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.
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DOI：
10.1186/1472-6963-13-534
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发表时间：
2013-12-27
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Kumie A
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作者：
Andualem M;Kebede G;Kumie A
卫生专业人员普遍获得信息是实现“人人健康战略”的必要条件。在资源有限的国家，包括卫生专业人员在内的很大一部分人口获得卫生信息的机会有限。本研究的目的是评估埃塞俄比亚卫生专业人员的信息需求。 2012年2月26日至6月5日，对350名卫生保健工作者进行了一项横断面定量研究设计并辅以定性方法。使用预先测试的自填问卷和观察清单来收集不同变量的数据。分别使用 Epi-Info 3.5.1 版和 SPSS 19 版进行数据输入和数据分析。描述性统计和多元回归分析分别用于描述研究目标并确定信息寻求行为的决定因素。 95% CI 的优势比用于评估因素与结果变量之间的关联。大多数受访者承认他们的日常活动需要健康信息。约 54.0% 的受访者无法获取健康信息。只有 42.8% 的受访者能够访问互联网资源。获取信息的重要障碍是地理、组织、个人、经济、教育状况和时间。约 58.0% 的受访者通过查阅纸质文件和询问高级人员来获取信息。年龄、性别、收入、计算机知识和使用情况、患者规模、工作经验和工作地点与信息需求和寻求行为显着相关。卫生专业人员的健康信息寻求行为显着。卫生设施既没有图书馆等信息中心，也没有互联网设施。开展有关管理健康信息、使用计算机和改善基础设施的培训是促进基于证据的决策的重要干预措施。
Universal 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. A 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. The 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. The 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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影响因子：
1.9
作者：
Patricia Garcia-Cosavalente, H.;Wood, Lawrence E.;Obregon, Rafael
通讯作者：
Obregon, Rafael
影响因子：
2.1
作者：
WILSON, TD
通讯作者：
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影响因子：
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作者：
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通讯作者：
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影响因子：
3
作者：
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通讯作者：
Dowding, Dawn
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影响因子：
4.5
作者：
LaPelle NR;Luckmann R;Simpson EH;Martin ER
通讯作者：
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