Participatory Planning and Performance of the Health Immunization Programme in Marsabit County, Kenya
Abstract
Marsabit County is situated in Kenya's North Eastern region, and it is one of the country's
biggest counties, with a population of over 400,000 people. Despite the fact that the health
centers in Marsabit County have initiated a number of programmes to support local people, there
exist various health challenges including acute cases of malnutrition, poor sanitation and hygiene
condition and low access to quality health care among the people living in the county. The
present study sought to determine how participatory planning affects performance of the
immunization programme in Marsabit County, Kenya. Specifically, the study sought to
determine the role of collective stakeholder analysis, joint need identification, resource planning
and information sharing on performance of immunization programmes in Marsabit County. The
stakeholder theory and the resource based view theory guided the inquiry. Descriptive survey
study design was used targeting 77,849 project beneficiaries, project managers, community
leaders, religious leaders and county government officials of health from Marsabit County. The
sample size was determined by utilizing the Yamane formula, which resulted in 397 respondents
who were chosen using both probability and non-probability techniques. Interview guides and
questionnaires helped in collection of data, which were pilot tested to ensure they were valid and
reliable. Using descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages, as well as inferential
statistics such as regression analysis, the data was put into an excel spreadsheet before being
uploaded to the SPSS program for further examination. Tabular methodologies were key in
presentation of the results. The study established that collective stakeholder analysis (β=0.068,
p=0.028 & M=3.73) joint need identification (β=0.251, p=0.012 & M=3.69), labour provisions
(β=0.135, p=0.019 & M=3.69) and decision making (β=0.321, p=0.000 & M=3.55) were
practiced to a great extent among the immunization project organizations in Marsabit County.
According to the findings of the research, participatory planning has a substantial impact on the
success of vaccination programs in developing countries. The study recommended that the
project managers of the immunization programme in Marsabit County should involve more
stakeholders during the analysis of the needs of the stakeholders The human resource managers
of the immunization project organizations in Marsabit should adopt modern methods of
managing the human resources The finance managers of the immunization programme in
Marsabit County should improve on the financial resource management practices that are in
place. The public relation managers and communication managers of the immunization
programmes should seek to improve on information sharing mechanisms in place for greater
performance of the public health are programmes in place. The study recommended further
studies to be conducted in other counties like Narok, Wajir and Mandera apart from Marsabit
County.
Publisher
University of Nairobi
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