How to Build a Health Clinic: Disease Burden, Health Seeking Behavior and Clinic Structures in the Kibera Slums

Authors

Samuel McGowan, SIT Study Abroad

Home Institution

Brown University

Publication Date

Fall 2009

Program Name

Kenya: Development, Health, and Society

Abstract

This study seeks to determine a model for a health clinic to be run by the Kibera School for Girls in the Katwekera village of Nairobi’s Kibera slums. The study examines the disease burden of the school’s initial target population, the health-seeking behavior of the community, and current clinic structures in Kibera. Using these methodological tactics, the study suggests the Kibera School for Girls should start a small, locally-run clinic that offers basic primary health care to a target population of about 5,000 Kibera residents.

Disciplines

Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Public Health

Recommended Citation

McGowan, Samuel, "How to Build a Health Clinic: Disease Burden, Health Seeking Behavior and Clinic Structures in the Kibera Slums" (2009). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 743.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/743