Information and its value to health workers in rural Uganda: a qualitative perspective *

Musoke, Maria G. N.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2532.2000.00289.x

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“…Unavailability of HIRs was mentioned to be the most important reason for the presence of poor HI seeking behaviours among HPs in this study. This in line with study findings from Addis Ababa [19,22]. …”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

“…These findings were different from study findings in Nigeria [16] where the frequently used HIRs were medical textbooks, journals, discussion with colleagues and internet searching. It was also different from study findings in Uganda where frequently accessed HIRs among HPs were discussions with colleagues (89%), medical textbooks (77%) and (29%) both internet and libraries [11,22,23]. …”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 76%

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Information needs and seeking behaviour among health professionals working at public hospital and health centres in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Andualem

Kebede

Kumie

2013

BMC Health Serv Res

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BackgroundUniversal access to information for health professionals is a need to achieve “health for all strategy.” A large proportion of the population including health professionals have limited access to health information in resource limited countries. The aim of this study is to assess information needs among Ethiopian health professionals.MethodsA cross sectional quantitative study design complemented with qualitative method was conducted among 350 health care workers in Feburary26-June5/2012. Pretested self-administered questionnaire and observation checklist were used to collect data on different variables. Data entry and data analysis were done using Epi-Info version 3.5.1 and by SPSS version19, respectively. Descriptive statistics and multivariate regression analyses were applied to describe study objectives and identify the determinants of information seeking behaviours respectively. Odds ratio with 95% CI was used to assess the association between a factor and an outcome variable.ResultsThe majority of the respondents acknowledged the need of health information to their routine activities. About 54.0% of respondents lacked access to health information. Only 42.8% of respondents have access to internet sources. Important barriers to access information were geographical, organizational, personal, economic, educational status and time. About 58.0% of the respondents accessed information by referring their hard copies and asking senior staff. Age, sex, income, computer literacy and access, patient size, work experience and working site were significantly associated with information needs and seeking behaviour.ConclusionsThe health information seeking behaviour of health professional was significant. The heaklth facilities had neither informationcenter such as library, nor internet facilities. Conducting training on managing health information, accessing computer and improving infrastructures are important interventions to facilitate evidence based descions.

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Information needs and seeking behaviour among health professionals working at public hospital and health centres in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Andualem

Kebede

Kumie

2013

BMC Health Serv Res

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“…As value is one key determinant of behavior, 9 correct knowledge may affect attitudes and help improve practice, as found elsewhere. 10 …”

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confidence: 99%

Barriers and motivators affecting tuberculosis infection control practices of Russian health care workers

Woith

Volchenkov²,

Larson

2012

int j tuberc lung dis

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SUMMARY Setting Five inpatient and outpatient tuberculosis care facilities in two regions of Russia. Objective: To identify barriers and motivators to use of infection control measures among Russian TB health care workers. Design In this qualitative study, a convenience sample of 96 HCWs was used to generate 15 homogeneous focus groups consisting of physicians, nurses, lab staff, or support staff. Results Barriers and motivators related to knowledge, attitudes and beliefs, and practices were identified. Three main barriers were a) knowledge deficits, including the belief that TB was transmitted by dust, linens, and eating utensils; b) negative attitudes related to the discomfort of respirators; and c) practices with respect to quality and care of respirators. Education and training, fear of infecting loved ones, and fear of punishment were the main motivators. Conclusions Our results point to the need for evaluation of current educational programs. Positive health promotion messages that appeal to fear might also be successful in promoting use of TB infection control. Individualized rewards based on personal motivators or group rewards that build on collectivist theory could be explored.

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“…Literature on the value of information to clinical decision-making (Florence, 1992;Urquhart and Davies, 1997;Musoke, 2000) has been boosted by recent studies on evidence based medicine (Booth and Brice, 2004), and the recent compilation of "examples of impact" by INASP (2003). Earlier on, a few authors had focussed on measurement of information (Tague-Sutcliffe, 1995), and information impact (Menou, 1998).…”

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Information behaviour of primary health care providers in rural Uganda

Musoke

2007

Journal of Documentation

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to investigate the accessibility and use of health information among primary health care providers. The study focused on women and health workers' experiences with information in rural Uganda. Design/methodology/approach -Face-to-face interviews (82) were conducted using an interview schedule that consisted of open questions and one relating to health information critical incidents. A holistic inductive paradigm was used with a grounded theory analysis. An "Interaction-value model" emerged from the study. The model was driven by the value and impact of information, unlike previous information models which have been driven by information needs. Findings -The findings have a number of implications for improving information provision, and further research. Originality/value -This study has demonstrated that, although an information need could trigger off an information activity, the subsequent information processes could only be sustained by the value of information. The study has also shown that health workers were generally active information seekers, whereas women were mainly passive. IntroductionThe development of effective information services for rural people, and the policies governing their implementation and use, depends on ample knowledge of rural people's information environment and behaviour. Hardly any empirical data exists on this topic in Uganda. Focusing research on rural health workers, who are professionally isolated, is an important step in improving their information infrastructure. This would indirectly enhance information provision to the communities they serve. At a local level, the study is important because the majority of Ugandans do not see high level health workers when they seek health care; it is provided within the family, community or health units run by nurses and clinical officers. The main aim of the study was therefore to investigate the accessibility and use of health information among women and health workers, who are at the lowest level of Primary Health Care (PHC) service delivery in rural Uganda.Unlike studies in the developed world which tend to focus on information systems and retrieval (Vakkari, 1999;Spink, 1999), the interest of an information researcher in a

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Information and its value to health workers in rural Uganda: a qualitative perspective *

Cited by 11 publications

References 8 publications

Information needs and seeking behaviour among health professionals working at public hospital and health centres in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Information needs and seeking behaviour among health professionals working at public hospital and health centres in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Barriers and motivators affecting tuberculosis infection control practices of Russian health care workers

Information behaviour of primary health care providers in rural Uganda

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