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ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to investigate information sources, access and use by State Agencies for the Control of HIV/AIDS in North Central States of Nigeria with regards to the information needs of the Agencies for the control of IIV/AIDS; purpose of which information was utilized; the sources of information.
Information tools available; how readily available are needed information; how readily accessible are needed information by the state agencies; and how satisfied are the agencies.
Accessible was the information needed by the state agencies were, with accessibility and utilization of the available information for the control of HIV/AIDS in the North Central States of Nigeria.
Survey method was used for this study. The entire 120 field workers of the agencies were used as population of the study.
The instruments used for data collection were the questionnaire, observation and interview. The data collected were presented using frequency distribution tables, figures, percentages, pie chart and histograms.
The findings indicated that Medical Centres, Ministries of Health and NACA, SACA NGOs and FBOs offices as well as meeting of stakeholders were the major sources of information available for the control of HIV/AIDS by the agencies in the North Central States of Nigeria.
It was also found that the commonest information tools deployed for the control of HIV/AIDS by the agencies were Nigerian National Response Information Management Systems (NNRIMS) and Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) information.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page – i
Declaration – ii
Certification – iii
Dedication – iv
Acknowledgement – v-vi
Table of Contents – vii
List of Tables – xi
List of Figures – xiii
List of Abbreviations – xiv
Abstract – xvii
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
- Background to the Study – 1
1.1.2 Background Information on State Agencies for the Control of HIV/AIDS – 4
- Statement of the Problem – – 6
- Research Questions – – – 7
- Objectives of the Study – – 8
- Significance of the Study – – 9
- Scope of the Study – – 10
- Operational Definitions of Terms – – 11
References – – 13
CHAPTER TWO REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
- Introduction – – – – – – – – – 14
- Concept of Information – – – – – – – 14
- Information Provision and its Relevance in the Study – – – 18
- The Nature of HIV Information – – – – – – 19
- Access to Information – – – – – – – 24
- Information Use – – – – – – – – 27
- Information and the Spread of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria- – – – 29
- Objectives and Functions of State Agencies for the Control of HIV/AIDS – 39
- The Role of Information in the Control of HIV/AIDS – – – 42
- Efforts of the Agencies for the Control of HIV/AIDS at Educating the Populace 47
- Information Sources on HIV/AIDS available to the State Agencies – – 49
- The Roles of the Library in Facilitating Information Access and Use for the
Control of HIV/AIDS 50
- Summary of the Review – – 55
References – – 57
CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
- Introduction – – 63
- Research Method Adopted for the Study – – 63
- Population of the Study – – – – 63
- Sample and Sampling Technique – – – – 64
- Instruments for Data Collection 65
- Questionnaire – – – 65
3.5.2 Interview – – 66
3.5.3 Observation – – 66
- Validation of the Instrument – – – – 67
- Reliability of the Instrument – – – – 67
- Procedure for Data Collection – – – – 68
- Procedure for Data Analysis – – 68
References – – 69
CHAPTER FOUR DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
- Introduction – – – – 70
- Response Rate and Demographic Characteristics of the Respondents – 70
- Data Presentation and Analysis – – – – – – 72
References – – 88
CHAPTER FIVE SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- Introduction – – – – 89
- Summary of the Study – – 89
- Summary of the Findings – – 90
5.4 Conclusion – – – 92
- Recommendations – – – 92
- Suggested Areas for further Studies – – – 94
Bibliography – 95
INTRODUCTION
Information has come to represent the prime commodity of the present age. Although the developing countries may not have come to a firm grasp with this reality, it is both a statement and a reaffirmation of an already established fact in the developed nations.
It is now commonly observed that the material prosperity of a nation is linked directly to its information wealth and vice-versa.
The availability, accessibility and utilization of information through an effective dissemination network represent a necessary pre-condition for the emergence of a crop of well-informed citizenry.
Information must be available, adequate and accessible in order to be presented in a way that is acceptable to facilitate its acceptability and eventual utilization.
Thus, information is a vital commodity in every environment and its use is largely determined by its availability and accessibility.
Availability of an information source does not necessarily imply its accessibility, because the source may be available but access to it is prevented for one reason or the other (Aguolu and Aguolu, 2002).
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