 2020-05)There are approximately 570,000 cases of cervical cancer and 311,000 deaths from cervical cancer globally (1). Approximately 70% of cancer deaths occur in low and middle income countries and cervical cancer is the most ... -
Corona Virus Disease among Pregnant Women: A Systematic Scoping Review
Kirigia, Consolata (Scientific Research Publishing, 2020-05)Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a deadly respiratory viral disease that started in China in the year 2019 before spreading to the world. It affects everybody regardless of race, religion, social economic status ... -
Determinants of immediate post partum intrauterine contraceptive device uptake among mothers delivering in meru hospital
Kirigia, Consolata; Muraya, M; Gitonga, L. (2014-09) -
Effects of female genital mutilation on physical, social and psychological health of the victims
Kirigia, Consolata (EuroSciCon, 2018-06)Female circumcision also known as female genital mutilation (FGM), involves none medical cutting or removal of some parts or the entire external female genitalia. FGM is known to cause physical health problems such as ... -
Facilitators to Immediate Post Partum Intra Uterine Contraceptive Device Uptake among Mothers Delivering in Meru Hospital
Kirigia, Consolata; Gitonga, Lucy; Muraya, Moses Mahugu (Scientific Research Publishing, 2019-04)Family planning allows people to attain their desired number of children and determine the spacing of pregnancies. It is important to promote uptake of family planning services because it is one of the four pillars of ... -
Factors affecting health seeking behaviour in hypertensive patients of Imenti North sub county, Kenya
Kirigia, Consolata; Kamweru, Paul Kuria; Mwenda, Annarita Kajuju, (2021-01-14)Background: Prevalence of non-communicable diseases like hypertension is raising hence a burden to low resource countries like Kenya. Purpose of the study was to determine factors affecting health seeking behaviour in ... -
FCS496 Barriers to immediate post-partum intrauterine contraceptive device (PPIUD) uptake among post-natals
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Foetal Position: Can It Be Used to Predict the Sex of Unborn Baby?
Limungi, Mbaabu G.; Kirigia, Consolata (Scientific Research, 2021-01-14)Sex is used to define the biological categorization of a human being as either a male or female. Globally, most of the pregnant women have expressed desire to know the sex of their babies prenatally. To determine sex of ... -
Foetal Position: Can It Be Used to Predict the Sex of Unborn Baby?
Limungi, Mbaabu G.; Kirigia, Consolata (Scientific research publication, 2020-10)Sex is used to define the biological categorization of a human being as either a male or female. Globally, most of the pregnant women have expressed desire to know the sex of their babies prenatally. To determine sex of ... -
Foetal Position: Can It Be Used to Predict the Sex of Unborn Baby?
Limungi, Mbaabu G.; Kirigia, Consolata (Scientific research publishing, 2020-10)Sex is used to define the biological categorization of a human being as either a male or female. Globally, most of the pregnant women have expressed desire to know the sex of their babies prenatally. To determine sex of ... -
Impact of Advanced Practice Nurses and Midwives on Patients’ Outcomes: A Systematic Review
Kirigia, Consolata (2020-06)Background: Advanced practice nursing and midwifery education was introduced globally and in Kenya with an objective of introducing high quality nursing and midwifery care services that would result to improved patients ... -
Influence of Patient Related Factors on Health Seeking Behaviours among Men with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms attending Surgical Out Patient Clinic at Meru Level Five Hospital, Kenya
Muriuki, Festus M.; Oluchina, Sherry; Mbithi, Bernard W.; Kirigia, Consolata (2020-10)ackground: Currently there are increased cases of men presenting with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) especially in low resource countries. These symptoms may or may not be related to prostate cancer and health seeking ...