Health-Seeking Behavior of Rural Dwellers in Southern Nigeria: Implications for Healthcare Professionals

Iyalomhe, Godfrey B. S.; Iyalomhe, Sarah I.

doi:10.9734/ijtdh/2012/973

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“…The ranking of rural extension health workers (CHOs) as the main source of information indicates the huge potentials in utilizing this source for sustainable and robust rural health policies and programmes. These findings are similar to those of [16] in their study of healthcare seeking behavior of rural dwellers in Southern Nigeria.…”

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Perception and Information Seeking Behaviour of Rural Households towards Health Promoting Practices in Maigana District of Kaduna State, Nigeria

Ezeh¹,

Ezeh²

2017

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Information is valuable, increases understanding and reduces uncertainty. Limited knowledge and access to health promoting and disease prevention programmes are more pronounced in rural than urban areas of Nigeria. Furthermore, the paucity of healthcare services in these rural communities also contributes to the prevalence of health challenges in the rural sector. This study investigated the perception and information seeking behavior of rural households in Maigana District of Kaduna State, Nigeria towards health promoting practices. A random sample of 152 respondents selected from five of eleven wards in the district was interviewed using a pre-tested structured questionnaire. The results, based on a 4-point Likert type scale and benchmark of 2.5 showed a very poor perception of health promoting practices among the respondents. Also, the information needs of the respondents were shown to be enormous. Three of the six socio-demographic variables regressed were found to significantly influence the information seeking behavior of the respondents regarding health promoting practices. Constraints limiting the embracement of health promoting practices were identified and measures aimed at promoting healthier living standards in rural communities were recommended. The study concludes that vast knowledge gaps do exist coupled with the poor perception of HPPs by the respondents.

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Perception and Information Seeking Behaviour of Rural Households towards Health Promoting Practices in Maigana District of Kaduna State, Nigeria

Ezeh¹,

Ezeh²

2017

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“…So majority of respondents fall in the category of low information source usage while looking for information on household health and hygiene practices. These results are similar to findings of Iyalombe and Iyalombe (2012) [7] in their study of healthcare seeking behavior of rural dwellers in Southern Nigeria.…”

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Information-Seeking Behaviour of Women Regarding Household Health and Hygiene Practices

Kaur

Sharma

2019

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Background: Inadequate health and hygiene practices have direct effect on health of the individual, family, communities and nation as a whole. The knowledge about different health and hygiene practices depends largely upon the sources from where we regularly get information. Women tend to be the primary health information seekers for family and for themselves. Therefore there is a need to study their information seeking behaviours. Aim: The present study was conducted with the objectives to identify the information-seeking behaviour of women regarding household health and hygiene practices, and to ascertain the relationship of information-seeking behaviour of women with their household and socio-economic characteristics. Methodology: The study was conducted in Ludhiana district of Punjab. Two blocks and two zones were selected purposively from Ludhiana district. Further two villages from each block and two localities from each zone were selected randomly. Twenty five women from each selected village as well as from each locality in the age of 25-50 years were selected on random basis. Thus, a total of 200 women formed the sample for the study and data was collected with the help of an interview schedule. Original Research ArticleResults: Information-seeking behaviour was studied in terms of information needs, use of information source and information source evaluation. Findings of the study revealed that majority of the respondents i.e. 59 per cent had low information needs for selected household health and hygiene practices. Informal sources were the most frequently used sources of information whereas use of all information sources by most of the respondents (98%) was found to be low. Around 40 per cent of the respondents never evaluate the source of information while looking for information on household health and hygiene practices. Half of the respondents (50%) had active informationseeking behaviour regarding household health and hygiene practices. Conclusion: Information-seeking behaviour of the respondents was positively correlated with their education, occupation and mass media exposure while age of the respondents and the family type were negatively correlated with their information-seeking behaviour.

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“…The more males in this survey may not be unconnected with the gender bias in some Nigerian communities and cultures that place more emphasis on male child education and health [24][25][26].…”

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Assessment of Dietary Habits and Nutritional Status of Adolescents in a Resource – Poor Environment in Nigeria

Iyalomhe¹,

Iyalomhe²,

Nwadike³

et al. 2018

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Information is scarce about dietary habits and nutritional status in adolescents in Ekpoma, Nigeria. This is partly because of this age group's reputation for capriciousness and also because health services/research in developing countries tend to focus more on preschool children and pregnant women. This study aimed to optimize the health needs of Nigerian adolescents by determining the dietary habits and the nutritional status of adolescents using anthropometry. The cross-sectional descriptive study engaged 400 adolescents aged 10-19 years in four secondary schools in Ekpoma using a semi-structured questionnaire for data collection. Height (m 2) and weight (kg) were measured and body mass index (BMI) was computed to assess underweight, normal weight, overweight or obesity. SPSS was used to analyse data. Important factors affecting dietary habits include parental influence (87%), taste of food (71%), mass media reports (61%) and culture (55%). Percentages of underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obese adolescents were 24%, 72%, 3% and 1%, respectively. There was significant association between BMI and monthly household income, p<0.002. There were no significant gender differences. In contrast to the rising prevalence of obesity worldwide, this study has demonstrated that under-nutrition is a challenge in this environment. Intensified nutritional education, provision of adequate healthy diets and motivational strategies are imperatives to prevent malnutrition and its related health consequences in this adolescent population-tomorrow's adults.

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Health-Seeking Behavior of Rural Dwellers in Southern Nigeria: Implications for Healthcare Professionals

Cited by 16 publications

References 17 publications

Perception and Information Seeking Behaviour of Rural Households towards Health Promoting Practices in Maigana District of Kaduna State, Nigeria

Perception and Information Seeking Behaviour of Rural Households towards Health Promoting Practices in Maigana District of Kaduna State, Nigeria

Information-Seeking Behaviour of Women Regarding Household Health and Hygiene Practices

Assessment of Dietary Habits and Nutritional Status of Adolescents in a Resource – Poor Environment in Nigeria

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