PROGRAM COST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND PERFORMANCE OF DONOR FUNDED HEALTH PROGRAMS IN SIAYA COUNTY
Keywords:
Program Cost Management Practice, Performance, Donor Funded Health Programs, program cost control, budgetingAbstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which the performance of donor-funded health initiatives is affected by the degree to which program cost control and budgeting are implemented. A significant study gap existed in the area of understanding how the practices of financial management influenced the effectiveness of these programs. This gap was reflected by the link between important factors, which included program cost control, program leadership, and budgeting. For the purpose of enabling the researcher to collect data on processes, circumstances, and viewpoints at a particular moment in time through the utilization of questionnaires, the study utilized a descriptive research design. In this particular study, the population of interest consisted of program managers, finance officers, and health administrators from 220 health institutions in Siaya County, Kenya, which were sponsored by donors. In order to pick a sample size of 111 health institutions, which is equivalent to fifty percent of the entire population, stratified sampling was utilized. This was done since the research population was not heterogeneous. The delivery of structured questionnaires to staff members who were involved in program management and financial control was the primary method of data collection via which primary data was acquired. In the study, the reliability of the research instrument was evaluated with the use of the Cronbach alpha coefficient. The data was analyzed with SPSS version 26, which offered data loading and analysis tools that were simple to use. After the data had been gathered, it was edited, handled blank responses, coded, categorized, and then entered into the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) computer program for analysis. This was done in preparation for the study that was to follow. For the purpose of producing frequencies, the SPSS program version 28 was utilized. Descriptive and inferential statistics were utilized in order to arrive at inferences and generalizations concerning the population. For the purpose of illustrating the significance of the link between the independent factors and the dependent variable, a multiple regression model was utilized. The study demonstrated that the operational effectiveness of donor-funded health initiatives in Siaya County, Kenya was highly impacted by accurate budgeting. In addition, the findings recommended that there is necessity of enhancing change control in order to guarantee the long-term viability and effectiveness of these initiatives. For the purpose of providing policymakers and funders alike with important insights, statistics were created about the percentage of projects that encountered budget overruns, leadership difficulty, and compliance issues.
Key Words: Program Cost Management Practices, Performance, Donor Funded Health Programs, program cost control, budgeting
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