Factors Affecting the Implementation of Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Facilities of Southern Nation and Nationalities People Region (SNNPR)

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Abstract Continuous Quality improvement has become an important aspect of healthcare organizations. The objective of this study was to identify contributing factors for implementing continuous quality improvement projects in health facilities for the better delivery of health care service in the case of south nation and nationalities people, Ethiopia. Cross-sectional study was conducted from April to May 2018 in SNNPR of two district woredas health facilities. Descriptive, bivariate and multivariate analysis used, during the analysis, 0.05 p-value and 95% confidence interval (CI) was used to judge the significance of the associations. So that p-value less than 0.05 were taken as significant association. The finding of this study showed that, a total of 144 health professionals were participated, giving a response rate of 100%. Majority of the respondents (75%) were male and 35% said that their respective health facility implemented continuous quality improvement project. More than halve of (51.4%) the leaders were not receptive for new ideas; moreover, majority of leader were not encouraging learning (62.5%) and not engaged in quality improvement project implementation process (66%). Variables like leaders receptive to new ideas, leaders share information/ data about health facility service delivery status, health facility has a quality improvement project plan, staff know using indicators to tell progress about service delivery, health facility assess client satisfaction level, were the independent predictors of continuous quality improvement(CQI) project implementation.

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