STAKEHOLDERS PARTICIPATION AND PERFORMANCE OF MATERNAL HEALTH PROGRAM IN KENYA

Regina Njeri Muthoni, Dr. Yusuf Muchelule

Abstract


Maternal health remains critical in Kenya. As for 2020, maternal related deaths stood at 355 deaths against100,000 live births. Given the current annual births, this means that there are nearly 5000 women and girls dying annually due to pregnancy and childbirth complications. Maternal health program sponsored by Kenyan government and nongovernmental organization like “Linda Mama” uptake exist in Kenya. However, the performance of these maternal health programs in terms of service delivery remains low with substantial number of maternal related deaths, failure of the maternal projects to be within scope, time, budget, and quality parameters. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of stakeholders participation on performance of maternal health program in Kenya. The specific objectives were to evaluate the influence of stakeholder participation in project funding, and stakeholder participation in maternal project selection on performance of maternal health program in Kenya. The study adopted causal research design. The study population were 396 stakeholders involved in maternal health programs in Nairobi County. Primary data was used in the study with the questionnaire as the main data collection instrument. Data was analyzed using SPSS Version 25. Data analyses involved descriptive and inferential statistics. The descriptive statistics comprised of means and standard deviation while inferential statistics comprised Pearson correlation analysis and multiple regression model. Test of hypothesis was done at 95% confidence interval. The finding of the study revealed that maternal project planning has a significant and positive influence on performance of maternal health program. Additionally, it showed that there exist a positive and significant influence of maternal project funding on performance of maternal health program. The study concluded that maternal project planning has a significant and positive influence on performance of maternal health program. It also concluded that maternal project funding significantly influenced performance of maternal health program. The study recommends that enhancing usage of schedule in the planning process. The study recommends the optimal allocation of resources using scientific data.

Key Words: stakeholders participation, performance of maternal health program, project funding, maternal project selection 


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