The Effects of Transport Systems on Community Health in Murehwa District 2020-2021, Mashonaland East

Abstract

This research focused on The Effects of Inefficient Transport Systems on Community Health in Murewa District: 2020-2021, Mashonaland East. The researcher wished to examine the role of transport in community healthcare, to assess the accessibility of transport by patients at Murewa District Hospital, to establish the challenges to efficient transport system at Murewa District Hospital, to establish the impact of inefficient transport on community health and to establish feasible solutions to improve transport efficiency. A quantitative survey was done on 40 hospital staff and 150 hospital patients using purposive and snowball sampling. The research used a questionnaire, and data was analysed using SPSS software. The research revealed that transport was a critical in effective and efficient delivery of healthcare, and the main challenges hindering accessibility to transport were cost, distance, poor roads and inadequate vehicles. The research recommended provision of adequate transport to both the community and the health workers, the research lobbied for the government to increase public transport, which is affordable by everyone and that the hospital should include a transport budget in its annual plans.