Determinants of Implementation of the Hiv/Aids Workplace Policy in Nairobi City County, Kenya

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dc.contributor.advisorFelix Kiruthuen_US
dc.contributor.authorKanana, Gitonga Linet
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-29T09:26:18Z
dc.date.available2022-03-29T09:26:18Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionA Research Project Submitted to the School of Humanities and Social Sciences in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Master of Arts in Public Policy and Administration of Kenyatta University, May 2021en_US
dc.description.abstractHIV has been termed as a great threat to the country‘s economic development. Despite the efforts in prevention and management of HIV/AIDS over the years, this threat that the epidemic poses to the world is still substantial. The threat cannot ignore, it is critical that prevention and management efforts towards the eradication of the disease continue to be sustained. One of the means through which prevention and management efforts can be enabled is through the relevant HIV/AIDS policies being implemented at the workplace. The project aimed at assessing the determinants of the implementation of the HIV/AIDS workplace policy at LVCT-health, Nairobi, Kenya. The objectives of the research were to examine how staff awareness, organizational practices and staff attitudes determine the implementation of HIV/AIDS workplace policy. The study drew theoretical knowledge regarding policy implementation in the workplace from the Matland bottom-up paradigm management implementation process. The study employed a descriptive research design methodology and the respondents were sampled from employees through a stratified sampling approach to include both management and employees. The primary data collection was carried out through scheduled Interviews for the managers and questionnaires for the staff. The quantitative data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) while content analysis was employed for the qualitative data. The findings were thematically presented using tables and graphs of rates, bar graphs, pie charts, and a narrative to address the results of the research according to the objectives. According to the study findings, the three objectives, held varying percentages of significant with staff awareness at 91.3% followed by organizational practices at 74.4% and finally staff attitude at 70.6%. The study therefore concluded that at a determinant staff awareness carries greater weight and therefore held greater significance in the implementation of the HIV/AIDS Work place policy at LVCT Health in Nairobi City County Kenya.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKenyatta Universityen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/23389
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKenyatta Universityen_US
dc.subjectDeterminantsen_US
dc.subjectImplementationen_US
dc.subjectHiv/Aidsen_US
dc.subjectWorkplace Policyen_US
dc.subjectNairobi City Countyen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.titleDeterminants of Implementation of the Hiv/Aids Workplace Policy in Nairobi City County, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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