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dc.contributor.authorWashtina, Willimina M
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-06T04:19:34Z
dc.date.available2017-01-06T04:19:34Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11295/99310
dc.description.abstractThe participatory practice has not yet been cultured properly. Project information is hardly disseminated to a community. Besides, an effective evaluation system has not been fully institutionalized to capture the opinions of the real project beneficiaries. It is against this backdrop that this study sought to interrogate the influence of community participation on project implementation of donor funded health projects, a case of APHIA Plus projects in Kenya. This study sought to achieve the following research objectives: to determine the extent to which community involvement in identifying projects influences the implementation of APHIA Plus projects in Kenya; to establish how the community involvement in project influences the implementation of APHIA Plus projects in Kenya; to determine the extent to which community participation in monitoring influences the implementation of APHIA Plus projects in Kenya; to establish how community participation in evaluation influences the implementation of APHIA Plus projects in Kenya. This study used participation theory because it helps explain the concept of community participation and how this influences project implementation. The study used a descriptive survey design as this allowed the researcher to use both quantitative and qualitative methods. The target population of this study were beneficiaries of USAID APHIA Plus project (Nuru ya Bonde). A sample size of 384 respondents was selected as determined by Fischer‘s formula. Simple random sampling method was used for selecting the respondents. Data was collected using semi-structured questionnaires and interview guide. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze quantitative data and Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) was used as an aid for quantitative data analysis. Results of analyzed quantitative data were then presented in frequency tables. Content analysis was used to analyze qualitative data. The results show that community participation in project identification significantly contributed to project implementation. They also show that community participation in project administration significantly contributed to project implementation. The findings of this study revealed that community participation in project communication significantly contributed to project implementation and that community participation in project monitoring and evaluation significantly contributed to project implementation. The study concluded that community participation in project identification and planning are important in project implementation. In addition, the community participation in project administration and financing are critical to project implementation. Another conclusion was that community participation in project communication significantly contributed to project implementation and that community participation in monitoring and evaluation are important in project implementation. This study recommends that project managers and stakeholders should embrace community participation in project identification and planning and that project managers and stakeholders should factor in community participation in administration and financing of projects. In addition, it recommends that project managers and stakeholders should ensure that project communication involves the community where the project is being implemented and should involve the community in project monitoring and evaluation.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Nairobien_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.titleInfluence of community participation on the implementation of donor funded health projects: a case of aids, population, and health integrated assistance Project in Nakuru county, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US


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