Evaluation of government strategies on implementation of a health policy in secondary schools in Awendo Sub county Migori County, Kenya

Akoth, Velma; Wekesa, Dinah

dc.contributor.author	Akoth, Velma
dc.contributor.author	Wekesa, Dinah
dc.date.accessioned	2023-10-26T13:18:58Z
dc.date.available	2023-10-26T13:18:58Z
dc.date.issued	2022-12-01
dc.identifier.uri	https://ir.gretsauniversity.ac.ke/xmlui/handle/20.500.12736/3791
dc.description.abstract	Implementation of government health policy has become a problem locally, nationally and internationally. The government of Kenya specifically undergoes this policy problem in many areas and many schools are negatively affected. Researchers for this paper therefore were seeking to evaluate and appraise government strategies on the implementation of health policy in public secondary schools in Awendo Migori County. The objective of this study were: To find out the existence and efficiency of government financial support on implementing health policy in Public Secondary schools in Awendo Sub-county, Migori County, to analyze the existence and impacts of government health facilities on implatation of heath policy Public Secodary schools in Awendo Sub_country Migori County and to assess the impacts and the efficiency of health personnel on implatation of heath policy Public Secondary schools in Awendo Sub_country Migori County. The target population for this research was a total of 2949 respondent including principals, teachers, students and health workers. Random sampling technique was used as sampling method to get a total of 355 respondents. The study employed descriptive research design. Questionnaires and interviews were used for data collection. Data was analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) and presented in form of tables and charts. The study revealed that the government was providing insufficient financial support to implement health policy in public secondary schools in Awendo sub-county, Migori County. The findings further showed that there were inadequate health facilities within the schools hence most schools relied on the services from outside environment. Finally the study indicated that health personnel had an impact on implementation of health policy in secondary schools in this region of study.	en_US
dc.publisher	Gretsa University	en_US
dc.subject	Research Project	en_US
dc.title	Evaluation of government strategies on implementation of a health policy in secondary schools in Awendo Sub county Migori County, Kenya	en_US