An analysis of government education policy on the social development process of Mandera District Kenya
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2010-09
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Kampala International University ,College of Education
Abstract
The study was set out to investigate the prevalence of the five-child killer diseases and its
cause effect on under-five mortality. It was driven by four major objectives; Determining the
prevalence rate of the five child-killer diseases; Determining the proportion of mortality due
to the five child-killer diseases to the total under-five mortality in the studying area;
Examining the correlation between the five child-killer diseases and under-five mortality and
Determining the cause effect of the five child-killer diseases on under-five mortality. The
study used an entirely quantitative approach using secondary data between 2001 and 2015
obtained from the document of Adamawa state, Primary Health Care Development Agency
(PHCDA). Data was collected regarding the number of children immunized, diseases and
deaths due to Pneumonia, Diarrhoea, Measles, Tetanus, Polio and overall under-five
mortality within that timeframe. The study used uni-variate descriptive analytical tools,
measures of prevalence rate per a thousand, measures of proportionality, correlation analysis
and regression tools for analysing and developing a model for describing the data. The results
indicate that the prevalence rates have generally been decreasing with Pneumonia recording
the highest prevalence and Tetanus recording the lowest prevalence. Polio was excluded from
the analysis because it did not register any incidences or deaths. The data also showed that
pneumonia and diarrhoea recorded the highest proportion of deaths while tetanus and measles
recorded the lowest. The correlation matrix revealed that Pneumonia, Measles and Tetanus
had strong positive and significant correlations with under-five mortality while diarrhoea had
a weak positive and insignificant correlation. The regression model showed that there is a
strong positive and significant relationship between Pneumonia and mortality and a weak
non-significant relationship between diarrhoea and mortality. Furthermore, there was a strong
but non-significant relationship between measles and mortality and a weak non-significant
relationship between tetanus and mortality. The four variables explained 72.02 percent of the
variation in overall mortality and the overall model was very significant. Due to high
incidences of pneumonia and diarrhoea, the study made some recommendations and
conclusions
Description
A project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of master of education administration and management of Kampala International University
Keywords
Government education policy, Social development