HEALTH CARE SEEKING BEHAVIOUR AMONG THE AGED IN NIGER STATE, NIGERIA
HEALTH CARE SEEKING BEHAVIOUR AMONG THE AGED IN NIGER STATE, NIGERIA
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2016-11
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SABA, Mohammed
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The purpose of this study was to find out the health care seeking behaviour among the aged in Niger State. To achieve this purpose the ex- post facto research design was used to assess 399 respondents drawn from three senatorial zone of Niger State through stratified sampling technique. A closed ended questionnaire was used to obtain responses from the respondents, 400 copies of questionnaire were distributed to the respondents while 399 copies were received. Data collected for this study were analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency counts, percentage mean and standard deviations and inferential statistics of ANOVA, scheffe post hoc test and independent t- test. 0.05 level of significance was used for all test of significance. The findings show that age has significant effect in health care seeking behaviour among the aged group in Niger State and poor health care seeking behaviour is present among age 80 years and above compared to 60 – 64 and 70 – 74 years respectively. It was concluded that age is a significant factor in decreasing healthcare seeking behaviour among the aged in Niger State. It was recommended that the government should embark on massive enlightment programes for the aged in other to educate them and encourage them on health services available to them and also seek them when needed. Cost reduction and disease management should also be considered.
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, INPARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS DEGREE IN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION FACULTY OF EDUCATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
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HEALTH CARE SEEKING BEHAVIOUR,, AGED,, NIGER STATE,, NIGERIA