List of works - Grace Irimu

A multifaceted intervention to implement guidelines and improve admission paediatric care in Kenyan district hospitals: a cluster randomised trial

scientific article

Access, sources and value of new medical information: views of final year medical students at the University of Nairobi

scientific article published on January 2009

Adoption of recommended practices and basic technologies in a low-income setting

scientific article published on 30 January 2014

An intervention to improve paediatric and newborn care in Kenyan district hospitals: understanding the context

scientific article published on 23 July 2009

An observational study of monitoring of vital signs in children admitted to Kenyan hospitals: an insight into the quality of nursing care?

scientific article published on 17 February 2018

Approaching quality improvement at scale: a learning health system approach in Kenya.

scientific article published on 7 March 2018

Are hospitals prepared to support newborn survival? - An evaluation of eight first-referral level hospitals in Kenya

scientific article published on 19 August 2009

Audit of care for children aged 6 to 59 months admitted with severe malnutrition at kenyatta national hospital, kenya

scientific article

Blood Transfusion Delay and Outcome in County Hospitals in Kenya

scientific article published on 05 December 2016

Building Learning Health Systems to Accelerate Research and Improve Outcomes of Clinical Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

scientific article published on 12 April 2016

Characteristics of admissions and variations in the use of basic investigations, treatments and outcomes in Kenyan hospitals within a new Clinical Information Network

scientific article

Community understanding of pneumonia in Kenya

scientific article published on June 2008

Comparison of Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling With Conventional Autopsy to Detect Pulmonary Pathology Among Respiratory Deaths in a Resource-Limited Setting

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Debating the quality and performance of health systems at a global level is not enough, national debates are essential for progress

scientific article published on 13 March 2008

Determining the Cause of Death Among Children Hospitalized With Respiratory Illness in Kenya: Protocol for Pediatric Respiratory Etiology Surveillance Study (PRESS)

scientific article published on 10 January 2019

Developing and introducing evidence based clinical practice guidelines for serious illness in Kenya

scientific article published on September 2008

Developing guidelines in low-income and middle-income countries: lessons from Kenya

scientific article published on 5 June 2017

Does audit and feedback improve the adoption of recommended practices? Evidence from a longitudinal observational study of an emerging clinical network in Kenya

scientific article published on 23 October 2017

Effect of a multi-faceted quality improvement intervention on inappropriate antibiotic use in children with non-bloody diarrhoea admitted to district hospitals in Kenya

scientific article

Effect of enhanced feedback to hospitals that are part of an emerging clinical information network on uptake of revised childhood pneumonia treatment policy: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial

scientific article published on 7 September 2017

Effect of enhancing audit and feedback on uptake of childhood pneumonia treatment policy in hospitals that are part of a clinical network: a cluster randomized trial

scientific article published on 04 March 2019

Examining the effectiveness of zinc treatment in children admitted with diarrhoea in Kenya's public hospitals: an observational comparative effectiveness study

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Explaining the effects of a multifaceted intervention to improve inpatient care in rural Kenyan hospitals--interpretation based on retrospective examination of data from participant observation, quantitative and qualitative studies

scientific article

Explaining the uptake of paediatric guidelines in a Kenyan tertiary hospital--mixed methods research

scientific article

Factors influencing performance of health workers in the management of seriously sick children at a Kenyan tertiary hospital--participatory action research

scientific article

Health systems research in a low-income country: easier said than done

scientific article published on June 2008

Hospital outcomes for paediatric pneumonia and diarrhoea patients admitted in a tertiary hospital on weekdays versus weekends: a retrospective study

scientific article published on 11 May 2013

Implementation experience during an eighteen month intervention to improve paediatric and newborn care in Kenyan district hospitals

scientific article published on 23 July 2009

Implementing locally appropriate guidelines and training to improve care of serious illness in Kenyan hospitals: a story of scaling-up (and down and left and right)

scientific article

Improving documentation of clinical care within a clinical information network: an essential initial step in efforts to understand and improve care in Kenyan hospitals

scientific article

Inappropriate prescription of cough remedies among children hospitalised with respiratory illness over the period 2002-2015 in Kenya

scientific article published on 19 December 2016

Knowledge of postnatal mothers on essential newborn care practices at the Kenyatta National Hospital: a cross sectional study

scientific article

Magnitude and pattern of improvement in processes of care for hospitalised children with diarrhoea and dehydration in Kenyan hospitals participating in a clinical network

scientific article published on 11 November 2018

Malaria investigation and treatment of children admitted to county hospitals in western Kenya

scientific article published on 18 October 2016

Performance of health workers in the management of seriously sick children at a Kenyan tertiary hospital: before and after a training intervention

scientific article

Prevalence, aetiology, treatment and outcomes of shock in children admitted to Kenyan hospitals

scientific article

Prevalence, outcome and quality of care among children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition in Kenyan hospitals: A multi-site observational study.

scientific article published on 17 May 2018

Quality of hospital care for sick newborns and severely malnourished children in Kenya: a two-year descriptive study in 8 hospitals

scientific article

Risk factors for death among children aged 5-14 years hospitalised with pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study in Kenya

scientific article published on 03 September 2019

Risk factors for mortality and effect of correct fluid prescription in children with diarrhoea and dehydration without severe acute malnutrition admitted to Kenyan hospitals: an observational, association study

scientific article published in July 2018

Rotavirus G and P types circulating in the eastern region of Kenya: predominance of G9 and emergence of G12 genotypes

scientific article published on January 2014

Tackling health professionals' strikes: an essential part of health system strengthening in Kenya

scientific article published in 2018

The Prevalence and Management of Dehydration amongst Neonatal Admissions to General Paediatric Wards in Kenya-A Clinical Audit.

