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2008

Aura, L. J., & Mwachinalo, S. A. (2008). Advanced Kenyan Sign Language. Nairobi: Kenya Institute of Special education.

Mulwo, A. K. (2008). An analysis of students' responses to ABC & VCT messages at three universities in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.

Kiaritha, N. (2008). The Application of Managerial Grid Model in Church Leadership and their Implication on Church Membership. African Ecclesial Review: Specific Challenges to Evangelization in Africa, 48, 19-26.

Kaime-Atterhög, W., & Ahlberg, B. M. (2008). Are street children beyond rehabilitation?: understanding the life situation of street boys through ethnographic methods in Nakuru Kenya. Child Youth Serv Rev, 30. Website

Kyololo, O. M., & Van Wyk, N. C. (2008). Assessment of mothers’ level of knowledge and management practices regarding childhood diarrhea diseases in Nandi South District – Kenya, . Kenya Nursing Journal, 37(2), 4-15.

Vreeman, R. C., Wiehe, S. E., Ayaya, S. O., Musick, B. S., & Nyandiko, W. M. (2008). Association of antiretroviral and clinic adherence with orphan status among HIV-infected children in Western Kenya. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 49, 163–170. LWW.

John, M. J., Anandjiwala, R. D., Wambua, P., Chapple, S. A., Klems, T., Doecker, M., Goulain, M., et al. (2008). Bio-based structural composite materials for aerospace applications. In . South African International Aerospace Symposium.

Paul Wambua, Rajesh Anandjiwala, G. L., & Nurick, G. (2008). Blast testing of natural fibre and hybrid composites. In 29th International Conference SAMPE EUROPE, Hotel Mercure, Porte de Versailles “EXPO”, Paris, France, 31st March to 2nd April, 2008.

Ayuo, P. O., Diero, L. O., Owino-Ong’or, W. D., & Mwangi, A. W. (2008). Causes of delay in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients attending a referral hospital in Western Kenya. East African Medical Journal, 85, 263–268. Kenya Medical Association.

Kareithi, J. N., Egesah, O. B., & Kongongo, M. (2008). The challenges of orphan fosterage in the era of HIV/AIDS in North Rift region, Kenya. In HIV/AIDS Challenge in Africa, an impact and response assessment: The Case of Kenya (p. 148-189). Addis Ababa: OSSREA.

Davies, M. (2008). A childish culture?: shared understandings, agency and intervention: an anthropological study of street children in northwest Kenya. Childhood, 15. Website

Kudrati, M., Plummer, M. L., & Yousif, N. D. (2008). Children of the sug: a study of the daily lives of street children in Khartoum, Sudan, with intervention recommendations. Child Abuse Negl, 32. Website

Kudrati, M., Plummer, M. L., & Yousif, N. D. E. H. (2008). Children of the sug: a study of the daily lives of street children in Khartoum, Sudan, with intervention recommendations. Child Abuse Negl, 32. Website

Nyamboga, C. M., & Joseph, N. (2008). Conflict Resolution: The Role of Information and Knowledge Management: the Kenyan Experience. Kenya Library Association.

Conflict Resolution: The Role of Information and Knowledge Management. (2008). Conflict Resolution: The Role of Information and Knowledge Management. (C. M. Nyamboga & J. N. Kiplang’at). Nairobi: Kenya Library Association and Goethe-Institut.

Aimone, A., Connolly, B., Chaudhary, S., Lugtu, J., Martinuzzi, F., & O'Connor, D. L. (2008). Developing a mechanism to measure the absorption of bacterially-synthesized folate across the colon: Testing of caplets with a pH-sensitive coating designed for colon targeting. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.

Obuchi, S. M. (2008). Discourse Structure of Trader-Customer Kiswahili Interactions in Kenyan Open-Air Markets: A Case of Gikomba and Kongowea:. University of Nairobi.

Moseti, S. O. (2008). Discourse structure of trader-customer Kiswahili interactions in Kenyan open-air markets: A case of Gikomba and Kongowea.

Jumbi, G., & Kuremu, R. T. (2008). Emergency resection of sigmoid volvulus. East African medical journal, 85, 398–405.

Ensign, J., & Ammerman, S. (2008). Ethical issues in research with homeless youths. J Adv Nurs, 62. Website

Yebei, V. N., Fortenberry, J. B., & Ayuku, D. O. (2008). Felt stigma among people living with HIV/AIDS in rural and urban Kenya. African health sciences, 8. Makerere University Medical School (Uganda).

O'Connor, D. L., Aimone, A., Ward, W., Vaughan, J., Jefferies, A., Campbell, D. M., Asztalos, E., et al. (2008). Growth and Body Composition of Human Milk-Fed Premature Infants Provided with Extra Energy and Nutrients Early after Hospital Discharge: One Year Follow-up. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.

Ernst, J. A., Ettyang, G., Neumann, C., Nyandiko, W., & Siika, A. (2008). HIV Infection and Nutrition Status: The Importance of Food in Disease Management. Global Livestock CRSP, UC Davis.

Ayikukwei, R., Ngare, D., Sidle, J., Ayuku, D., Baliddawa, J., & Greene, J. (2008). HIV/AIDS and cultural practices in western Kenya: the impact of sexual cleansing rituals on sexual behaviours. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 10, 587-599. Taylor & Francis. Website Abstract

This paper reports on an exploratory study examining the role of sexual cleansing rituals in the transmission of HIV among the Luo community in western Kenya. Data were collected using both in‐depth interviews and focus group discussions. The study population consisted of 38 widows, 12 community elders and 44 cleansers. Data were collected on non‐behavioural causes, behavioural causes and behavioural indicators associated with sexual rituals. Content analysis revealed five central themes: the effect of the ritual on sexual behaviours; factors contributing to the continued practice of the ritual, including a sub‐theme on the commercialization of the ritual; the inseparable relationship between the sanctity of sex, prosperity and fertility of the land; and the effects of modernization on the ritual, including a sub‐theme on the effects of mass media on HIV‐prevention awareness campaigns. Causal factors of unchanging sexual behaviours are deeply rooted in traditional beliefs, which the community uphold strongly. These beliefs encourage men and women to have multiple sexual partners in a context where the use of condoms is rejected and little HIV testing is carried out.

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