Home Conflicts Resolution Through Family Therapy
Abstract
Family conflicts and violence cases in Kenya is on increase on daily basis. Most of these cases
emanate from disagreement among the family members who suffer silently with their personal
problems due to difficulties of accessing family therapy for assistance and resolution of disputes
at homes. Kenya has about 100 psychiatrists and most of them are in major cities in the country
(Meyer & Ndetei, 2015). Families residing in marginalized areas face difficulties of accessing the
therapeutic services due to limited counseling centers and poverty. Marginalization is costly to
both family therapy and the mental health field (Shields & McDaniel, 2007). This has led family
members to take wrong actions like committing suicide, physical violence and among other serious
problems in the society. Every forty seconds, an individual commit suicide (Word Health
Organization, 2019). The application and integration of the information technologies into family
therapy is still not fully implemented in the country despite the increased vices among families.
Kenya’s health information system currently does not address particular conditions related to
mental health and mental health interventions monitoring (Ministry of Health Kenya, 2020).
The research focused on developing an integrated family therapy prototype to address timely
access to family therapy by family members for conflict resolutions at homes. The prototype
implementation involved integration of a Short Message Service (SMS) API for instant
notification. Functional requirements were gathered and analyzed for the development of the
prototype. The prototype was quantitatively evaluated using a usability test on 143 enthusiasts’
selected using systematic sampling in different areas within Nairobi. Family therapy prototype
system usability analysis was done and users’ feedbacks collected. It was found that, 87% of the
users of the prototype system were satisfied with acceptance of the system. The results demonstrate
that the family therapy prototype is effective in addressing accessibility of family therapy by
family members for timely conflicts resolutions at homes to enhance good morals and well-being
to the society and country at large.
Publisher
University of Nairobi
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