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

Esharenana E. Adomi, Gloria O. Oyovwe-Tinuoye

Source Title: International Journal of Library and Information Services (IJLIS)10(2)

ISSN: 2475-9961|EISSN: 2475-997X|EISBN13: 9781799863311|DOI: 10.4018/IJLIS.20210701.oa6

MLA

Adomi, Esharenana E., and Gloria O. Oyovwe-Tinuoye. "COVID-19 Information Seeking and Utilization Among Women in Warri Metropolis, Delta State, Nigeria." IJLIS vol.10, no.2 2021: pp.1-16. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJLIS.20210701.oa6

APA

Adomi, 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 (IJLIS), 10(2), 1-16. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJLIS.20210701.oa6

Chicago

Adomi, Esharenana E., and Gloria O. Oyovwe-Tinuoye. "COVID-19 Information Seeking and Utilization Among Women in Warri Metropolis, Delta State, Nigeria," International Journal of Library and Information Services (IJLIS) 10, no.2: 1-16. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJLIS.20210701.oa6

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Abstract

The 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 self-constructed 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.