HEALTH COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES ADOPTED FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AMONG HEALTH CARE WORKS IN AGBANI HEALTH DISTRICT OF ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA
C. M. Ugwuegede, I. Onuoha Ogwe · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2023
The prevalence and mortality of disease conditions have been the burden of man in all societies but with regular, adequate and accurate communication, the impact could be minimized or completely eradicated. The study examined health communication strategies adopted for health promotion among HCWs in Agbani health district, Enugu. Three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. The hypotheses were tested at alpha level of .05. Descriptive survey research design was used for the study and the population consisted of 207 HCWs in Agbani health district. A total of 21 HCWs in Agbani health district served as research respondents. The collection of data was carried out with researchers’ made, structured and validated questionnaire. The instrument was administered to the respondents and collected at a later date which enabled the respondents to adequately attend to it after office hours while the analysis of data was done with mean, standard deviation and t-test statistic. Findings showed that HCWs in Agbani health district adopt primary secondary and tertiary health communication strategies at a low extent (x= 2.26 , x=2.38, x=2.26). There was no significant difference between medical and paramedical health care workers regarding the adoption of primary, secondary and tertiary health communication strategies in Agbani health district (P>.05). It was concluded that HCWs in Agbani health district do not adopt any of the investigated health communication strategies for health promotion. The recommendation among others is that a committee on health promotion should be instituted by the hospital management in Agbani health district for the purposes of implementing health promotion in the area while necessary logistics should be provided by the hospital management in the area in order to motivate the HCWs to carry out the business of health communication