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Information Need, Health Literacy, and Preventive-Health Behaviour among Individuals in a Rural Community of Ikenne Local Government Area, Nigeria

Authors: Bola Atulomah, & ATULOMAH Nnodimele

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: Texila International Journal Of Public Health

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Objective: This study sort to ascertain the levels of information need, health literacy, and
preventive-health behaviour among individuals in a rural community of Ikenne Local Government
area in Nigeria and determine most significantly predictor of preventive-health behaviour.
Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study that utilized interviewer-administered validated 52item

questionnaire for data collection. Measures were information need on 51-point rating scale,
health literacy on 27-point, and preventive-health behaviour on 48-point reference scales
respectively. Study subjects were 268 consenting individuals selected by a multistage sampling
technique in a rural community of Ikenne Local Government area, Nigeria. Data analysis was by
computations of means and standard deviations and test of associations to determination predictor of
the outcome variable. All statistical tests were at 5% level of significance.
Results: Majority (67.2%) of participants were females with 63.8% reporting appreciable level of
formal education. Mean age of respondents was 32.2±13.11 years. Level of acquired information was
25.7±5.65 with a prevalence of 50.4%, health literacy mean score was 14.97±4.23 with a prevalence
of 55.4%, while mean score of preventive-health behaviour was 23.37±7.27 with a prevalence of
48.7%. All levels of variables measured were considered average scores. Regression analysis showed
that preventive-health behaviour was significantly dependent on health literacy (? = 0.397; t=5.07;
p<0 xss=removed xss=removed> Conclusion: The study concludes that levels of acquired information, health literacy, and
preventive-health behaviour observed are low. The observed high information-deficit would explain
the observed inadequate preventive-health behaviour reported in the study.

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Bola,C.A ATULOMAH,N. . (2020). Information Need, Health Literacy, and Preventive-Health Behaviour among Individuals in a Rural Community of Ikenne Local Government Area, Nigeria, 8 (), 33-33.

Bola,C.A ATULOMAH,N. . "Information Need, Health Literacy, and Preventive-Health Behaviour among Individuals in a Rural Community of Ikenne Local Government Area, Nigeria" 8, no (), (2020): 33-33.

Bola,C.A and ATULOMAH,N. and . (2020). Information Need, Health Literacy, and Preventive-Health Behaviour among Individuals in a Rural Community of Ikenne Local Government Area, Nigeria, 8 (), pp33-33.

BolaCA, ATULOMAHN, . Information Need, Health Literacy, and Preventive-Health Behaviour among Individuals in a Rural Community of Ikenne Local Government Area, Nigeria. 2020, 8 ():33-33.

Bola,Christie Atulomah, and ATULOMAH,Nnodimele . "Information Need, Health Literacy, and Preventive-Health Behaviour among Individuals in a Rural Community of Ikenne Local Government Area, Nigeria", 8 . (2020) : 33-33.

[1] B.Christie Atulomah & A.Nnodimele , "Information Need, Health Literacy, and Preventive-Health Behaviour among Individuals in a Rural Community of Ikenne Local Government Area, Nigeria" vol.8, no., pp. 33-33, 2020.

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