Publications by authors named "Violet Wanjihia"
Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is any degree of glucose intolerance first recognized during pregnancy. GDM awareness among pregnant women translates into GDM prevention and early diagnosis.
Objective: To establish the underlying factors influencing GDM Knowledge Attitude and Practices (KAP) among pregnant women at Kinango District Hospital.
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- - The study explores men's unique barriers to accessing healthcare services under Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Kenya, highlighting socio-cultural and economic factors that influence their healthcare-seeking behaviors.
- - Through 30 focus group discussions with 296 men across 12 counties, three main themes emerged regarding men's perspectives: experiences with healthcare access, the impact of socio-cultural beliefs, and their desires for healthcare systems.
- - Findings indicate that issues such as masculinity norms, financial constraints, lack of male-friendly services, and limited health literacy create a disconnect between men's needs and the current healthcare system, complicating their ability to receive necessary care.
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- Kenya is struggling with health worker shortages and uneven distribution of healthcare resources, prompting the Ministry of Health to set standards for healthcare providers and infrastructure.
- A study was conducted to evaluate the effects of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) pilot programs on Human Resource for Health (HRH) using a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods across different counties.
- Data collection involved a detailed assessment of available healthcare resources and staff at health facilities using specific tools, with findings analyzed statistically to compare UHC pilot counties with non-UHC ones.
Background: Dietary Diversity (DD) is an important component of Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN). Globally, it is recommended that children aged 6-23 months be fed on diverse diets as a public health measure in curbing malnutrition. In Kenya, stunting rates among children below the age of five years is 26% and diversifying of diets is still sub-optimal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCommunity-based nutritional intervention to improve the practice of dietary diversity and child nutrition by community health workers (CHWs) involving Nyumba Kumi as small neighborhood units (SNUs) in communities has not yet been explored. This study was conducted in two villages in rural Kenya between 2018 and 2019. In total, 662 participants (control vs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Injecting drug use (IDU) is a key driver of the HIV epidemic particularly when individuals experience psychosocial conditions and risky sexual behavior in a syndemic manner. This study sets out to assess evidence of a syndemic pattern of psychosocial conditions (IDU, depression, intimate partner violence (IPV)) on one the hand and risky sexual behavior on the other while accounting for the socio-economic disadvantage among women who inject drugs (WWID) in low-income urban settings in Kenya.
Methods: Using a cross-sectional study design, this study recruited 306 WWIDs from two sites in Nairobi between January 2017 and July 2017.
Adverse early nutrition leads to metabolic aberrations in adulthood. Molecular and cellular mechanisms responsible are emerging; specific nutritional causes remain unclarified. We investigated gestational dietary intake and its influences on metabolism in offspring.
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