Alex Muriithi
Biographic Data
| ID | 8929173 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex Muriithi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex |
| FAMILY NAME | Muriithi |
| SIGNATURE | MURIITHI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Predictors of treatment failure among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis attending public health facilities in Nairobi county
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the infectious diseases of public health concern globally. Kenya is ranked 15th among the 22 high TB burden countries worldwide, which collectively contribute to 80% of the world’s TB cases. TB Treatment failure is one of the threats to the control of TB. The research aimed at determining affordable predictors of TB treatment failure in a resource limited setting to inform policy in designing public health intervention…
“Whenever you need support, you first turn to the group”
Social support is a critical component of achieving positive health outcomes for youth living with HIV (YLWH). Mobile health (mHealth) has significant potential for providing social support to YLWH. However, little is known about the domains of social support most needed by YLWH which mHealth interventions might address. Drawing on the spontaneous creation of WhatsApp support groups by YLWH in Nairobi, Kenya, we characterized Kenyan YLWH's social…
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“Whenever you need support, you first turn to the group”
Social support is a critical component of achieving positive health outcomes for youth living with HIV (YLWH). Mobile health (mHealth) has significant potential for providing social support to YLWH. However, little is known about the domains of social support most needed by YLWH which mHealth interventions might address. Drawing on the spontaneous creation of WhatsApp support groups by YLWH in Nairobi, Kenya, we characterized Kenyan YLWH's social…
Predictors of treatment failure among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis attending public health facilities in Nairobi county
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the infectious diseases of public health concern globally. Kenya is ranked 15th among the 22 high TB burden countries worldwide, which collectively contribute to 80% of the world’s TB cases. TB Treatment failure is one of the threats to the control of TB. The research aimed at determining affordable predictors of TB treatment failure in a resource limited setting to inform policy in designing public health intervention…
Psychological intervention (2 works) · Computer Science (1 work) · Contact tracing (1 work) · Disease (1 work) · Emotional support (1 work) · Environmental health (1 work) · Family medicine (1 work) · Focus group (1 work) · Health care (1 work) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (1 work)