Abstract: Health systems require quality data from health information systems to plan for and ensure that the workforce is fully funded and equipped with the necessary commodities, infrastructure, resources, and policies to deliver services. Health data are, in and of themselves, prerequisites to improving each of the other five building blocks. This paper discusses the unique role of health data in strengthening health Information system building blocks of health systems. The overall aim of the paper is to articulate specific interventions that can improve the demand for and use of data in decision making so that improvements in the other health building blocks can be realized. The study adopted an exploratory and descriptive, cross-sectional design. The study objectives was to measure level of knowledge of health managers on data use and learning and examine the capacities of health managers in data use and learning and explore barriers to data use for learning. A structured questionnaire and observation checklist was used to collect data from 125 health managers and 125 management and service delivery offices. The study recommends elimination of paper-based data collection and train and re-train staff on data analysis skills to produce information and interpret also Improve the feedback/supervision system, focusing on checking use of information and comparison among facilities on health services indicators which will improve sharing the use of information and role modelling to promoting a culture of information use. The study recommend for further study on evaluating of impact of various types of training on improvement of data use for action and learning culture and Effect of decentralization and devolution of Health service on data use for action and learning.
Keywords: Data, Decision, Information, Learning, Service Providers and Utilization.
Title: Decentralization of Data Use for Learning in Public Health: Case Study of Nairobi County Kenya
Author: Samuel Biwott, Dr.David Sang, Dr.Peter Memiah, Geoffrey Olado
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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