Health Communication and Behavioural Practice towards Ending Hepatitis B Virus in Southwest Nigeria

Joint Authors

Adesina, Evaristus
Adeloye, Davies
Falola, Hezekiah
Adeyeye, Babatunde
Yartey, Darlynton
Kayode-Adedeji, Tolulope

Source

The Scientific World Journal

Issue

Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-9, 9 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2020-12-23

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

9

Main Subjects

Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science

Abstract EN

Responding to the international call for strategic information to understand viral hepatitis, this study investigated the health communication practice on hepatitis B virus in Southwest Nigeria.

Existing studies on HBV in Nigeria have primarily concentrated on health practitioners and their patients while neglecting detailed empirical data on semiurban and urban demographic information.

This study examines health communication channels as predictors of knowledge, attitude, and behavioural practices with an emphasis on three Southwest states (Lagos, Oyo, and Ogun) in Nigeria that have the highest prevalence rate of HBV.

Data were gathered through a survey from a total of 600 respondents of Southwest Nigeria randomly selected through the multistage sampling technique.

The hypotheses were tested with the use of multiple regression.

The result reveals that health communication channels for hepatitis B virus management had a significant influence on knowledge (F = 12.708, Df = 581, P<0.05, Sig.

at 0.000), attitude (F = 3.430, Df = 581, P<0.05, Sig.

at 0.000), and preventive practices (F = 11.075, Df = 581, P<0.05, Sig.

at 0.000) of residents of Southwest Nigeria, respectively.

The study concludes that health communication channels such as the television, Internet, radio, newspaper, and health workers positively influence the behavioural practices of residents of Southwest Nigeria.

The study recommends the development of a nationwide communication system on HBV targeted at putting an end to the disease in line with the 2030 global elimination objective of Sustainable Development Goal 3.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Adesina, Evaristus& Adeloye, Davies& Falola, Hezekiah& Adeyeye, Babatunde& Yartey, Darlynton& Kayode-Adedeji, Tolulope. 2020. Health Communication and Behavioural Practice towards Ending Hepatitis B Virus in Southwest Nigeria. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1213920

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Adesina, Evaristus…[et al.]. Health Communication and Behavioural Practice towards Ending Hepatitis B Virus in Southwest Nigeria. The Scientific World Journal No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1213920

American Medical Association (AMA)

Adesina, Evaristus& Adeloye, Davies& Falola, Hezekiah& Adeyeye, Babatunde& Yartey, Darlynton& Kayode-Adedeji, Tolulope. Health Communication and Behavioural Practice towards Ending Hepatitis B Virus in Southwest Nigeria. The Scientific World Journal. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1213920

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1213920