Influence of training on performance of health workers at kakamega county general teaching and referral hospital, Kenya

The study sought to establish influence of training on performance of health workers at Kakamega county general teaching and referral hospital, Kenya. Maslow Hierarchyof Needstheory (1943) was selected to anchor the study. This study employed descriptive cross sectional design. Target population was 314 health workersand heads of departments serving in the hospital. Purposive sampling was used to select seven heads of departments while stratified sampling was used to select doctors, nurses, pharmacist and lab technicians. Sample size for health workers who were recruited for the study was based on Mugenda and Mugenda (2003), when the study population is less than 10, 000 a sample size of between 10% and 30% is a good representation of the target population. Main data collection instruments were 63 questionnaires and 7 interview guides. Numerical data analysis was done using SPSS version 20. Descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation and percentages were calculated. Linear regression was done to establish cause effect relationship between the variables. The findings indicated that training was statistically significant (F (1, 14) =31.982, P= 0.000). The study therefore concludes that training has appositive influence on health workers performance at Kakamega county general teaching and referral hospital.