Association between Socioeconomic and Psychological Experiences of Parents with Children on Leukemia Treatment in Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya.

Objective: The survival rate for children with leukemia has increased dramatically since the late 1990s; treatment effects of the disease can be extremely stressful for families. Research on psychological and socioeconomic effects of leukemia treatment had been conducted in Western countries, but little is known within Africa including Kenya.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with a sample of 62 out of 72 parents of children undergoing leukemia treatment at Kenyatta National Hospital.

Factors associated with acceptability of HIV self-testing among health care workers in Kenya.

Health care workers (HCWs) in sub-Saharan Africa are at a high risk of HIV infection from both sexual and occupational exposures. However, many do not seek HIV testing. This paper examines the acceptability of an unsupervised facility-based HIV self-testing (HIVST) intervention among HCWs and their partners and factors associated with uptake of HIVST among HCWs.

Safeguarding maternal and newborn health: improving the quality of postnatal care in Kenya.

Objective: To assess changes in the quality of care following the introduction of a new postnatal package.

Design: Using a pre-test, post test design to observe client-provider interactions with women 0-6 weeks postpartum.

Setting: Four health facilities in a rural district, eastern Kenya.