COVID-19 Information Seeking and Utilization Among Women in Warri Metropolis, Delta State, Nigeria.
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2021-12
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IGI Global Scientific Publishing
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The study is intended to explore COVID-19 information seeking and utilization among women in Warri Metropolis, Delta State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted using a selfconstructed questionnaire to collect data. Data were analyzed using simple percentages. Findings revealed that a majority of the women need information on COVID-19 preventive measures, followed by causes of the pandemic. Internet is the source of COVID-19 information used by the highest number of respondents, followed by television and social media. A majority of them consider the authority of the source of the information on coronavirus followed by usefulness of the information. A majority access COVID-19 information to enable them identify symptoms of the disease followed by protection
against COVID-19 infection while concern for reliability of much of the available information on the pandemic was a major barrier to their utilization of COVID-19 information. It is recommended that effort should be made by government to get mobile network operators to reduce network tariff.
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Journal Article on COVID-19 Information Seeking and Utilization Among Women in Warri Metropolis, Delta State, Nigeria.
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Adomi, E. E., & Oyovwe-Tinuoye, G. O. (2021). COVID-19 Information seeking and utilization among women in Warri metropolis, Delta State, Nigeria. International Journal of library and information services. 10(2), 1-16. DOI: 10.4018/IJLIS.20210701.oa6