EFFECT OF PROJECT QUALITY CONTROL ON PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY BY THE MALARIA CONTROL PROGRAMME IN WESTERN EQUATORIA STATE IN SOUTH SUDAN. A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.
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https://doi.org/10.70572/agp.v2i1.50Keywords:
Project Quality Control, Public Health Service Delivery, Malaria Control Programme, Western Equatoria State, South SudanAbstract
Background.
Quality control involves monitoring specific project results to determine whether they comply with relevant quality standards and identifying ways to eliminate causes of unsatisfactory results. This study aimed to assess the effect of project quality control on public health service delivery by the Malaria Control Programme in Western Equatoria state in South Sudan.
Methodology.
A cross-sectional survey was adopted under which quantitative and qualitative methods were applied in data collection and analysis—a study comprised of 84 respondents. A simple random method was used to select staff in non-managerial positions of the MCP in Western Equatoria State while purposive sampling was used to select staff in managerial positions. Quantitative data analysis mainly consisted of descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Content analysis was used to analyze qualitative data.
Results.
(67.9%) of the respondents were females, (96.2%) of the participants had at least an A level of education. There was a moderate positive significant correlation (rho = .560) between project quality control and health service delivery. Project quality control accounted for a 31.4% change in health service delivery of the MCP in Western Equatoria state. There was a strong linear relationship (Multiple R = .614) between the combined dimensions of project quality control and health service delivery of the MCP in Western Equatoria state. The combined dimensions of project quality control account for a 36.1% change in health service delivery of the MCP in Western Equatoria state.
Conclusion.
Project quality control plays an important role in the health service delivery of the MCP in western Equatoria state.
Recommendations.
MCP management should improve project quality control to enhance its health service delivery of the MCP in Western Equatoria state.
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