| dc.description.abstract | Stress is a major global health challenge affecting the well-being of service providers especially
those working in the human service sectors like; police officers, teachers, health care providers and media
specialists. This study was prompted by emerging information from studies that, stress is a silent killer that
affects the health of service providers leading to; mental, physical, and emotional disorders. The study adopted
the Causal Comparative ex-post facto research design. The target population was 451 police constables and 12
Officers Commanding Stations in the four police divisions in Kisumu County. Stratified random sampling
technique was used to sample 105 police constables and 4 Officers Commanding Station (OCS). The data was
collected using a Police Constable Questionnaire and an Officer Commanding Station Interview Schedule. The
instruments were validated by experts while reliability was estimated by use of Cronbach Alpha method for
internal consistency. The questionnaire yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.88. Quantitative and qualitative data
were obtained. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences for Windows (Version 20).
Descriptive statistics and inferential statistical (Chi-Square) were used in data analysis. The key findings of the
study were that: police constables in Kisumu County were experiencing occupational stress. Working
environment, work overload and work schedule were causes of occupational stress. The study recommends that:
Police service commission should develop a policy on stress management to guide the induction, operations and
counselling of Police Constables on their day to day duties. | en_US |
