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Healthcare providers factors influencing the uptake of WHO modified safe child birth checklist in management of pre-term births among healthcare workers in Migori County, Kenya
The World Health Organization introduced the safe childbirth checklist in 2015 to address high rates of maternal mortality and preterm deliveries. The checklist varies based on geography and socioeconomic position. Healthcare professionals in developing nations lag behind those in developed nations, with less than sixty percent using the checklist routinely in African nations. Read More >>>
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Determining the human resource factors influencing strikes among healthcare workers in public hospitals in Nairobi County, Kenya
In Kenya, the Central Association of Trade Unions (COTU-K) has revealed that there has been an increase in labor cases and strikes. A majority of these cases involve the Union representatives and the public authorities. These strikes cause huge moral discussions, due to their capacity to hurt patients likedeterioration of health, an increase in mortality cases, or a complete shutdown of healthcare facilities. This research aimed to investigate thehuman resource factorsinfluencing strikes among Healthcare workers in public hospitals in Nairobi County, Kenya, and their effects on service deliver
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Food insecurity and mobility difficulty in middle-aged and older adults: The importance of bio-psychosocial factors
Food insecurity has been associated with mobility difficulty (MD) in old age. However, there is a scarcity of research on this topic from low- and middle-income countries, while the bio-psychological factors underlying this association are largely unknown. We investigated the food insecurity-MD link in Ghana and explored how sleep, anxiety, loneliness, and physical activity (PA) mediate the association.
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Empowering Older Adults to Utilise Neighbourhoods: A Healthy Ageing Perspective
Healthy ageing refers to the dynamic process of acquiring and maintaining functional capabilities that enhance the well-being of older adults. The World Health Organization aims to optimise older adults’ functional capability as they age. However, concurrent shifts, including climate change and extreme temperatures, challenge WHO’s “Decade of Healthy Ageing” agenda for 2030. Consequently, given the global population’s upward trajectory, it is imperative to establish neighbourhoods that facilitate healthy and fulfilling lives for older adults. This chapter delves into empowering older
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Effects of climate change awareness on green purchase behaviour, biking, and walking time: moderated mediation by sustainability knowingness
Walking and biking are central to the growing health-sustainability debate for favouring the planet and protecting individuals against disease. Research has shown that environmental knowledge factors such as Climate Change Awareness (CCA) and Sustainability Knowingness (SK) can positively influence pro-environmental behaviours [e.g., Green Purchase Behaviour (GPB)]. However, no study has tested the Read More
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Facility readiness and experience of women and health care providers in receiving and delivering obstetric care in comprehensive health posts in Ethiopia: a mixed method study
Maternal mortality remains a critical public health issue in Ethiopia, with only half of births occurring in health facilities. To address this, the Health Extension Program (HEP) introduced comprehensive health posts (CHPs) to improve maternal and newborn health services in underserved areas. The CHPs are expected to provide essential health services to communities who live in villages that have limited access to a health center or Primary Hospital (more than one-hour walking distance). This study assessed the readiness of CHPs to deliver obstetric care and explored the experiences of women a
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Assessing the effects of menstrual hygiene, water, and sanitation on girls’ academic performances in public schools, Ethiopia
his study examined relationship between menstrual hygiene management (MHM), water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services, and girls' academic performance in Ethiopia. This study employed cross-sectional mixed study design with 912 public schoolgirls Read More >>>
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Characterization of Bacterial Pathogens of the Urinary Tract in Type 2 Diabetes Patients at Mzuzu Central Hospital, Nothern Malawi
People with type 2 diabetes are more vulnerable to infections due to a weakened immune system caused by diabetes-related factors. Urinary tract infections caused by bacteria are associated with antibiotic resistance and severe recurrent disease. This cross-sectional study characterized uropathogenic bacteria and assessed beta-lactamases linked to antibiotic resistance with a sample size of 294. UTIs were common in type 2 diabetics, especially in those with >190 g/dl mean RBS. There was a concerning 62.5% ESBL-producing E. coli that were resistant to antibiotics, which is a serious
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