Conferences: Recent submissions
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Evaluation of implementation of greater involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS principle in Korogocho, Nairobi east district
(KIBU, 2019-06-12)Introduction: Evaluating the implementation of Greater Involvement of People living with AIDS principle in Korogocho, Nairobi East District. Despite the adoption and recognition of GIPA principle as a major strategy in HIV ... -
Devolution and health care system: challenges and opportunities
(KIBU, 2019-06-12)Health is among the big 4 Agenda. Fourth schedule (part 2) 20I0 constitution designates Health as County function. The Health system becamethe devolved function since 20I0 other than policy management. According to Article ... -
Language and the provision of health services in Kenya
(KIBU, 2019-06-12)The 1948 Declaration of Human Rights recognizes health as a fundamental human right. Long accepted as critical to a population’s wellbeing, health ranks highly in many nations’ development eandeavours. This is not surprising ... -
A seir model for the spread of influenza
(KIBU, 2019-06-12)Many acute infectious diseases have been controlled with the help of research and technology in biological and medical fields. However, influenza, which spreads rapidly in the population, remains a cyclical issue, leading ... -
Usability of big data analytics within clinical decision support systems
(KIBU, 2019-06-12)The adoption of electronic health record systems and other digital technologies such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) techniques, automated laboratory tests, and body sensors have brought the era of big data technology ... -
Remedies on Emerging Lifestyle Diseases
(KIBU, 2019-06-12)This paper sets out to explore how universal health care can enhance food security to sustain the development of a society. It focuses on the preventive health care and emerging lifestyle diseases. Lifestyle diseases are ... -
Framework for evaluation of effectiveness of integrated financial management information system architecture implemented in public hospitals in Kenya
(KIBU, 2019-06-12)Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS), is an enterprise resource planning application that captures all functional processes and relevant financial flows within Public expenditure management. IFMIS is ... -
Contract vs permanent: an academic perspective on the current stand-off in health care sector between nurses and the government
(KIBU, 2019-06-12)Under the dispensation of the new constitution health care became a devolved function making it fall under the stewardship of the County governments. Since then the health care sector has faced a number of challenges. As ... -
Indigenous languages: a challenge or an opportunity in the achievement of universal healthcare in Kenya
(KIBU, 2019-06-12)One of the four main agenda for Kenya as a nation is the achievement of universal healthcare. An assessment of the level at which this has been implemented reveals that Kenya is facing challenges in fully implementing ... -
Role of kiswahili in attainment of universal health coverage in Kenya
(KIBU, 2019-06-12)Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is one of the Jubilee government’s big four agenda. The government targets to achieve it by 2022.This paper delves into the pivotal role that Kiswahili can play in ensuring that free universal ... -
Influence of selection on academic staff retention in universities in Kenya
(KIBU, 2017-06-15)Kenyan universities are operating in a highly competitive environment where supply of qualified academic staff is in deficit. One of the challenges these universities face is academic staff retention. This study sought ... -
Quality assurance in higher education: A critical review of use of internal measures in universities in Kenya
(KIBU, 2018-06-14)An audit report by the Commission for University Education between January and February 2017 established that many universities in Kenya do not adhere to a number of quality guidelines put in place. Consequently, it ... -
Moral education and societal development: Is the reintroduction of social education ethics the panacea for society’s moral challenges?
(KIBU, 2018-06-14)Societies worldwide are faced with the challenge of increased social ills that were previously unheard of. Commonly reported in the media are cases of drug abuse, suicide, homicide, rape, teenage pregnancy and rampant ... -
Income generation of university libraries in Kenya: Trends, lessons and opportunities in sustainable development education
(KIBU, 2018-06-14)Sustainability has been elevated from doing to the level of being; involving mission, vision andshared values. The shared values are the Triple, Bottom down approach which is the global agenda. The practice of education ... -
An investigation of prevention strategies applied to minimize student deviant behaviour in secondary schools within Bungoma County, Kenya
(KIBU, 2018-06-14)Whereas many schools have been known to exhibit strong school culture practices that drive academic excellence, rampant theft and exam cheating in schools across counties in Kenya have stood out as a unique trend of ... -
An assessment of features of school culture influencing student deviance in schools within Bungoma County, Kenya
(KIBU, 2018-06-14)Whereas many schools have been known to exhibit strong school cultures that seem to drive academic excellence, deviant behaviour in schools continues to be a matter of global concern. Knowledge of the role school culture ... -
Lean operations practices as a tool for healthcare and nutrition for all: a case study of public hospitals in Nairobi County
(KIBU, 2018-06-12)Healthcare and nutrition for all can be achieved by the application of lean operations practices in public hospitals to improve organizational performance. Research done has shown that private hospitals perform better than ... -
Microbiological quality of drinking water in both the source and point of use in Marigat urban centre Baringo County, Kenya
(KIBU, 2018-06-12)Access to safe water is a precondition for health and is a basic human right, yet still denied to hundreds of millions of people throughout the developing world. Waterborne diseases caused by insufficient safe water supplies, ... -
Status quo of food services and its influence on students’ preference to on-campus dinning in Kenyan universities: case study of Kibabii University
(KIBU, 2018-06-12)First choice for University students to dine-in has always been thought to be the foodservices offered by University Catering Units. However, these seemingly captive customers have been opting for off-campus foodservice ... -
The HIV/AIDS pandemic among technical Institute trainees, its implication on their sexual behavior: a case of the selected technical Institute in Kimilili Bungoma Sub-County, Kenya
(KIBU, 2018-06-12)This study was carried out to determine the impact of the knowledge of Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) (HIV/AIDS) among technical trainees on their sexual behavior. HIV/AIDS ...