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Isaac K. Nyamongo
Researcher at University of Nairobi
Publications - 66
Citations - 1376
Isaac K. Nyamongo is an academic researcher from University of Nairobi. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Malaria. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 59 publications receiving 1196 citations. Previous affiliations of Isaac K. Nyamongo include University of the Witwatersrand & Kenyatta National Hospital.
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Health care switching behaviour of malaria patients in a Kenyan rural community.
TL;DR: Results show that patients are more likely to start with self-treatment at home as they wait for a time during which they observe their progress, which allows them to minimise expenditure incurred as a result of the sickness.
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Still living with fistula: an exploratory study of the experience of women with obstetric fistula following corrective surgery in West Pokot, Kenya
Anne M. Khisa,Isaac K. Nyamongo +1 more
TL;DR: A weak health system, poor infrastructure, lack of focus, few resources and weak political emphasis on women's reproductive health do not currently offer enough support for an already disempowered group of women.
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Staff attrition among community health workers in home-based care programmes for people living with HIV and AIDS in western Kenya.
TL;DR: Examination of trends and underlying causes of attrition among volunteer community health workers in home-based care for people living with HIV and AIDS in western Kenya finds factors which influence retention/dropout of CHWs should be addressed.
An Ethnographic Study of Cervical Cancer Among Women in Rural Kenya
J. W Gatune,Isaac K. Nyamongo +1 more
TL;DR: This article assesses knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding cervical cancer among rural women of Kenya and proposes a folk causal model to explain the link between these factors and cervical cancer.
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Practicing provider-initiated HIV testing in high prevalence settings: consent concerns and missed preventive opportunities
Mercy Karimi Njeru,Mercy Karimi Njeru,Astrid Blystad,Elizabeth H. Shayo,Elizabeth H. Shayo,Isaac K. Nyamongo,Knut Fylkesnes +6 more
TL;DR: There is an urgent need to reconsider the manner in which the provider initiated HIV testing model is implemented in order to protect the client's autonomy and to maximise access to HIV prevention.