Authors :
Francis O. Barasa
Volume/Issue :
Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 11 - November
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Abstract :
Community participation in the management
of health facilities in Kenya has been entrenched through
legislation and policy instruments. This study examined
community participation in the management of Kenyan
public health facilities to establish their effectiveness in
the management processes. Health facility Committee
members under take budget approval, resource
mobilization, planning, risk management and the
management of human resource. However, it has not
been established whether they have the skills and
training to perform those functions effectively. The
broad objective of the study was there fore to: establish
the effectiveness the facility management committees in
the management of health institutions. The specific
objectives were: to establish whether the health facility
committee members were trained in risk management,
to assess whether they were trained in financial and
resource mobilization, to find out whether they were
trained in planning and human resource management.
The study used a qualitative case study approach to
examine the level of their trainings and how this affected
their effectiveness in discharging their roles as health
facility managers. Data was collected by in-depth
interviews of facility’s committee chairmen, secretaries
and treasurers and officers in charge of facilities and
analyzed thematically. The findings show that health
facility committee members were not trained in the four
key areas of management and this affected their
effectiveness in discharging their functions. The study
recommends that all health facility committee members
be formally trained in planning, risk, financial and
human resource management before assuming office.
The study will benefit all stakeholder including policy
makers in the Ministry of health and both national and
County Governments in Kenya
Keywords :
Risk, Health Facility, Planning, Community, Resource, Finance.
Community participation in the management
of health facilities in Kenya has been entrenched through
legislation and policy instruments. This study examined
community participation in the management of Kenyan
public health facilities to establish their effectiveness in
the management processes. Health facility Committee
members under take budget approval, resource
mobilization, planning, risk management and the
management of human resource. However, it has not
been established whether they have the skills and
training to perform those functions effectively. The
broad objective of the study was there fore to: establish
the effectiveness the facility management committees in
the management of health institutions. The specific
objectives were: to establish whether the health facility
committee members were trained in risk management,
to assess whether they were trained in financial and
resource mobilization, to find out whether they were
trained in planning and human resource management.
The study used a qualitative case study approach to
examine the level of their trainings and how this affected
their effectiveness in discharging their roles as health
facility managers. Data was collected by in-depth
interviews of facility’s committee chairmen, secretaries
and treasurers and officers in charge of facilities and
analyzed thematically. The findings show that health
facility committee members were not trained in the four
key areas of management and this affected their
effectiveness in discharging their functions. The study
recommends that all health facility committee members
be formally trained in planning, risk, financial and
human resource management before assuming office.
The study will benefit all stakeholder including policy
makers in the Ministry of health and both national and
County Governments in Kenya
Keywords :
Risk, Health Facility, Planning, Community, Resource, Finance.
