Health Communication and Behavioural Practice towards Ending Hepatitis B Virus in Southwest Nigeria

Responding to the international call for strategic information to understand viral hepatitis, this study investigated the health communication practice on hepatitis B virus in Southwest Nigeria. Existing studies on HBV in Nigeria have primarily concentrated on health practitioners and their patients...

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Published in:TheScientificWorld 2020, Vol.2020 (2020), p.1-9
Main Authors: Yartey, Darlynton, Adeyeye, Babatunde, Falola, Hezekiah, Adeloye, Davies, Adesina, Evaristus, Kayode-Adedeji, Tolulope
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Age
AIDS
Attitudes
Channels
Communication
Communications systems
Disease
Health behavior
Health care
Health literacy
Hepatitis
Hepatitis B
Infections
Influence
Information seeking behavior
Lifestyles
Local government
Medical personnel
Mortality
Public health
Questionnaires
Sample size
Sampling techniques
Sustainable development
Validity
Viruses
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Summary:Responding to the international call for strategic information to understand viral hepatitis, this study investigated the health communication practice on hepatitis B virus in Southwest Nigeria. Existing studies on HBV in Nigeria have primarily concentrated on health practitioners and their patients while neglecting detailed empirical data on semiurban and urban demographic information. This study examines health communication channels as predictors of knowledge, attitude, and behavioural practices with an emphasis on three Southwest states (Lagos, Oyo, and Ogun) in Nigeria that have the highest prevalence rate of HBV. Data were gathered through a survey from a total of 600 respondents of Southwest Nigeria randomly selected through the multistage sampling technique. The hypotheses were tested with the use of multiple regression. The result reveals that health communication channels for hepatitis B virus management had a significant influence on knowledge (F = 12.708, Df = 581, P
ISSN:2356-6140
1537-744X
DOI:10.1155/2020/4969687