The study is unique in the African context and particularly
in the Kenyan, Ugandan, and Tanzanian perspective, where
little is known about the extent of nurse leaders’ participation
in health policy development because the phenomenon
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appears to be underexplored, as noted in current literature.
This study affords an indication of the extent of their actual
participation in this regard. The results indicate that nurse
leaders do participate in health policy development, however,
this is limited to some nurse leaders only and is not uniform
throughout the process. The results indicate that there is
a window of opportunity for nurse leaders to enhance
participation in health policy development process.