Browsing School of Medicine and Health Sciences by Author "Kokonya, Donald"
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Attitudes of Primary Health Care (PHC) Gatekeepers Towards Patient Referral Policy, Machakos County, Kenya
Nshimirimana, Desire Aime; Mwaura-Tenambergen, Wanja; Kokonya, Donald; Adoyo, Maureen (Science Journal of Public Health, 2016-06)Primary Health Care (PHC) serves as the foundation for building a working healthcare system that provide good health outcomes. The quality of PHC delivery and the decision to refer patients depends on some behavioural ... -
Effectiveness of the Devolved Primary Health Care Gatekeeper System in Machakos County, Kenya
Nshimirimana, Desire Aime; Mwaura-Tenambergen, Wanja; Kokonya, Donald; Adoyo, Maureen (American Journal of Health Research, 2016-07)The low health outcomes and inequities problems in developing countries are due to ineffective gate keeping at the Primary Health Care (PHC) level, non-adherence to policy and dysfunctional health infrastructure. This study ... -
Efficiency and Organizational Arrangements in the Utilization of Resources at Primary Health Care (PHC) in Machakos County, Kenya
Nshimirimana, Desire Aime; Kokonya, Donald; Mwaura-Tenambergen, Wanja; Adoyo, Maureen (International Journal of Health Economics and Policy, 2017-05)Health care is costly and there is need for rational use of health care resources for the world to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). The preventive Primary Health Care (PHC) service is cheaper than the Secondary ... -
Patient Perceptions on Primary Health Care (PHC) Nurses and Its Impact on Services Delivery at County Level, Machakos, Kenya
Nshimirimana, Desire Aime; Kokonya, Donald; Tenambergen, Wanja Mwaura (Central African Journal of Public Health, 2019-01)Background: Patient perceptions on services delivered by nurses are crucial when assessing the quality of health services. These are most attributable to their knowledge, competent skills and other personal characteristics. ...