Sustainability of Public Health Projects in Nairobi City County, Kenya
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Date
2019
Authors
Thiong’o, D. K.
Kinoti, K. F.
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Publisher
International Academic Journals
Abstract
Literature points to the fact that many public
projects face sustainability related
challenges even after completion thus
jeopardizing the projects intended
objectives. This has, therefore, informed the
researcher to conduct a research based on
the sustainability of public health projects in
Nairobi City County, Kenya. The study
utilized three research objectives; to
establish effect of stakeholder
participation/involvement in the
sustainability of public health projects in
Nairobi City County, to find out the effect of
communication in the sustainability of
public health projects in Nairobi City
County and investigating the effect of top
management support on the sustainability of
public health projects in Nairobi City
County. A period covering a span of 5 years,
from 2011 to 2016 was used in the study.
Theories such as stewardship theory,
sustainability theory and administrative
theory were employed. The study employed
exploratory design as the preferred research
approach. The study targeted all the 43
senior public health managers in the
ministry of health based at the Nairobi
County Government, City Hall. The
researcher then adopted simple random
sampling procedure to select 22 senior
health project managers. The study collected
primary data from the selected respondents
by use of formulated questionnaires. The
study conducted pretesting of instruments
and a reliability coefficient of 0.57 was
found. The study then analyzed the collected
data by use of descriptive statistics.
Diagnostic tests in the form of normality,
serial correlation and heteroskedasticity
were used. It was found that data were
normally distributed, there was no serial
correlation and heteroskedasticity was not
presented. The study also utilized multiple
regression analysis method. It found that
communication, top management support
and stakeholder participation had positive
effect on the sustainability of public health
project in the County. The study concludes
that there was presence of stakeholder
participation within the County. The
presence of stakeholder participation was
also affirmed by the regression results that
showed that increase in stakeholder
participation lead to sustainable projects.
The study concludes that there was presence
of effective communication channels in the
County. The significance of communication
was also evident in the regression results
that concluded that the variable had positive
relationship with the sustainability of project
as such an increase in communication led to
sustainable projects. It concluded that top
management supported the sustainability of
public health projects in the County. The
study recommended that the County should
engage stakeholders more in all stages to
harmonize its objectives and goals with the
needs of the stakeholders. The study
recommends that the public health project
managers should communicate effectively
and efficiently regarding cost, time and
quality as these factors plays a vital role on
sustainable project. The study recommends
that top management must be subjected to
regular training to enhance their contribution
on sustainability of projects as this will
sharpen their skills and knowledge to
enhance the sustainability and management of public health related projects within the
City County of Nairobi, Kenya.
Description
A research article published in International Academic Journal of Information Sciences and Project Management
Keywords
Sustainable project, Stakeholder participation, Communication, Management support
Citation
Thiong’o, D. K. & Kinoti, K. F. (2019). Sustainability of public health projects in Nairobi City County, Kenya. International Academic Journal of Information Sciences and Project Management, 3(5), 105-119