FACTORS AFFECTING PERFORMANCE OF HEALTH SERVICES IN IMENTI NORTH SUB-COUNTY, KENYA

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dc.contributor.author KIANIRA, HELEN
dc.date.accessioned 2025-01-14T12:03:06Z
dc.date.available 2025-01-14T12:03:06Z
dc.date.issued 2024
dc.identifier.uri https://ir.gretsauniversity.ac.ke/xmlui/handle/20.500.12736/4075
dc.description.abstract The worldwide health sector is affected by various factors that can hinder or promote the performance of health services being delivered. Imenti North sub-county was used for the research. The objectives of the study were; To assess whether availability of healthcare resources affect performance of quality health services to the community in Imenti North, sub-county To evaluate if human resources affects performance of quality health services to the community in Imenti North, sub-county To determine whether availability of funds for healthcare affecting the performance of quality health services to the community in Imenti North sub-county.Target population was 2050 people within Imenti North sub county and samples size of the study will be 245 people; 230 patients and 15 healthcare professionals. The study used descriptive research design and simple random sampling will be used to sample 12 hospitals. Healthcare professionals were sampled using purposive sampling and patients were selected using simple random sampling from the sampled hospitals. The study used questionnaires guide and interview schedule to collect data. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The researcher found out that healthcare resources in the established facilities were well distributed but the healthcare facilities were not evenly distributed in the sub-county. The researcher also established that the workload was too much for the existing healthcare professionals. Funding and motivation of healthcare professionals were not even due to corruption and embezzlement. The researcher, therefore, recommended that; Balance the number of healthcare facilities in the sub-county, give the same amount of motivation to all healthcare professionals, corrupt leaders are sued and found guilty all their accounts should freeze and money should be used to improve health services, the county government should also improve infrastructure and implement policies to ensure accountability and transparency when handling public funds. en_US
dc.publisher Gretsa University en_US
dc.subject Research project en_US
dc.title FACTORS AFFECTING PERFORMANCE OF HEALTH SERVICES IN IMENTI NORTH SUB-COUNTY, KENYA en_US


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