Medical Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Determinants of utilization of intermittent presumtive treatment of malaria using fansidar by pregnant women in the rural urban clinics of Lusaka province
(2012-08-08)Objective: To assess the utilization and determinants of Intermittent Presumptive Treatment of malaria by pregnant women in the rural and urban clinics of Lusaka Province. Study Design: A comparative cross-sectional ... -
Impact of User Fees on Access to Quality Health services for Women in Solwezi District
(2012-08-08)User fees are generally used in government institutions as a means of alleviating pressure on constrained budgets. In 2006, the Zambian Government abolished user fees in all rural areas except urban areas and municipalities ... -
A study of health related behaviour among school going adolescents in Lusaka, Zambia
(2012-08-08)Age grouping in medicine assists in identifying risk groups, and adolescence is one such grouping. This study reported and assessed health related behavioral problems in School going adolescents in Lusaka, Zambia. The main ... -
Community infection ratio as an indicator for tuberculosis control in Zambia : a case-control study of purified protein derivative among house-holds contacts of confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis and control uses
(2012-08-08)The epidemiology of tuberculosis in Zambia is poorly understood. The study investigated the relative importance of transmission within the household and in the community among children aged 2 years to 12 years living in ... -
Knowledge and usage of Oral Rehydration Therapy by Caretakers as First-Line management of Diarrhoea in children under five years in Lusaka, Zambia
(2012-08-08)In Zambia, diarrhoea has been and remains a public health problem. Z.D.H.S, (2002) indicated that in Zambia, the prevalence of diarrhoea in children under five years was 21 percent. A child with diarrhoea dies from dehydration ... -
Factors associated with couplesHIV/AIDS counseling and testing in Kanyama compound, Lusaka
(2012-08-08)Background: Couples counseling and testing has been widely identified as a key HIV/AIDS prevention and management strategy. However, there has been very low uptake of couples testing in Zambia.Study Objective: The purpose ... -
Factors associated with police attitudes towards mentally ill people in Lusaka urban
(2012-08-08)Objective: The main objective of the study was to determine factors associated with Police attitudes towards mentally ill persons in the streets and Police Cells of Lusaka urban.Design: This was a case control study involving ... -
The reasons why women in Ndola Urban are not using Emergency Contraceptives
(2012-08-08)The ability to determine when or even whether to have children is an extraordinarily important human right that benefits not only the individual woman, who is able to control her fertility, but also others. Family planning ... -
The Impact of Infant/Child living Condition on feeding pattern and growth path way for children aged below six years in Lusaka urban:a retrospective cohort study
(2012-08-08)The proliferation in institutional care facilities for children makes it increasingly imperative to understand the exact nature of services that these facilities provide and the impact they hove on children. Although ... -
Adherence to universal precautions with reference to HIV infection among midwives and trained traditional birth attendants during home and health centre deliveries in Siavonga and Mazabuka Districts
(2012-08-08)A cross sectional study was undertaken in both Siavonga and Mazabuka Districts. The general objective of the study was to determine if Universal Precautions were adhered to, and the reason for non-adherence among midwives, ... -
Factors that influence Women's capacity to protect themselves from contracting HIV infection in a Zambian community : a case study of Nkonkola area in Mazabuka District
(2012-08-08)This study examined factors that lead to high incidence of HIV/AIDS infection among women in order to establish determinants that influence women' s protection from contracting HIV/AIDS infection. The exercise was done ... -
Barriers in Accessing DOTS among adult patients with pulmonary Tuberculosis in Ndola Urban District
(2012-08-07)The aim of the study was to explore barriers experienced by adult Pulmonary Tuberculosis patients in accessing Directly Observed Therapy Short course in Ndola Urban district. A randomized cross section study of 198 patients ... -
A descriptive epidemiological study of road traffic accidents in lusaka (October 1996-January 1997)
(2012-08-07)Justification of the Study: Road traffic accidents are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Zambia. Objective: The objective of this study was to identify major risk factors in road traffic accidents in Lusaka in ... -
A survey of antibiotic prescribing patterns and in-vitro antibiotic susceptibility patterns at the University Teaching Hosptal, Lusaka,Zambia ,1998
(2012-08-07)The development of drug resistance to common pathogens, has generated much concern in the medical community. The absence of an antibiotic policy at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), has resulted in a high frequency ... -
Home Care for People with AIDS in Lusaka
(2012-08-03)HIV/AIDS ia a major problem in urban Lusaka, with many patients now nursed at home in the terminal stages of this illness, (MOH 1992). This is a cross-sectional, descriptive study to assess the symptom management practices, ... -
Profile of acute bacterial meningitis in children aged between 1 and 59 months admitted to the paediatric wards at the UTH, Lusaka
(2012-08-02)A hospital based descriptive, prospective study on the profile of acute bacterial meningitis in children aged between 1 and 59 months admitted to the paediatric wards at the UTH, Lusaka was carried out in the Department ... -
A study of Breast Abscesses among Breastfeeding mothers.
(2012-08-02)It has been observed that breast abscesses are a common surgical condition at the University Teaching Hospital Female Casualty Ward. A pilot study on common breast problems in the female casualty records, covering the ... -
Pleural effusion and human immunodefeciency virus infection in adult Zambians : a clinical and laboratory study
(2012-08-02)A Clinical and laboratory study was carried out on 80 adult Zambian patients with pleural effusion in order to determine common features and to establish any association with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection ... -
Utilisation of maternity care services offered by trained Traditional Birth Attendants in Chongwe District
(2012-08-02)It has been estimated that 53% of women in Zambia deliver outside the modern health care facilities. These deliveries were attended by either friends/neighbours, relatives and traditional birth attendants (TBAs), some of ... -
A Study of fine needle aspiration cytology of breast lumps in the University Teaching Hospital
(2012-08-02)This was a prospective study done to assess FNAC as a diagnostic tool in the investigation of breast lumps in University Teaching Hospital. Though this method is inexpensive and has been shown to be highly accurate it is ...