ASSESSING TRANSFERABILITY OF HEALTH KIOSKS IN COMMUNITY MARKETS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION SERVICES IN KENYA.

Health kiosks provide an opportunity to community members with inadequate access to health care a more accessible way to take control of their health and health information.
The critical component when it comes to transferability is whether a measured effectiveness of an applicable intervention can be achieved in another setting. Health kiosks provide an opportunity to community members with inadequate access to health care a more accessible way to take control of their health and health information.
Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the factors that would affect the transferability of health kiosks in community markets in Vihiga and Nyeri County in Kenya.
Methods: The study will employ a convergent parallel mixed method design. It will use the conceptual Population-Intervention-Environment-Transfer Model of Transferability (PIET-T) to assess the transferability of health kiosks. The study will target 844 respondents in the two Counties that will be sampled randomly from households in Chavakali and Naromoru Wards. It will also conduct qualitative interviews with healthcare workers, community members and policy actors to assess the transferability of health kiosks. mobile electronic data collection (ODK) will be used to collect quantitative data while key Informant guide and focus group guide will be used to elicit qualitative data.
Results: The main results will include the sociodemographic characteristics and knowledge on cardio vascular diseases (CVDs), perception of health and health services and attitude towards the intervention. Findings will also capture the primary context (Vihiga) on the benefits of Health Kiosks in Market (HEKIMA) and its limitations. It will also give us a picture on the target context (Nyeri) and how the locals and the decision makers perceive HEKIMA. It will also include decision makers awareness, willingness and perception of the intervention and adoption/implementation of the intervention.
Significance of the results
The findings will help policy makers to design evidence-based strategies on how easy to access the masses in their local set up with an aim to promote health and detect NCD risk factors earlier among the population.