Tchouchu Emmanuel, Ahenkan Albert
Department of Management, School of Business, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Department of Public Administration and Policy Management, University of Ghana Business School, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
Heliyon. 2023 Feb 11;9(3):e13670. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13670. eCollection 2023 Mar.
Environmental sanitation policy implementation is a vital factor that ensures that citizens are kept healthy and productive. The study sought to assess key factors impeding the implementation of environmental sanitation policy in Ghana. Using an explanatory design, a sample of 384 respondents was selected from the population of Accra through a simple random sampling technique. The questionnaire was the main instrument used to collect the data. The Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) technique was used to analyse the hypothesised path models. Based on the results, government approach, community representation, and lack of citizens' commitment were found to be statistically significant. The study also revealed that the government approach partially mediated the relationship between community representation and environmental sanitation policy implementation, and lack of citizens' commitment and environmental sanitation policy implementation. The study has contributed to knowledge in the research endeavour by demonstrating that the implementation of public policy can easily be realised when the government uses the right approach in involving its citizens in policy decision-making and enhance their commitment to policy implementation.
环境卫生政策的实施是确保公民保持健康和高效生产的关键因素。该研究旨在评估阻碍加纳环境卫生政策实施的关键因素。采用解释性设计，通过简单随机抽样技术从阿克拉人口中选取了384名受访者作为样本。问卷是收集数据的主要工具。使用偏最小二乘结构方程建模（PLS-SEM）技术分析假设的路径模型。根据结果，政府方法、社区代表性和公民缺乏承诺在统计上具有显著性。研究还表明，政府方法部分中介了社区代表性与环境卫生政策实施之间的关系，以及公民缺乏承诺与环境卫生政策实施之间的关系。该研究通过证明当政府采用正确方法让公民参与政策决策并增强他们对政策实施的承诺时，公共政策的实施能够轻易实现，为研究工作中的知识积累做出了贡献。
