BUDGET AND HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY IN COUNTY GOVERNMENTS OF KENYA
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Abstract: This study delves into the quality of health outcomes within Kenya's County Governments, underpinned by theoretical frameworks emphasizing citizens as vital stakeholders in budget formulation and execution. The study encompasses patients within County and County-affiliated personnel, adopting a correlational research design. A convenience sampling technique facilitated patient identification from hospitals in targeted County governments.
The Economic Costs of Tobacco Related Illnesses in Kenya
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Objective: To estimate the economic costs of selected tobacco-related illnesses (TRI) in Kenya in 2022.
Defining a screening tool for post-traumatic stress disorder in East Africa: a penalized regression approach
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Background: Scalable PTSD screening strategies must be brief, accurate and capable of administration by a non-specialized workforce.
Preference of mHealth versus in-person treatment for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in Kenya: demographic and clinical characteristics
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Objectives: We conducted an implementation science mental health treatment study in western Kenya, testing strategies for scale up of evidence-based mental health services for common adult disorders using a non-specialist workforce, integrated with existing primary care (Sequential Multiple, Assignment Randomized Trial of non-specialist-delivered psychotherapy (Interpersonal Psychotherapy) and/or medication (fluoxetine) for major depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (SMART DAPPER)).
The Return on Investment of Scaling Tuberculosis Screening and Preventive Treatment: A Modelling Study in Brazil, Georgia, Kenya, and South Africa
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Background: Closing the tuberculosis diagnostic gap and scaling-up tuberculosis preventive treatment (TPT) are two major global priorities to end the tuberculosis epidemic. To help support these efforts, we modeled the impact and return-on-investment (ROI) of a comprehensive intervention to improve tuberculosis screening and prevention in Brazil, Georgia, Kenya, and South Africa—four distinct epidemiological settings.
Nutrition-Sensitive Agricultural Interventions and Maternal and Child Nutrition Outcomes in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Kenya
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Objectives: The objective of this study was to assess the effect of household participation in climate smart nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA) interventions on maternal and young child nutrition outcomes in Makueni, Garissa and Tana River counties.
EfD Ethiopia hosted seminar on the impact of water scarcity on migration
EfD Ethiopia (Environment and Climate Research Center, ECRC) hosted a thought-provoking seminar titled Thirsting for Solutions: The Impact of Water Scarcity on Migration. This event, which took place…
Mitigating agricultural residue burning: challenges and solutions across land classes in Punjab, India
Gendered demand for environmental health technologies: Evidence of complementarities from stove auctions in India
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We study if prior exposure to one environmental health technology – improved sanitation – complements or substitutes for additional household investments in another such technology — an electric induction cookstove. We conducted a cookstove demand revealing auction ten years after a random half of our sample had been exposed to an intensive sanitation promotion campaign in rural India.