| dc.description.abstract | The aim of this project to investigate how health waste care management impacts on
the society and environment with various selected health care institutions in Nairobi
as a case study. It also diagnosed the role, importance and challenges of proper health
care waste disposal and management. Health care institutions were justifiably chosen
as a case study to facilitate research study in its real and practical context and
secondly, because it is the environment in which I work hence familiar .
The research began with introduction (Chap. I). then Literature Review (Chap. II). the
Scope of the research was thus delimited to the health care institutions in Nairobi with
a total staff population of about 250 registered health care institutions. A sample size
of 5 health care institutions was chosen at random for the study with 50
questionnaires being distributed for the study. This sample size was chosen because it
was deemed small. manageable and representative enough to facilitate valid and
speedy research undertaking.
The research design was explorative on a cross-section of various health ore
institutions staff.
It entails: a. Quantitative research design- involving collection of statistical data gathered
through questionnaires and interviews. This was thus from primary data sources.
Other sources of primary data were discussions and surveys.
b. Qualitative research design- involving interviews, survey, observation and literary
research. The library research on journals, newsletters. textbooks. magazines,
Internet thus formed the secondary source of data.
c. Data collection instruments employed questionnaires (open/closed) designed and
distributed by me.
d. Data collection methods were a combination of questionnaires, interviews, library
research, discussions, observations and survey.
(i) Data presentation was in the form of charts.
(ii) Data analysis was thus in the form of graphs as well as descriptive
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