School’s Research Members of staff of the School of Health Sciences are engaged in various research activities and among those which are completed include:
- Determinants of Adherence to Anti-Retroviral Therapy and High Risk Behaviour among HIV Infected Patients on Treatment in Nairobi Province
- Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Regarding Tuberculosis among Adolescents in Kisauni-Mombasa District, Kenya
- Factors predisposing the Community to Visceral Leishmaniasis in Kacheliba Division of West Pokot District, Kenya
The Impact of Alcohol Use on Health and Academic Performance of Students in Kenya Medical Colleges in Central Province
- Adherence to Antimalarial Combination Therapy with Artemether-Lumefantrine in Children Below Five Years in Embu District, Kenya
- “Generic variation in cytokines and effectors as determinants of susceptibility and clinical outcomes of severe malarial anaemia in children” by Dr. Collins Ouma
- “Community Integrated Management of Childhood Illness: Role of the “dialogue Model” as an Interactive Communication Tool” by Dr. Othero Doreen Maloba.
- “Role of School Gardens in Promoting Nutrition Education Intervention Programmes in Rural and Urban Primary Schools in Machakos District, Kenya” by Dr. Mbithe Dorcas David
Department of Public Health
Research Activities Our students and staff have been actively engaged in research in various areas, including the broad areas of HIV/AIDS, Epidemiology, Disaster Management, Health Management Information Systems, Environmental Health, Family Health and Reproductive Health. Staff members are currently carrying out research in the following areas:
- Costing of health services.
- Ethical issues in Anti Retroviral Therapy.
- Environmental Management of Lake Victoria Basin.
- HIV/AIDS Reproductive health nexus.
Graduate School
Institute of Research, Science and Technology (KUIRST).
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