ISSN 2348-3156 (Print) International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research ISSN 2348-3164 (online) Vol. 10, Issue 4, pp: (175-188), Month: October - December 2022, Available at: www.researchpublish.com
Stakeholder Participation and Implementation of Universal Healthcare Projects in Kisumu County, Kenya Mary Elizabeth Onyango1, Dr Faith Ruguru, PhD2 1,2
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7185584
Published Date: 11-October-2022
Abstract: Even though universal health care stands out as a critical concept to the well-being of persons within the country, it is yet to be embraced to a good degree in Kenya with a number of aspects pointed out as barriers. The study sought to assess the influence of stakeholder participation on the implementation of the universal health care project in Kisumu County. The specific objectives of the study were to assess the influence of stakeholder identification on the implementation of universal healthcare project in Kisumu County, to establish the effect of stakeholder communication on the implementation of universal healthcare project in Kisumu County, to evaluate the influence of stakeholder engagement on the implementation of universal healthcare project in Kisumu County and to assess the effect of monitoring and evaluation on the implementation of universal healthcare project in Kisumu County. Descriptive research design was used in this study. In this study the target population consisted of 347 beneficiary households, 78 universal healthcare workers and 87 local leaders in Kisumu County. Slovin's Formula was employed to determine the sample size. The research used of simple random sampling to choose 225 respondents from the target population. The study used questionnaires to collect primary data. Quantitative as well as qualitative data was produced by the semi structured questionnaire. The data was then analyzed differently and using distinct techniques. Inferential and descriptive statistics employed so as to analyze data which is quantitative with the help of statistical software called Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 22). The study results were presented through use of tables and figure. The study concludes that stakeholder identification has a positive and significant effect on the implementation of universal healthcare projects in Kisumu County. In addition, the study concludes that stakeholder communication has a positive and significant effect on the implementation of universal healthcare projects in Kisumu County. Further, the study concludes that stakeholder engagement has a positive and significant effect on the implementation of universal healthcare projects in Kisumu County. The study also concludes that monitoring and evaluation has a positive and significant effect on the implementation of universal healthcare projects in Kisumu County. From the results, this study recommends that Kisumu county government should ensure an effective framework is implemented to ensure stakeholder identification process entails stakeholder category, stakeholder interest and identification tools. In addition, Kisumu County government should ensure regular communication and effective flow on communication on the implementation of universal healthcare projects Keywords: stakeholder participation, stakeholder identification, stakeholder communication, stakeholder engagement and stakeholder involvement.
1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Healthcare is perceived as a fundamental right across the globe (sheikh, 2018). As a result, in the past century, universal health care has been turned from being an aspiration into a reality mostly in developed economies. This has however remained a theoretical concept in most developing economies (Kruk et al., 2016). According to Chan et al. (2017), in such countries healthcare was a preserve of lay persons with no formal training who undertook care inform of basic first aid or
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