Site Logo E-PROJECTTOPICS

AN APPRAISALOF HEALTH COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNS ON SELF-MEDICATION AMONGST UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF KOGI STATE UNIVERSITY, ANYIGBA


📑


Presented To


Arts Department

📄 Pages: 98       🧠 Words: 12918       📚 Chapters: 5 🗂️️ For: PROJECT

👁️‍🗨️️️ Views: 470      

⬇️ Download (Complete Report) Now!

ABSTRACT
The use of Communication Campaigns to support the fight against certain unhealthy practices such as self-medication has remained an essential focus engaging theattention of health communication stakeholders. The practice which is common among youth especially University students, call for a serious concern due to the adverse effect associated with it.Therefore, thisstudy focused on appraising the communication campaigns on self-medication among undergraduate students of Kogi State University, Anyigba. The Two-Step-Flow Theory provided the framework for this study.A survey Research method was employed for this study using questionnaire and focused group discussion to collectdata. From the analysis of the data collected, it was discovered that there was inadequatespreading of the coverage of the posters used for the campaign at strategic locations around the campus. Also, radio talk show on self-medication was not regular and popularamong students in the university. These findings thus point to why inappropriate self-medication still prevails among students in the university. The result revealed that majorityof students had knowledge of self-medication, but still practise it.Thus, communicationcampaign programmes in the university were found to be irregular and inadequate to impact positively on self-medication behaviour change among students of the university. However, interpersonal communication and the television were found to be the major sources of information onself-medication amongst the respondents. It was also establishedthat interpersonal communication and social media were the most effective means of reaching out to students about self-medication and its consequences. The study concludesthat media campaign on self-medication in Kogi State University has not effectively created positive response towards changing students' self-medication behaviour.It istherefore recommended that the University Authority should intensify effort on self-medicationcampaigns byfrequently featuring it in various campus-based programmes using tools of interpersonal communication and social media platforms. These will help to design acontext based language in packagingself-medication messages that will appeal to the sense of the target audience. By so doing, there is the likelihood that it may engender behaviour change on self-medication crises amongst students





PLEASE NOTE

This material is a comprehensive and well-written project, structured into Chapter (1 to 5) for clarity and depth.


To access the full material click the download button below


OR


Contact our support team via Call/WhatsApp: 09019904113 for further inquiries.

Thank you for choosing us!

📄 Pages: 98       🧠 Words: 12918       📚 Chapters: 5 🗂️️ For: PROJECT

👁️‍🗨️️️ Views: 470      

⬇️ Download (Complete Report) Now!

🔗 Related Topics

ETUDE COMPAREE DE LA COMMUNICATION NON VERBALE EN FRANÇAIS ET EN TIV COMMUNICATION AND EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING AMONG NURSING MOTHERS: A CASE STUDY OF 445 NIGERIAN AIR FORCE BASE HOSPITAL IKEJA, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GOROBI ABANDONED SETTLEMENT, MAYO-BELWA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, ADAMAWA STATE, NIGERIA AN APPRAISAL OF THE COMMUNICATION APPROACHES OF VISION 20:2020 PROJECTS IN KACHIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE A CRITICAL STUDY OF SOCIO-CULTURAL PRACTICES HINDERING WOMEN'S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN KAJURU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE FACTORS INFLUENCING READING HABITS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NIGERIA ISLAMIC PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES ON THE MENANCE OF POLITICAL THUGGERY IN KADUNA STATE A SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE VARIATION AMONG THE ACADEMIC AND NON ACADEMIC STAFF OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA AN ASSESSMENT OF FAMILY PLANNING COMMUNICATION APPROACHES IN NIGERIAN URBAN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INITIATIVE (NURHI) IN KADUNA, NIGERIA ASSESSING "NOMA TUSHEN ARZIKI" TELEVISION PROGRAMME FOR SMALL-SCALE FARMING DEVELOPMENT IN DU DISTRICT, JOS SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PLATEAU STATE GENDER STEREOTYPES IN VIDEO GAMES: A STUDY OF PLAY STATION AND XBOX AMONG STUDENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF JOS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GURGU SETTLEMENT IN JOS-EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA PARTICIPATORY COMMUNICATION AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT: A STUDY OF LIFE REHABILITATION FOUNDATION FOR WOMANHOOD IN TUNGA COMMUNITY, MINNA, NIGER STATE EFFECTS OF CONCORD ERRORS IN THE ESSAYS OF STUDENTS IN SELECTED SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA METROPOLIS AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF PAUWA SETTLEMENT SITES IN KANKARA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KATSINA STATE, NIGERIA. AN ASSESSMENT OF JAMA'A DIALOGUE FORUM AS A PARTICIPATORY PLATFORM FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN NIGER STATE, 2008-2012 A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF DOCTOR-PATIENT CONVERSATIONS IN SELECTED RURAL HOSPITALS IN KADUNA STATE AN APPRAISAL OF UNICEF COMMUNICATION APPROACHES ON INFANT AND YOUNG CHILD FEEDING (IYCF) PROGRAMME IN BENUE STATE ROOTS OF RURAL POVERTY IN YIL NGAS OF PLATEAU STATE, AD 1902-1952: A POLITICAL ECONOMY OF COLONIAL EXPLOITATION AND SOCIAL DEPRIVATION INTERNET USE AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP AMONGST STUDENTS OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA AND BAYERO UNIVERSITY KANO, NIGERIA

click on whatsapp