Utafutaji 2025 Kwa tarehe ya kutolewa kitabu
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What Does It Take to Operationalise Gender Transformative Approaches Across Different African Contexts?
(African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2025)Africa is the second largest and second most populous continent in the world. Governed by 54 recognised sovereign states, its people celebrate multiple traditions and speak countless dialects and languages apart from those ... -
Association Between Maternal Mental Health and Early Childhood Development, Nutrition, and Common Childhood Illnesses in Khwisero Subcounty, Kenya.
(PLOS ONE, 2025)Despite the significant public health burden of maternal mental health disorders in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), limited data are available on their effects on early childhood development (ECD), nutritional status, and child ... -
Adolescent Menstrual Health Must Go Beyond Pads
(BMJ, 2025)Girls and women experience various types of vaginal bleeding - ranging from menstruation and postpartum bleeding to bleeding linked to reproductive health conditions such as fibroids or cancer. Across most societies, ... -
Determinants of Infants and Young Children Feeding Practices among Mothers Living in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
(BMC, 2025)The WHO sets evidence-based guidelines for infant feeding. Adhering to the WHO guidelines ensures that infants receive the proper nutrition and thus is associated with healthy growth and development. The aim of this study ... -
Experiences of Childhood Violence and Violence Perpetration and the Association with Inequitable Gender Norms and Violence Justification in Humanitarian Settings in Uganda.
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2025)Experiences of childhood violence and violence perpetration and the association with inequitable gender norms and violence justification have been extensively studied in non-humanitarian settings, and among older populations. ... -
Poverty as a Social Determinant of Mental Health Among Young People: Qualitative Findings Across 13 Countries.
(Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, 2025)Social and economic conditions can have a direct impact on the prevalence and severity of mental health problems across the life course. This study explores adolescents' insights on how poverty as a social determinant ... -
Use of Tobacco and Nicotine Products Among Adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa: Protocol for a Population-Based Multi-Country Household Survey (Study Protocol)
(Frontiers Media, 2025)The use of tobacco among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries is a public health issue of concern. The tobacco industry's aggressive marketing tactics target young people in African countries, leading to early ... -
Hustling Over the Life Course: Reconciling Cultural Norms and Socio-Economic Realities for Young Mothers in Nairobi, Kenya.
(Elsevier, 2025)This paper draws on qualitative interviews with 50 mothers and 31 fathers from the Jamaa na Afya ya Mtoto (JAMO) project to examine the role of hustling in romantic relationships and motherhood in low-income communities ... -
Examining the Associations between Social Support and Postpartum Depression Symptoms among Adolescent Mothers in Nairobi, Kenya
(BMC, 2025)This study aimed to measure the prevalence of postpartum depressive symptoms and explore the association between different forms of social support and postpartum depressive symptoms. In this study, one-quarter of adolescent ... -
Relationship of Patient Characteristics and Nutritional Status to Blood Pressure Among Hypertensive Patients at Kitui Level 5 Hospital.
(African Scholarly Science Communications Trust (ASSCAT), 2025)Hypertension (HTN) is a cardiovascular disorder that significantly contributes to global morbidity and mortality, increasing risks for stroke, heart disease and kidney dysfunction. Poor blood pressure worsens the condition ... -
Reheating Oils During Deep Frying Alters Fatty Acid Profiles, Lipid Peroxidation Level, and Nutritional Indices of French Fries.
(John Wiley & Sons, 2025)Repeated frying with recycled oil promotes lipid peroxidation and fatty acid (FA) profile changes that predispose consumers to increased health risks. The magnitude of such changes differs by oil type, temperature, and ... -
Factors Shaping the Mental Health of Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study in Ghana
(BMC, 2025)The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the working conditions and mental health of healthcare workers (HCWs) across the globe. Little is understood of the factors influencing the mental health of HCWs in low-and ... -
Typology and Ethical Considerations of Digital Health Promotion Tools for Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Review of Examples From Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa
(JMIR Publications, 2025)Digital technologies for health promotion have proliferated over the past decade, with uptake increasing steadily among young people, including those in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Youth increasingly rely on ... -
Understanding the Purchasing and Consumption Dynamics of Commercially Processed Complementary Foods and Caregiver Motivations and Reasons for Purchasing These Foods in Nairobi
(Wiley Blackwell, 2025)Commercially processed complementary foods (CPCFs) are consumed in Kenya, but little is known about caregiver perceptions and reasons for their consumption. We explored caregiver perceptions, motivations and reasons for ... -
Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms and Associated Factors Among Reproductive Age Women in Khwisero, Western Kenya: A Longitudinal Community-Based Study
(Springer Nature, 2025)In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), maternal depression remains a public and social challenge. Available studies from high-income countries suggest that affected women do not constitute one homogeneous group in terms of severity, ... -
Exploring the Link Between Work-Related Psychosocial Factors and Professional Quality of Life among Ethiopian Healthcare Workers: Insights from Structural Equation Modelling Analyses
(PLOS ONE, 2025)Work-related psychosocial factors increase the likelihood of poor professional quality of life (PQoL) outcomes, which are composed of three subscales burnout (BO), compassion fatigue(CF), and low compassion satisfaction ... -
Sexual Behaviors and Self-Reported Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) Among Male and Female Youths in Nigeria
(BMC, 2025)Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remain a global public health issue and are highly prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, with current literature indicating that risky sexual behaviors are major risk factors. Studies have ... -
Stakeholder Perspectives on the Barriers and Facilitators to Integrating Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Management at Primary Care in Kenya
(PLOS, 2025)Integrated care is increasingly recognized as a key strategy for the management of multimorbidity. However, evidence on the factors associated with the implementation of integrated care models in low- and middle-income ... -
Obesity Phenotypes and Dyslipidemia in Adults from Four African Countries: An H3Africa AWI-Gen Study
(PLOS ONE, 2025)In this large multi-county SSA study we observed that the mean lipid levels were higher in Southern (Agincourt, Dikgale and Soweto) and Eastern Africa (Nairobi, Kenya) compared to the two sites in West Africa (Nanoro, ... -
Incident Type 2 Diabetes and its Risk Factors in Men and Women Aged 40 - 60 Years from Four Sub-Saharan African Countries: Results from the AWI-Gen Study
(The Lancet, 2025)The incidence of type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to increase, but few longitudinal studies have characterised its risk factors. This study aimed to determine the incidence of type 2 diabetes over 33 481 ...