scientific article published on 9 January 2018

The clinical profile of severe paediatric malaria in an area targeted for routine RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccination in Western Kenya

scientific article published on 26 August 2019

The epidemiology of human rotavirus associated with diarrhoea in Kenyan children: a review

scientific article published on July 2008

Using data from a multi-hospital clinical network to explore prevalence of pediatric rickets in Kenya

scientific article published on 17 August 2017

Variation in and risk factors for paediatric inpatient all-cause mortality in a low income setting: data from an emerging clinical information network

scientific article published on 5 April 2017

What do we think we are doing? How might a clinical information network be promoting implementation of recommended paediatric care practices in Kenyan hospitals?

scientific article published on 02 February 2017

List of works by Grace Irimu

A multifaceted intervention to implement guidelines and improve admission paediatric care in Kenyan district hospitals: a cluster randomised trial

Access, sources and value of new medical information: views of final year medical students at the University of Nairobi

Adoption of recommended practices and basic technologies in a low-income setting

An intervention to improve paediatric and newborn care in Kenyan district hospitals: understanding the context

An observational study of monitoring of vital signs in children admitted to Kenyan hospitals: an insight into the quality of nursing care?

Approaching quality improvement at scale: a learning health system approach in Kenya.

Are hospitals prepared to support newborn survival? - An evaluation of eight first-referral level hospitals in Kenya

Audit of care for children aged 6 to 59 months admitted with severe malnutrition at kenyatta national hospital, kenya

Blood Transfusion Delay and Outcome in County Hospitals in Kenya

Building Learning Health Systems to Accelerate Research and Improve Outcomes of Clinical Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Characteristics of admissions and variations in the use of basic investigations, treatments and outcomes in Kenyan hospitals within a new Clinical Information Network

Community understanding of pneumonia in Kenya

Comparison of Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling With Conventional Autopsy to Detect Pulmonary Pathology Among Respiratory Deaths in a Resource-Limited Setting

Debating the quality and performance of health systems at a global level is not enough, national debates are essential for progress

Determining the Cause of Death Among Children Hospitalized With Respiratory Illness in Kenya: Protocol for Pediatric Respiratory Etiology Surveillance Study (PRESS)

Developing and introducing evidence based clinical practice guidelines for serious illness in Kenya

Developing guidelines in low-income and middle-income countries: lessons from Kenya

Does audit and feedback improve the adoption of recommended practices? Evidence from a longitudinal observational study of an emerging clinical network in Kenya

Effect of a multi-faceted quality improvement intervention on inappropriate antibiotic use in children with non-bloody diarrhoea admitted to district hospitals in Kenya

Effect of enhanced feedback to hospitals that are part of an emerging clinical information network on uptake of revised childhood pneumonia treatment policy: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial

Effect of enhancing audit and feedback on uptake of childhood pneumonia treatment policy in hospitals that are part of a clinical network: a cluster randomized trial

Examining the effectiveness of zinc treatment in children admitted with diarrhoea in Kenya's public hospitals: an observational comparative effectiveness study

Explaining the effects of a multifaceted intervention to improve inpatient care in rural Kenyan hospitals--interpretation based on retrospective examination of data from participant observation, quantitative and qualitative studies

Explaining the uptake of paediatric guidelines in a Kenyan tertiary hospital--mixed methods research

Factors influencing performance of health workers in the management of seriously sick children at a Kenyan tertiary hospital--participatory action research

Health systems research in a low-income country: easier said than done

Hospital outcomes for paediatric pneumonia and diarrhoea patients admitted in a tertiary hospital on weekdays versus weekends: a retrospective study

Implementation experience during an eighteen month intervention to improve paediatric and newborn care in Kenyan district hospitals

Implementing locally appropriate guidelines and training to improve care of serious illness in Kenyan hospitals: a story of scaling-up (and down and left and right)

Improving documentation of clinical care within a clinical information network: an essential initial step in efforts to understand and improve care in Kenyan hospitals

Inappropriate prescription of cough remedies among children hospitalised with respiratory illness over the period 2002-2015 in Kenya

Knowledge of postnatal mothers on essential newborn care practices at the Kenyatta National Hospital: a cross sectional study

Magnitude and pattern of improvement in processes of care for hospitalised children with diarrhoea and dehydration in Kenyan hospitals participating in a clinical network

Malaria investigation and treatment of children admitted to county hospitals in western Kenya

Performance of health workers in the management of seriously sick children at a Kenyan tertiary hospital: before and after a training intervention

Prevalence, aetiology, treatment and outcomes of shock in children admitted to Kenyan hospitals

Prevalence, outcome and quality of care among children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition in Kenyan hospitals: A multi-site observational study.

Quality of hospital care for sick newborns and severely malnourished children in Kenya: a two-year descriptive study in 8 hospitals

Risk factors for death among children aged 5-14 years hospitalised with pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study in Kenya

Risk factors for mortality and effect of correct fluid prescription in children with diarrhoea and dehydration without severe acute malnutrition admitted to Kenyan hospitals: an observational, association study

Rotavirus G and P types circulating in the eastern region of Kenya: predominance of G9 and emergence of G12 genotypes

Tackling health professionals' strikes: an essential part of health system strengthening in Kenya

The Prevalence and Management of Dehydration amongst Neonatal Admissions to General Paediatric Wards in Kenya-A Clinical Audit.

The clinical profile of severe paediatric malaria in an area targeted for routine RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccination in Western Kenya

The epidemiology of human rotavirus associated with diarrhoea in Kenyan children: a review

Using data from a multi-hospital clinical network to explore prevalence of pediatric rickets in Kenya

Variation in and risk factors for paediatric inpatient all-cause mortality in a low income setting: data from an emerging clinical information network

What do we think we are doing? How might a clinical information network be promoting implementation of recommended paediatric care practices in Kenyan hospitals?