ABSTRACT
This is a research project on
information seeking behaviour of medical practitioners in government owned
health centres in Esan West Local Government Area in Edo State. The research
was aimed at finding out the information needs and seeking behaviour of Medical
Practitioners in Government Owned Health Centres in Esan West Local Government
Area. The research adopted survey method of research due to the nature of the
topic, the instrument used for data collection was the questionnaire,
literature review, were on theories of information seeking behaviour,
information needs and information seeking behaviour of medical practitioners,
information sources of medical practitioners and problems medical practitioners
face in accessing information. A sample size of 90 from a population size of
122 Local Government health workers working in 23 local government area in Edo
State was used. The data collected were analysed and interpreted by means of
tables and percentages, among the findings are that medical practitioners have
needs for information, medical practitioners rely mostly on personal textbooks,
periodicals, television broadcast and discussion with colleagues as method of
getting information, among the recommendations are that establishment of Public
Library Services in rural areas of Esan West Local Government Area in Edo
State, Training of Medical and health practitioners on the method of
information seeking should be put in place.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
We are living in
a generation where information has become the bedrock of the economy of all
nations. This is as this century has witnessed the evolution of information
sources and modes of storage. This also has in no small measure affected the
activities of human and their livelihood on earth, so that the ways through
which they sourced for information has change with time. An information literate human makes a healthy
society. Thus, for every society to be healthy, it’s citizen have to inculcate
good disposition towards seeking the use of information.
Ojedokun (2007)
stated that information is a statement of facts, figures, ideas and creative
works of the human intellect, which are logically or by way of reasoning
interrelated, and have been communicated, recorded, published and distributed
formally or informally in any format. However, Reitz (2004) defined information
as “Data presented in readily comprehensible form which meaning has been
attributed within the context of its use”. So a specific data can be considered
as information if it conveys a meaning to the person who receives it, Reliable
information is necessary for building the awareness expertise and practical
strategy needed to improve the world at its hearts, the health, the physical,
technical, mental, social and scientific development of humanity. Hence,
information is a vital component in developing critical though and independent
decision making. Adepoju (2002) stated that for over sixty years the
development of reliable information has been one of the functions of the world
scientific and technical organizations such as the library. Thus development of
reliable information Adepoju stated, has been made possible by scientist
through channels such as the extensive programme of publications in journals,
periodicals, reviews, fax, World Wide Web (www) internet, CD-ROMs e.t.c, now
numbers over 100 new publications each years. Information is dependent on our practices;
it serves as a reliable tool for adequate successful implementation of every
given objective especially as it has to do with health practitioners. Without
information no individual can anticipate circumstances as information feeds
anticipation.
Statement of the problem
Recent
happenings such as increase in the spate of natural disasters, war, scientific
discoveries e.t.c.., the increase in the spate of health hazards, epidemics and
new incurable disease such as HIV, Cancer, tuberculosis, hepatitis e.t.c.. Have
given rise to the increase in the volume of published information resources in
circulation. This act has contributed to the glaring trend of ineffective
information provision and retrieval by most professionals especially the
medical and health practitioners.
Objectives of the study
The
objectives of this study are to
i.
Determine the kind information used by medical
practitioners in government owned health centres in Esan West Local Government
Area.
ii.
Examine information seeking behaviour of medical
practitioners.
iii.
Explore the use of I.C.T among the medical
practitioners
iv.
Reveal the problems faced by medical practitioners in
seeking information in government owned health centres in Esan West Local
Government Area in Edo State.
v.
Profer solutions to the identified problems faced by
medical and health professionals.
1.1
Research
questions
The
following research questions will be examined by the study.
i.
What are the information researches available to
medical and health practitioners in Esan West Local Government Area?
ii.
What are the information seeking behaviour traits
exhibit by medical and health practitioners?
iii.
Do medical and health practitioners use I.C.T in
seeking for information?
iv.
Are there problems militating against the effective
information seeking by medical and health practitioners?
Justification of the study
It is hoped that
the finding of this study will be useful in helping librarians to plan
information researches and services for medical practitioners in government
owned health centres in Esan West Local Government Area in Edo State. The
result will also review the information seeking behaviour of medical
practitioners in government owned health centres in Esan West and also expose
the problems they face in getting access to information.
Scope of the study
This study will
be limited to the information seeking behaviour of medical practitioners in government
owned health centres in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State.
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