ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Policy
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1615792
This article is part of the Research TopicAddressing Gender Inequality in Healthcare Leadership: A Path to Enhanced Patient OutcomesView all 10 articles
Examining Gender as an Issue of Policy Priority: A Case Study of Four Kenyan Health Policy Implementation Strategies
Provisionally accepted
- 1African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), Nairobi, Kenya
- 2Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya
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critically examines the prioritization of gender within four Kenyan health policy implementation strategies, drawing on Shiffman and Smith's policy prioritization framework. By linking empirical findings to institutional, political, and issue-based determinants of health policy design, the study offers evidence-informed insights into how gender equity is operationalized within national public health agendas. The work aligns directly with the journal's focus on the intersection of public health policy and practice, particularly regarding the integration of equity considerations into health system governance and strategic planning.
Keywords: Funding acquisition, resources, supervision, Writing -review & editing. Doris Kwesiga: Data curation, Writing -review & editing. SALLY ODUNGA: Investigation, project administration, Writing -review & editing. Henry Owoko Odero: Conceptualization, Data curation
Received: 21 Apr 2025; Accepted: 14 Jul 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Odero, Kwesiga, ODUNGA, Kadengye and Kiwuwa-Muyingo. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Henry Owoko Odero, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), Nairobi, Kenya
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