Determinants of Demand for Community Differentiated Service Delivery among People Living with HIV in Kakamega County

Owiti, WS, Njoroge, K and Mapesa, J (2024) Determinants of Demand for Community Differentiated Service Delivery among People Living with HIV in Kakamega County. International Journal of Professional Practice, 11 (6). pp. 73-86. ISSN 2790-9468

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Abstract

Community differentiated service delivery model (CDSD) is community level health system strengthening intervention that addresses barriers to accessing health services. Increased number of stable people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV) has prompted more emphasis to promoting CDSD model utilization as a significant policy to improve health outcomes and meet the international commitment to make health services accessible. However, key health systems policy makers have put more emphasis on improving physical access rather than its patterns of utilization. This study seeks to understand demand for CDSD model and its determinants among PLHIV in order to device appropriate strategies that will encourage better utilization. The objectives were to assess CDSD model of choice, and factors that determine its demand among PLHIV. A quantitative design was conducted in Kakamega County, Kenya. Systematic random sampling was used to select 402 participants from facilities with high number of stable patients. A pretested interview schedule, and structured questionnaire was used to collect data using an open data kit app. Non parametric test was used to determine determinants for demand for CDSD model. A total of 402 (depicting a response rate of 100%) participants took part in the study. The tests revealed 66 % (264) of participants prefers the family model, 25 % (100) community anti-retroviral treatment groups, 8% (30) community drug distribution points, and 2% (8) community pharmacies. Determinants of demand were awareness 76% (307), acceptability 44% (176), service availability 78% (314), and service cost 78% (315). The findings indicate that the model of choice is the family model. Determinants for demand that affect utilization of the model include awareness, service availability and cost of the services. Policy makers in the ministry of health need to use these key determinants of demand to estimate its impact on health service delivery and health outcomes.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	4203 Health Services and Systems; 4206 Public Health; 42 Health Sciences; HIV/AIDS; Sexually Transmitted Infections; Clinical Research; Infectious Diseases; Health Services; 8.1 Organisation and delivery of services; 7.1 Individual care needs; 3 Good Health and Well Being
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Divisions:	Public and Allied Health
Publisher:	Kenya Methodist University
Date of acceptance:	10 November 2023
Date of first compliant Open Access:	12 May 2025
Date Deposited:	12 May 2025 13:16
Last Modified:	12 May 2025 13:30
DOI or ID number:	10.71274/ijpp.v11i6.416
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/26340

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