ASSESSING COMMUNITY BASED HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR PREVENTION OF CHRONIC DISEASES IN KENYA. A CASE STUDY OF MOYALE SUB COUNTY HOSPITAL

Abstract

Although mortality from communicable diseases and poor nutrition have been declining, noncommunicable diseases have been on the rise in developing countries. Consequently, this poses a serious challenge to health programming. There are predictions that NCDs will continue to rise in the coming years resulting to at least 9 million deaths every year. This death rate would occur among people who are below 60 years of age in sub-Saharan Africa. NCDs are associated with some underlying risk factors of which most of them can be tackled through clear policy intervention. The specific objectives of the study sought to determine the impact of nutrition education, frequent physical activities, and level of awareness on prevention of chronic lifestyle diseases in Moyale Sub-County Hospital. A descriptive research design was adopted. The population of study includes 160 staffs of Moyale Sub-County Hospital where a sample of 64 individuals was selected using a Stratified random sampling. The data collection tools consist of questionnaires and data was presented using graphs and tables for better interpretation and analysis.