Pressure ulcer prevention and treatment interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review.

Background: The high burden of pressure ulcers (PUs) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), coupled with the limited resources, underscores the need for preventive and context-specific treatment strategies.

Purpose: Therefore, the purpose of this systematic review was to establish and elucidate PU prevention and treatment interventions tested in SSA.

Methods: This systematic review of the literature used, PRISMA to guide the search.

Mothers' cord care practices in an academic hospital in Kenya.

Background: Nearly 99% of neonatal deaths globally occur in low- and middle-income countries with about three-quarters of the neonatal deaths resulting from sepsis including those arising from cord infections. Thus, good cord care practices have the potential to reduce the neonatal deaths in low and middle-income countries such as Kenya.

Objective: Describe cord care practices of mothers in an academic hospital in Kenya.

Barriers and facilitators to treatment seeking behaviors for depression, epilepsy, and schizophrenia in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.

Despite the severe consequences, the treatment gap for depression, epilepsy, and schizophrenia continues to be a major concern in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). We conducted a systematic review of literature on barriers and facilitators of treatment-seeking behaviors from the perspective of individuals living with depression, epilepsy, and schizophrenia and stakeholders in LMICs. Knowledge deficits, beliefs, and stigma were barriers to treatment-seeking across disorders.

Effect of massage therapy on preterm neonate's body temperature.

Background: Low-cost care strategies can be implemented to avert the morbidity and mortality associated with hypothermia in preterm neonates.

Objective: To determine the effect of massage therapy on body temperature of preterm neonates.

Methods: A quasi-experimental design was conducted among 72 preterm neonates at a level II special care nursery in Western Kenya.

Factors Associated With the Utilisation and Unmet Need for Modern Contraceptives Among Urban Women in Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Family planning (FP) is a key intervention in improving maternal and child health. Hence, we assessed the factors associated with utilisation and unmet need for modern contraceptives among urban women in Kenya. The study used pooled data on 10,474 women 15-49 years from the seven rounds of the performance monitoring for accountability surveys collected between 2014 and 2018.

Increasing utilisation of skilled attendants at birth in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review of interventions.

Background: Maternal mortality is a critical global public health concern, especially in low- and middle-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Although maternal mortality rates have declined by approximately 39% in sub-Saharan Africa over the last decade, maternal deaths during pregnancy and in childbirth remain high. Interventions to improve mothers' use of skilled birth attendants may decrease maternal mortality in sub-Saharan African countries.

Procedural Pain in Hospitalized Neonates in Kenya.

Purpose: The study was conducted to understand the nature and frequency of painful procedures and use of analgesia in neonatal units in Kenya.

Design And Methods: Descriptive prospective study was conducted in a regional Level I and a university-affiliated Level II neonatal unit in Western Kenya. Two hundred term and preterm neonates who were hospitalized during the first day of life were recruited.

Mothers' Perceptions about Pain in Hospitalized Newborn Infants in Kenya.

Purpose: Explore views of mothers about pain and pain treatment practices in hospitalized newborn infants.

Design And Methods: A Qualitative descriptive study using photo-elicitation technique was conducted in a level I and a level II neonatal units in Kenya. Fifteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with mothers of hospitalized infants.

Preceptor Knowledge on Preceptorship in an Academic Hospital in Kenya.

Background: Clinical preceptorship is critical for the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and attitudes in nursing care. Cardinal to the development of these competences is the preceptor's knowledge on preceptorship. In low-income countries, the responsibility of preceptorship rests with staff nurses whose knowledge on preceptorship is largely unknown.

Procedural pain in neonatal units in Kenya.

Objectives: To determine the nature and frequency of painful procedures and procedural pain management practices in neonatal units in Kenya.

Design: Cross-sectional survey.

Setting: Level I and level II neonatal units in Kenya.

Pediatric clinical practice guidelines for acute procedural pain: a systematic review.

Background: Procedural pain assessment and management have been extensively studied through multiple research studies over the past decade. Results of this research have been included in numerous pediatric pain practice guidelines.

Objective: To systematically review the quality of existing practice guidelines for acute procedural pain in children and provide recommendations for their use.