Determinants of Health Facility Preparedness in the Management of Gender Based Violence in Kenya: A Case of Primary Health Facilities in Mombasa County

Abstract

Gender based violence (GBV) is a significant obstacle to achieving human rights and sustainable development goals. the study aimed at establishing the determinants of health facility preparedness in the management of GBV: A case of PH facilities in Mombasa County. Descriptive cross-sectional research design was used in establishing the factors influencing health facility preparedness in the management of GBV. The study focused on health workers working Mombasa County Primary health (PH) facilities including the hospital administrators, medical officers, clinical officers, nurses, counsellor, psychiatrists, pharmacists and lab technicians working in Level 2, Level 3 and Level 4 health facilities. The study employed the random sampling approach where all the elements had equal chances of being chosen. The study sample was 334 which was 16.4% of the target population. A questionnaire was used in collecting the necessary data aimed at fulfilling the purpose of this study. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 25 and both descriptive and analytic statistics were done. Pearson correlations was used to assess the strength of the association between the study variables. Finally, the multiple regression was run in order to find out the collective predictive power of the independent factors on the dependent variables. The study found and concluded that that budget allocation, health information management system and professionalism were significant factors in influencing the PH facilities preparedness in the management of GBV with significant value of .000 each. Further, the study concludes that physical infrastructure was an insignificant determinant of the PH facilities preparedness in the management of GBV with significance value of .084