Browsing by Author "Kehinde Kadijat KADIRI"

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    Online Health Information Seeking Behaviour Among Antenatal Pregnant Women in Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria
    (Faculty of Information and Communication and technology, Kwara State University, Malete., 2022-12-01) Samuel Oluniyi OGUNWUYI; Bernice Oluwalanu Sanusi; Kehinde Kadijat KADIRI; Rasaq Muhammed ADISA; Kolade APATA; Funmibi Victoria OLOYEDE
    Sources of and access to health information among pregnant women are critical for the development of their health interventions. This study relied on qualitative data gathered from in-depth interviews with 12 pregnant women in Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo. Using thematic analysis for data analysis and pre sentation, the study found that online sources of health information were social media, search engines, and health websites. It was also revealed that pregnant women in Osogbo accessed online health information through their phones, personal computers and the cyber cafe. The study concluded that Nigerian women were not been left out in the adoption of online health information to improve their health status during pregnancy and recommended that stakeholders in health information should utilise online resources in reaching pregnant women with vital information.