Authors: Caroline Asin1 &2 Maurice Mashiwa
National Defence College a college of National Defence University-Kenya
Westwood Park Rd P O Box 24232 – 00502 Karen, Nairobi.
Email: carolasin88@gmail.com
Abstract: Tuberculosis (TB) disease is highly infectious and a big threat to humankind. The pathogen that causes TB has diverse ways of surviving and evading the immune system making it very difficult to treat TB. The youth (18-35 years) who are actively engaged in national development are threatened by Tuberculosis, which may render them unproductive. The findings of this research paper were attained through cross-sectional study design. In this design, the challenges in the management of Tuberculosis amongst the youth and young adults in Kenya were investigated. The sample size was identified through the Krejicie and Morgan (1970) table which shows that when the population is over 1 million, then the sample size is 384. Further, Mugenda and Mugenda (2003) argue that sample sizes of 10 to 30 per cent are sufficient for data analysis. Therefore, this study used 15% of the sample size, which was 59 respondents. The rest, 10 respondents were caregivers, nurses and doctors from whom data was collected by used of a key informant guide. The collected data was uploaded in Kobocollect server and later exported to excel CSV file for cleaning. It was later exported to SPSS for analysis. Descriptive statistics were generated by SPSS. The narratives were analyzed according to topics and themes. The data was presented in percentages, tables and narratives. The study found out that amongst the challenges faced in the management of TB in the youth in Kenya are poor access to health facilities, lack of income, HIV infections, substance abuse, poor housing, poverty and poor implementation of policies by the government. The study recommends awareness creation amongst the youth on the importance of adhering to TB medication and establishing sustainable partnerships with the government for implementation of Policies on TB prevention and management.
Keywords: Tuberculosis management, Tuberculosis management Challenges, Youth Productivity challenges, National Development challenges, Tuberculosis prevention, Tuberculosis management.
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Suggested Citation
Asin, C. & Mashiwa, M. (2023). Challenges In Managing Tuberculosis To Attain Youth Productivity In Promoting National Development In Kenya. African Research Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 10(3), 11-24. Available online at http://arjess.org/social-sciences-research/challenges-in-managing-tuberculosis-to-attain-youth-productivity-in-promoting-national-development-in-kenya.pdf
