INFORMATION NEED, ACCESS, AND USE FOR SOCIAL WELFARE AND FAMILY PLANNING BY RURAL DWELLERS IN IDO AND AKINYELE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA.

The information available to an individual goes a long way to influence decision such an individual will take per time. The rural dwellers have been said to be at a disadvantaged in terms of information access, use and availability when compared to their urban counterparts. Therefore this study sought to determine the information need, access and use for family planning and social welfare by rural dwellers, the study specifically identified the source of health information available to the respondents, and it determined the frequency of information available to the respondents on family planning and social welfare. The study also identified the challenges to the use of information on family planning and social welfare by the respondents. Data from 188 respondents out of 200 respondents randomly selected from Ido and Akinyele LGAs of Oyo State were used. Data collected was analysed with SPSS and descriptive statistics like frequencies, percentages and mean were used. The study concluded that the rural dwellers had diverse information need for family planning and social welfare and the information accessibility varies from different sources with different frequency of use . It was recommended that information service centers for social welfare and family planning should be provided across the rural areas in the country

INFORMATION NEED, ACCESS, AND USE FOR SOCIAL WELFARE AND FAMILY PLANNING BY RURAL DWELLERS IN IDO AND AKINYELE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA.

The information available to an individual goes a long way to influence decision such an individual will take per time. The rural dwellers have been said to be at a disadvantaged in terms of information access, use and availability when compared to their urban counterparts. Therefore this study sought to determine the information need, access and use for family planning and social welfare by rural dwellers, the study specifically identified the source of health information available to the respondents, and it determined the frequency of information available to the respondents on family planning and social welfare. The study also identified the challenges to the use of information on family planning and social welfare by the respondents. Data from 188 respondents out of 200 respondents randomly selected from Ido and Akinyele LGAs of Oyo State were used. Data collected was analysed with SPSS and descriptive statistics like frequencies, percentages and mean were used. The study concluded that the rural dwellers had diverse information need for family planning and social welfare and the information accessibility varies from different sources with different frequency of use . It was recommended that information service centers for social welfare and family planning should be provided across the rural areas in the country

Information Availability and The Effectiveness of Indigenous Practices to Combat Lactation Challenge Among Female Farmers in South Western Nigeria

The study was conducted to assess information availability on indigenous practices in order to combat lactation challenge among nursing mothers who are farmers in South West Nigeria. It assessed the perceived effectiveness of the identified indigenous practices to combat lactation challenge. The study also determined the attitude of the respondents towards the use of available indigenous practices to combat lactation challenges. A total of 480 nursing mothers were selected across 30 communities in three South Western Nigeria states based on the number of Local Government Areas in each of the State. Structured interview schedule and questionnaire were used to collect data from the respondents. Frequency, percentage and mean were used to analyse data while chi square and correlation (PPMC and Spearman Rho) were used to test hypotheses. Information was ‘highly available’ on eight out of sixteen indigenous practices for combating lactation challenge identified across the study area. The use of pap has the highest information availability mean value of 2.93 it also has the highest awareness mean value of 3.0. The study further revealed that age (r=0.722, p-value=0.000≤0.05) had strong positive significant association with perceived effectiveness. Marital status (χ2 = 27.67, p=0.000) also have significant relationship with the perceived effectiveness of available information. The level of education (r= -0.56, p-value=0.000≤0.05) had significant but moderate negative association with the perceived effectiveness of available information on indigenous aids to lactation. The study concludes that various indigenous practices to combat lactation challenge were numerous in the study area and further medical empirical research into these indigenous practices should be conducted in order to make them a component of affordable maternal health care solution

Information Availability and The Effectiveness of Indigenous Practices to Combat Lactation Challenge Among Female Farmers in South Western Nigeria

The study was conducted to assess information availability on indigenous practices in order to combat lactation challenge among nursing mothers who are farmers in South West Nigeria. It assessed the perceived effectiveness of the identified indigenous practices to combat lactation challenge. The study also determined the attitude of the respondents towards the use of available indigenous practices to combat lactation challenges. A total of 480 nursing mothers were selected across 30 communities in three South Western Nigeria states based on the number of Local Government Areas in each of the State. Structured interview schedule and questionnaire were used to collect data from the respondents. Frequency, percentage and mean were used to analyse data while chi square and correlation (PPMC and Spearman Rho) were used to test hypotheses. Information was ‘highly available’ on eight out of sixteen indigenous practices for combating lactation challenge identified across the study area. The use of pap has the highest information availability mean value of 2.93 it also has the highest awareness mean value of 3.0. The study further revealed that age (r=0.722, p-value=0.000≤0.05) had strong positive significant association with perceived effectiveness. Marital status (χ2 = 27.67, p=0.000) also have significant relationship with the perceived effectiveness of available information. The level of education (r= -0.56, p-value=0.000≤0.05) had significant but moderate negative association with the perceived effectiveness of available information on indigenous aids to lactation. The study concludes that various indigenous practices to combat lactation challenge were numerous in the study area and further medical empirical research into these indigenous practices should be conducted in order to make them a component of affordable maternal health care solution

Assessment of Rural Women Farmers’ Knowledge on Selected Soya Bean Products and Accessibility to Nutrition Education Sources in Ekiti State, Nigeria

This study assessed the accessibility to nutrition education sources and level of knowledge on soya bean products as alternative/cheap source of protein by rural women. Multistage sampling procedure was utilized in selecting 234 respondents in the study area. Interview schedule and focus group discussion was used to collect information from the rural women. Data was analysed through descriptive statistics (percentages, frequencies and means) and inferential statistics (Analysis of variance). The results showed that the women had access to nutrition education on soya beans mostly through; family and friends (x̅= 0.82), local health centres (x̅= 0.78), radio (x̅= 0.80) and television (x̅= 0.71) programmes. The women had overall ‘below average’ knowledge on the products. There was no significant difference in the knowledge scores of the women across the three products (soya milk, iru and cake) (F= 0.167, p≥ 0.05). The result of the bivariate analysis indicated that local health centres (P = 0.035) and Women in Agriculture (P = 0.019) were nutrition education sources whose accessibility had a significant relationship with the level of soya bean product knowledge of the rural women. There is an urgent need for an aggressive campaign on the soya product nutrition education programme in order to increase the knowledge of this important and cheap protein source