2025: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Leveraging Data Science to Understand and Address Multimorbidity in Sub-Saharan Africa: The MADIVA Protocol.
(BMJ Health & Care Informatics, 2025)Multimorbidity (MM), defined as two or more chronic diseases in an individual, is linked to adverse outcomes. MM is increasing in sub-Saharan Africa due to rapidly advancing epidemiological and social transitions. The ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer and HPV in Persons with Albinism: A Call for Research Investment
(British Journal of Cancer, 2025)Persons with albinism (PWA) have excessively high risks of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) if not protected from ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposures, a situation which occurs too often amongst affected persons in sub-Saharan ... -
Practices of Vendors in Provision of Safe and Quality Food for Slum Residents in Nairobi, Kenya: A Gendered Exploration.
(VeriXiv, 2025)Women dominate the food vending sector, comprising 68.40% of vendors, compared to 31.60% male vendors, largely due to small startup business fund requirements, offering flexibility this occupation offers in balancing ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
