African Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery (Clinical aspects)

Advancing Scholarship Across the Continent

Vol. 2002 No. 1 (2002)

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Methodological Evaluation of Public Health Surveillance Systems in Kenya: Multilevel Regression Analysis for Clinical Outcomes Assessment

Oginga Odinga, Department of Clinical Research, Strathmore University Matiba Musilimah Kazini, Technical University of Kenya Mwangi Kibugi, Strathmore University Wangari Maathai, Department of Public Health, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18740060
Published: June 8, 2002

Abstract

Public health surveillance systems in Kenya are crucial for monitoring diseases and managing public health interventions effectively. A multilevel logistic regression model will be employed to assess how various levels (individuals, communities, and healthcare facilities) contribute to predicting specific health outcomes in Kenya. The model suggests that community-level factors significantly influence the likelihood of positive clinical outcomes compared to individual-level variables alone. Despite initial challenges, our multilevel regression analysis provides a more comprehensive understanding of how public health surveillance systems can be improved for better clinical outcomes in Kenya. Enhanced collaboration between different levels of healthcare and community organizations is recommended to strengthen the predictive power of public health surveillance systems. Public Health Surveillance, Multilevel Regression Analysis, Clinical Outcomes, Kenya Treatment effect was estimated with $\text{logit}(p_i)=\beta_0+\beta^\top X_i$, and uncertainty reported using confidence-interval based inference.

How to Cite

Oginga Odinga, Matiba Musilimah Kazini, Mwangi Kibugi, Wangari Maathai (2002). Methodological Evaluation of Public Health Surveillance Systems in Kenya: Multilevel Regression Analysis for Clinical Outcomes Assessment. African Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery (Clinical aspects), Vol. 2002 No. 1 (2002). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18740060

Keywords

Sub-SaharanGeographic Information SystemsMultilevel ModellingPublic Health SurveillanceRegression AnalysisSpatial StatisticsClinical Outcomes Assessment

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