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June 28, 2026PLoS ONEOpen Access

Personality traits and the managerial capacity of community-based facilities providing HIV services to key populations in Kenya and Malawi

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ASAndrea Salas‐OrtizMOMarjorie OpuniJFJ.L. Figueroa

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Cross-sectional analysis identifies personality traits linked to managerial capacity in HIV service facilities in Kenya and Malawi, implying their importance for effective management.

Key Points

  • This research aims to explore how manager personality traits affect the managerial capacity of community-based HIV service facilities.
  • Cross-sectional quantitative analysis of 45 HIV service facilities in Kenya and Malawi.
  • K-means cluster analysis to identify management profiles among facilities.
  • Non-linear logit regression models to assess the relationship between manager personality traits and managerial capacity.
  • Two distinct clusters of facilities identified, with one exhibiting significantly better managerial capacity.
  • Higher manager experience with HIV key populations is positively associated with belonging to the high-capacity cluster.
  • Higher scores on the Stability meta-trait correlate significantly with better managerial capacity outcomes.

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Salas‐Ortiz et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a40bb1461bb0a67205c6b34https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0352752
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