The Effectiveness of Interpersonal Communication on Adherence to The Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission of Hiv Cascade a Case of Homa Bay and Kisumu Counties Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorKiptinness, Evonne Mwangale
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-30T08:11:37Z
dc.date.available2022-03-30T08:11:37Z
dc.date.issued2021-10
dc.descriptionDoctor of philosophy In communicationen_US
dc.description.abstractInterpersonal communication, and in particular provider-patient communication, is integral to health communication and benefits patient satisfaction, retention, and overall health outcomes. Kenya is one of six HIV/AIDS ‘high burden’ countries in Africa, with about 1.5 million people reported to be living with HIV at the end of 2019 and 6800 new infections among children. A contributing factor to these infections is the mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) during pregnancy, labour, delivery, or breastfeeding. Anchored on the convergence theory and social influence theory, a pre-post survey (N = 161), interviews (N = 2) and focus group discussions (N = 11) were employed to identify differences and determine challenges between mothers who receive support through the mentor mother program and their counterparts who do not have access to such support. The study also established the perceptions of mentor mothers on the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programme in Homa Bay, Kenya. Study participants were selected using convenient sampling at Homa Bay County Teaching and Referral Hospital and Kandege Health Centre. Qualitative data was analysed using a Welch t-test, while thematic analysis using Dedoose was used for qualitative data. Findings showed that post-natal participants had significantly greater PMTCT knowledge (sig = 0.02) than post-intervention participants who had access to a mentor mother. No significant differences were found between the groups in terms of attitudes, PMTCT practices, interpersonal communication, mutual understanding, compliance, identification, and internalization. The study recommends provision of interpersonal communication skills training for mentor mothers to better improve their impact in communities.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSchool of Communication of Daystar Universityen_US
dc.identifier.citationKiptinness, E. M (2021, October)The Effectiveness of Interpersonal Communication on Adherence to The Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission of Hiv Cascade a Case of Homa Bay and Kisumu Counties Kenya. Daystar University School of Communication; Nairobi.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.daystar.ac.ke/handle/123456789/3907
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDaystar University School of Communicationen_US
dc.subjectCommunicationen_US
dc.subjectMother-To-Childen_US
dc.subjectHiven_US
dc.subjectHoma Bayen_US
dc.subjectKisumuen_US
dc.subjectCountiesen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.titleThe Effectiveness of Interpersonal Communication on Adherence to The Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission of Hiv Cascade a Case of Homa Bay and Kisumu Counties Kenyaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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