title: Kenya’s Health in All Policies strategy: a policy analysis using Kingdon’s multiple streams
creator: Mauti, Joy
creator: Gautier, Lara
creator: Neve, Jan-Walter
creator: Beiersmann, Claudia
creator: Tosun, Jale
creator: Jahn, Albrecht
subject: ddc-300
subject: 300 Social sciences
subject: ddc-610
subject: 610 Medical sciences Medicine
description: Background: Health in All Policies (HiAP) is an intersectoral approach that facilitates decision-making among policy-makers to maximise positive health impacts of other public policies. Kenya, as a member of WHO, has committed to adopting HiAP, which has been included in the Kenya Health Policy for the period 2014–2030. This study aims to assess the extent to which this commitment is being translated into the process of governmental policy-making and supported by international development partners as well as non-state actors.    Methods: To examine HiAP in Kenya, a qualitative case study was performed, including a review of relevant policy documents. Furthermore, 40 key informants with diverse backgrounds (government, UN agencies, development agencies, civil society) were interviewed. Analysis was carried out using the main dimensions of Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Approach (problems, policy, politics).    Results: Kenya is facing major health challenges that are influenced by various social determinants, but the implementation of intersectoral action focusing on health promotion is still arbitrary. On the policy level, little is known about HiAP in other government ministries. Many health-related collaborations exist under the concept of intersectoral collaboration, which is prominent in the country’s development framework – Vision 2030 – but with no specific reference to HiAP. Under the political stream, the study highlights that political commitment from the highest office would facilitate mainstreaming the HiAP strategy, e.g. by setting up a department under the President’s Office. The budgeting process and planning for the Sustainable Development Goals were found to be potential windows of opportunity.       Conclusion: While HiAP is being adopted as policy in Kenya, it is still perceived by many stakeholders as the business of the health sector, rather than a policy for the whole government and beyond. Kenya’s Vision 2030 should use HiAP to foster progress in all sectors with health promotion as an explicit goal.
publisher: BioMed Central
date: 2019
type: Article
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
type: NonPeerReviewed
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identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-260654
identifier:   Mauti, Joy ; Gautier, Lara ; Neve, Jan-Walter ; Beiersmann, Claudia ; Tosun, Jale ; Jahn, Albrecht  (2019) Kenya’s Health in All Policies strategy: a policy analysis using Kingdon’s multiple streams.  Health Research Policy and Systems, 17 (15).  pp. 1-12.  ISSN 1478-4505     
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language: eng