Assessment of Information Dissemination by Librarians to postnatal mothers on immunisation as preventive measures to childhood killer disease in Abuja, Bida and Keffi FMCs, North-central Nigeriai

Abstract

immunisation as a preventive measure to childhood killer diseases in Abuja, Bida and Keffi federal medical centres (FMCs), North Central, Nigeria.Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study was thirty-four (34) librarians from three federal medial centres. Questionnaire and observation checklist were the instruments for data collection. Statistical tools such as frequency counts and percentages, mean and standard deviation were used to analyse data. The study revealed that majority of the Information resources and services such as Textbooks in medical lines, Professional journals, Newspapers, Current awareness services, Selective dissemination of information,Intra and Inter-library loan services, Manuals and guides on immunisation, Medical standards and guidelines and Library orientation services amongst others were available in the FMC libraries while Posters/handbills, Internet resources, Conference proceedings,Encyclopedias, Immunisation services, Email alerts to patients on health talk hours, Mobile phone alerts and Library website health information services, were all not available in the medical centre libraries studied. The study equally revealed that librarians disseminated information to post-natal mothers mainly through outreach services/programmes,workshops/seminars and radio/television messages. The study, therefore, recommended amongst others that the federal government in conjunction with the management of federal medical centres should as a matter of urgency finance the purchase of information resources in order to carry out effective services particularly on immunisation programmes to post-natal mothers as well as the general public