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Investigating the possible measures taken to overcome interpersonal communication barriers between parents and their youth on hiv prevention
(IJRDO-Journal of Educational Research, 2020)The study examined the influence of parent and youth interpersonal communication barriers on HIV prevention in North Kamagambo Location, Migori County. The study covered a population of 18,755 according to the 2009 ... -
An Investigation of the Causes of Conflicts between Teaching Staff and Principals in Public Secondary Schools in Rachuonyo South Sub-County, Kenya
(East African Journal of Education Studies (EAJES), 2023-07-16)Communication is the nervous system of an organization, and its success depends very much upon the coordinated efforts of people working at different levels to achieve a common goal. Conflict, on the other hand, is an ... -
Investigation on the existing nature of interpersonal communication between parent and youth on HIV, prevention: study of north kamagambo location, Migori county, Kenya
(International Journal of Social Sciences and Information Technology, 2018)This study examined the influence of parent and youth interpersonal communication barriers on HIV prevention in North Kamagambo Location, Migori County with a specific objective of investigating the existing nature of ... -
Issues to consider when applying indigenous medical knowledge to provide healthcare by county governments in Kenya
(Regional Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 2022-12)Rationale of Study – This study explores issues that should be considered in implementing IMK in providing quality healthcare by county governments in Kenya. The study’s specific objectives were to determine different ... -
Leveraging cloud computing for improved health service delivery: Findings from public health facilities in Kisumu County, Western Kenya-2019
(Learning Health Systems, 2021-12-22)Introduction: Healthcare delivery systems across the world have been shown to fall short of the ideals of being cost-effective and meeting pre-established standards of quality but the problem is more pronounced in Africa. ... -
Managing records at higher education institutions: a case study of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg Campus
(South African Journals.of Information management., 2005-03)Penn, Pennix and Coulson (1994:2) and King (1997:656) pointed out that many business transactions depend on the proper creation and maintenance of recorded information. The medium on which the recording of information ... -
Mapping and Modeling Kenya’s Hospitality Industry Cyber Security Factors: Case of Selected Hotels in the North Rift
(Mara Research Journal of Computer Science & Information Security, 2016)This study investigated by modeling cyber-security factors affecting tourism and hospitality industry in Kenya. More specifically, three selected state of the art hotels in the North Rift that were then used for the study. ... -
Meanings of emerging discourses from Kenya’s mainstream press Mediatization of sino-Kenya relations
(Journal of Advance Research in Social science and Humanties, 2021)Theoretically, the Kenyan press tends to be superficial in mediatizing Sino-Kenya relations. It is important therefore that the Kenyan mainstream press goes beyond the superficial mediatization of events on Sino-Kenya ... -
Measuring Impacts of Information and Communication Advances for Development in the 21st Century
(2015)This paper explores why measuring the impacts of information and communication advances is important for development in the 21st Century and why it is statistically challenging. Measuring impacts in any field is difficult, ... -
The Media Coverage of The Hague Trials and the Construction of New Ethnic Subjectivities in Kenya
(Indiana University Pres, 2013)This paper examines the Daily Nation’s coverage of the ongoing Hague trials involving six suspects of the 2007 postelection violence in Kenya. The paper uses qualitative content analysis to investigate how the Hague trials ... -
Media Framing of Climate Change Contents in News Coverage in Kenya
(International Journal of Professional Practice (IJPP), 2024-10)Climate change is a phenomenon whose consequences affect nations across the globe, limiting the growth of various sectors. Climate change risk stories affecting Kenya can only gain public attention and become part of the ... -
Metrics Model for Indexing University Information Technology Teaching Professionals’ Improvement in ICT Integration: A Review of the Literature
(International Journal of Computer Science and Telecommunications, 2016-05)Despite the recent progress in the development of ICT integration indices to support management of teaching in institutions, very little empirical research focusing on metrics for continuous improvement in ICT integration ... -
Mobile Based Design for Strengthening Traditional Birth Attendant Health Care Systems in Low Resource Settings: The Case of Migori County, Kenya
(Journal of Applied Humanities and Social Sciences, 2025)Mobile health applications are established tools for healthcare management, patient education, and capacity building of healthcare providers. However, their use for strengthening Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA) health ... -
Mugabe must go: Textual Meanings of the Representation of the Zimbabwean Situation by the South African Press
(Indiana University Pres, 2011)This article is a textual analysis of the South African press representation of the political, economic, and social situations in Zimbabwe. The article argues that the South African press presents a stereotypical and ... -
Myths and Misconceptions on Covid-19: ‘Congo Check’ and ‘Talato’ Verification Experiences
(2021-03-31)Despite the challenges of connectivity and the digital divide that persists in Central Africa, an increasing number of citizens is engaging and interacting in social networks for fulfilling their informational needs. In ... -
Organizational communication on devolved governance: a case of Kisii county executive
(International Journal of Social Sciences and Information Technology, 2018-11)Devolution being a new phenomenon in Kenya, the capacity of the counties to face up with communication challenges and potential structural complexities to ensure that they are managed sustainably is a concern. County ... -
Peace Education and Cultural Diversity: Focus on Kenya’s Post-Election Crisis
(International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and Education (IJHSSE), 2018)It is not difficult to understand the relationship between peace and education. We can recover it from a more disciplined approach when we begin to seek the ultimate causation of the need for peace. As such peace will often ... -
Perceptions of youth on new media influence in insecurity in Migori county, Kenya: a case of Rongo Sub County
(International Journal of Social Sciences and Information Technology, 2019-10)Today, new media fully saturate our everyday lives that we are often unconscious of their presence, not to mention their influence. New media are the internet based tools and services that allow users to interact with ... -
Perspectivizing Vernacular Broadcast Media Intervention in Stemming Intra-Ethnic Conflict in Kenya: A Case of the Abakuria
(2016)The media can be used as an instrument to build as well as to destroy order, harmony and social coexistence in the human society. This study has tried to establish the inherent nature of social conflict and crises in human ... -
Philosophizing Alternative Pan-African Media and Society Approaches to Countering Female Violent Extremism in Kenya for Peace and Security
(Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding ScholarSouthern Voices Network for Peacebuilding Scholar, 2016-12)
