MPPM Thesis and Dissertations (2025)

Permanent URI for this collection

http://hdl.handle.net/11071/15828

Browse

Browsing MPPM Thesis and Dissertations (2025) by Title

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Assessment of the effects of family and peer relationships on child wellbeing: a case of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Nkoroi Catholic Parish, Ngong Diocese
    (Strathmore University, 2025) Nchore, D. O.
    Child well-being is a multifaceted undertaking demanding a community-based approach to ensure its realisation. A multi-sectoral approach involving the government, church, community leaders, parents, and peers is essential to ensure improved child well-being. Anchored on the IPARTheory and the Transformation Leadership theory, the current study sought to assess the effects of family and peer relationships on child well-being using the case study Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Nkoroi Catholic Parish, Ngong Diocese. Specifically, the study aimed to evaluate how the Kenyan government has addressed the family and peer relationships domain of child wellbeing through existing legal and policy frameworks, including the gaps that remain due to the delayed enactment of the National Policy on Family Promotion and Protection (NPFPP) 2019, identify the factors that influence family and peer relationships domain of child wellbeing, and establish the measures Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Nkoroi Catholic Parish community has taken to promote healthy family and peer relationships that can be replicated to enhance child wellbeing in Kenya. Findings revealed that the Kenyan government has failed in its mandate of implementing legislations and policies for promoting family and peer relationships domain of child well-being, that numerous factors influence family and peer relationships domain of child well-being, and that the Catholic Parish community employs a variety of measures to promote healthy families and peer relationships as well as foster a supportive environment for child well-being. Based on the findings, the study recommends that the Kenyan government embrace a multi-sectoral approach that includes churches and community leaders in the implementation of legislations and policies related to child well-being. It also recommends mainstreaming community-driven approaches into national policies in the family-and-peer relationships domain toward the holistic well-being of children in Kenya.