ESTABLISH HOW MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF BENEFICIARIES‘ HEALTH AFFECTS PERFORMANCE HEALTH PROJECT IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
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Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of projects is key to improving the effectiveness and implementation of projects. The study sought to establish the influence of monitoring and evaluation of beneficiaries’ health effects on the performance health project in Kakamega County Kenya. A case of Imarisha Afya ya Mama na Mtoto Project. The study was hinged on the following models: Logical Framework Approach, Stakeholder Theory, Women in Development, and Women and Development. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design, which employed random sampling techniques to select 170 respondents for the study. Data was collected through 5-point Likert questionnaires and the data was analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) and inferential analysis by factor analysis. The findings were presented in tables, graphs, regression, correlation, and study conclusions mad. The study found out that M & E beneficiaries’ health has a significant influence on the wellbeing of the mother and child. The study also recommended that there is a need to receive the adequate right type of nutrition and often which type of food they should buy mostly. However, future researchers should expand the scope of this study to determine the other factors influencing the health care of the mother and child in Kenya.
Keywords: Imarisha Afya ya Mama na Mtoto, Kakamega County, monitoring and Evaluation
CITATION: Mitungu, P. M., & Sakwa, M. (2020). Establish how monitoring and evaluation of beneficiaries‘ health affects performance health project in Kakamega County, Kenya. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 7(3), 373 – 394.
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