AWARENESS AND USAGE OF INTERNET-BASE HEALTH INFORMATION FOR SELF CARE AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN ENUGU: IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT

Umeora, Chukwugozie and Nwosu, Michael Onwumelu and Benjamin, Onwukwalonye (2021) AWARENESS AND USAGE OF INTERNET-BASE HEALTH INFORMATION FOR SELF CARE AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN ENUGU: IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (IJCSS), 1 (2). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2643-6388

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Abstract

Governments and stakeholders across the continent are tirelessly researching new and innovative ways of ensuring that basic health care is available to all at the fastest and most affordable way. Some of these innovations capture the introduction of the ICT and Telemedicine in the health care sector given its availability and affordability. The objectives of this study are to examine the extent of Internet usage among students for health purposes, to determine the means through which students use the Internet for health purposes, to determine whether the availability and accessibility of the Internet influence users' use of ICT for health purposes, to ascertain users' reasons for the use of the Internet for health purposes and to examine the perceived outcomes of using the Internet for health purposes. The study is anchored on Technology acceptance theory. It found among other things that undergraduate students' use of internet for health related purposes is high with a total of 305 (97%) out of 315 questionnaire distributed. Furthermore, it concluded and recommended that government and stakeholders should tap into the potentials of the internet as a medium of healthcare delivery to help improve healthcare in Nigeria.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: A General Works > AS Academies and learned societies (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Depositing User: Nnenna Ayo
Date Deposited: 20 Jun 2025 14:11
Last Modified: 20 Jun 2025 14:11
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/4884

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