• Undergraduates’ Lifestyle and Suboptimal Health Status (SHS): A cross-sectional Study in the Ha’il region of Saudi Arabia 

  AlsaifID, Bandar; Otieno Asweto, Collins; Sehar-un-Nisa, Hassan; Ali Alzain, Mohamed; Elshiekh Saeed, Mohammed; Kassar, Ahmed; Elbssir Mohammed Ali, Kamal; Ghorbel, Mouna; Zrieq, Rafat; WangI, Wei (UoEm, 2025-02-20)

  University students in Saudi Arabia are embracing some of the negative traits of the fastpaced modern lifestyle, typified by unhealthy eating, low physical activity, and poor sleep habits that may increase their risk for ...
• Foetal Position: Can It Be Used to Predict the Sex of Unborn Baby? 

  Limungi, Mbaabu G.; Kirigia, Consolata (Scientific research publishing, 2020-10)

  Sex is used to define the biological categorization of a human being as either a male or female. Globally, most of the pregnant women have expressed desire to know the sex of their babies prenatally. To determine sex of ...
• Foetal Position: Can It Be Used to Predict the Sex of Unborn Baby? 

  Limungi, Mbaabu G.; Kirigia, Consolata (Scientific research publication, 2020-10)

  Sex is used to define the biological categorization of a human being as either a male or female. Globally, most of the pregnant women have expressed desire to know the sex of their babies prenatally. To determine sex of ...
• Perceived Social Support Among Clients Using Alcohol and Illicit Drugs at the Comprehensive Care Centre at the Coast General Hospital Kenya A Descriptive Cross Sectional Study. 

  Maina, Elizabeth; Wagoro, Miriam; Kirui, Angeline; Khasakhala, Lincoln (International Journal Of Advanced Research (IJAR), 2017-11)

  Poor social support coupled with poor coping mechanisms among people with HIV infection may drive them to alcohol and illicit drug use to cope with the significant psychological challenges that HIV infection presents. ...
• Early growth in preterm infants after hospital discharge in rural Kenya: longitudinal study 

  Mawia, Diana S.; Chege, Margaret N.; Oyieke, Jennifer (Pan African Medical Journal, 2016-06-22)

  Prematurity is the single most important cause of mortality during the neonatal period. The early growth of these infants has been shown to be a predictor of their later growth and neurodevelopmental outcomes. The objective ...
• Influence of Patient Related Factors on Health Seeking Behaviours among Men with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms attending Surgical Out Patient Clinic at Meru Level Five Hospital, Kenya 

  Muriuki, Festus M.; Oluchina, Sherry; Mbithi, Bernard W.; Kirigia, Consolata (2020-10)

  ackground: Currently there are increased cases of men presenting with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) especially in low resource countries. These symptoms may or may not be related to prostate cancer and health seeking ...
• Vascular inflammation, atherosclerosis, and lipid metabolism and the occurrence of non high albuminuria diabetic kidney disease: A cross-sectional study 

  Yang, Yuwei; Yan Liu, Peng Xu; Chen, Xiaohong; Feng, Jiafu (Sage, 2021-02-09)

  Aim: Atherosclerosis involves vascular endothelial damage and lipid metabolism disorder, which is closely related to the occurrence and development of diabetic kidney disease (DKD). However, studies on non-high albuminuria ...
• Factors affecting health seeking behaviour in hypertensive patients of Imenti North sub county, Kenya 

  Kirigia, Consolata; Kamweru, Paul Kuria; Mwenda, Annarita Kajuju, (2021-01-14)

  Background: Prevalence of non-communicable diseases like hypertension is raising hence a burden to low resource countries like Kenya. Purpose of the study was to determine factors affecting health seeking behaviour in ...
• Foetal Position: Can It Be Used to Predict the Sex of Unborn Baby? 

  Limungi, Mbaabu G.; Kirigia, Consolata (Scientific Research, 2021-01-14)

  Sex is used to define the biological categorization of a human being as either a male or female. Globally, most of the pregnant women have expressed desire to know the sex of their babies prenatally. To determine sex of ...
• Effects of increased residential mobility and reduced public spaces Effects of increased residential mobility and reduced public spaces mobility in containing COVID-19 in Africa 

  Asweto, Collins O.; Onyango, Patrick O.; Alzain, Mohamed A; Wang, Wei (Global Reports, 2020-09)

  Background Background The rising COVID-19 crisis threatens to disproportionately hit African countries. As a result, most African governments have temporarily closed schools and non-essential businesses or banned ...
• Effects of increased residential mobility and reduced public spaces mobility in containing COVID-19 in Africa. 

  Asweto, Collins O; Onyango, Patrick O; Alzain, Mohamed A; Wang, Wei (UoEm, 2020-09-28)

  The rising COVID-19 crisis threatens to disproportionately hit African countries. As a result, most African governments have temporarily closed schools and non-essential businesses or banned social gatherings to contain ...
• FCS496 Barriers to immediate post-partum intrauterine contraceptive device (PPIUD) uptake among post-natals 

  Kirigia, Consolata (2018-10)
• Determinants of immediate post partum intrauterine contraceptive device uptake among mothers delivering in meru hospital 

  Kirigia, Consolata; Muraya, M; Gitonga, L. (2014-09)
• Effects of female genital mutilation on physical, social and psychological health of the victims 

  Kirigia, Consolata (EuroSciCon, 2018-06)

  Female circumcision also known as female genital mutilation (FGM), involves none medical cutting or removal of some parts or the entire external female genitalia. FGM is known to cause physical health problems such as ...
• Cervical cancer screening during the COVID-19 Crisis: Africa view point 

  Kirigia, Consolata (eCancer, 2020-05)

  There are approximately 570,000 cases of cervical cancer and 311,000 deaths from cervical cancer globally (1). Approximately 70% of cancer deaths occur in low and middle income countries and cervical cancer is the most ...
• Facilitators to Immediate Post Partum Intra Uterine Contraceptive Device Uptake among Mothers Delivering in Meru Hospital 

  Kirigia, Consolata; Gitonga, Lucy; Muraya, Moses Mahugu (Scientific Research Publishing, 2019-04)

  Family planning allows people to attain their desired number of children and determine the spacing of pregnancies. It is important to promote uptake of family planning services because it is one of the four pillars of ...
• Barriers to Immediate Post-Partum Intra-Uterine Contraceptive Device Uptake among Mothers Delivering at Meru Hospital 

  Kirigia, Consolata; Gitonga, Lucy; Muraya, Moses Mahugu (Scientific Research Publishing, 2019-03)

  Global contraceptive use is at 64%, Africa lagging behind at 33.4%. Kenya has an unmet need for family planning at 23%. Hormonal injections are the most used in Africa at 9.8% and Intra-Uterine Contraceptive Devices at ...
• Impact of Advanced Practice Nurses and Midwives on Patients’ Outcomes: A Systematic Review 

  Kirigia, Consolata (2020-06)

  Background: Advanced practice nursing and midwifery education was introduced globally and in Kenya with an objective of introducing high quality nursing and midwifery care services that would result to improved patients ...
• Corona Virus Disease among Pregnant Women: A Systematic Scoping Review 

  Kirigia, Consolata (Scientific Research Publishing, 2020-05)

  Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a deadly respiratory viral disease that started in China in the year 2019 before spreading to the world. It affects everybody regardless of race, religion, social economic status ...
• Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 

  Ngunjiri, Josephine W. (Elsevier, 2018-11)

  Background Efforts to establish the 2015 baseline and monitor early implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) highlight both great potential for and threats to improving health by 2030. To fully deliver ...

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