COVID-19 Information Seeking and Utilization Among Women in Warri Metropolis, Delta State, Nigeria.

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dc.contributor.authorAdomi, Esharenana E.
dc.contributor.authorOyovwe-Tinuoye, Gloria O.
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-13T11:04:00Z
dc.date.available2026-08-13T11:04:00Z
dc.date.issued2021-12
dc.descriptionJournal Article on COVID-19 Information Seeking and Utilization Among Women in Warri Metropolis, Delta State, Nigeria.
dc.description.abstractThe 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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dc.identifier.citationAdomi, 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
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.fupre.edu.ng/handle/123456789/276
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIGI Global Scientific Publishing
dc.titleCOVID-19 Information Seeking and Utilization Among Women in Warri Metropolis, Delta State, Nigeria.
dc.typeArticle
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