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abstract: 'Background: Universal access to information for health professionals is
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a need to achieve ``health for all strategy.{''''} A large proportion of
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the population including health professionals have limited access to
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health information in resource limited countries. The aim of this study
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is to assess information needs among Ethiopian health professionals.
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Methods: A cross sectional quantitative study design complemented with
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qualitative method was conducted among 350 health care workers in
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Feburary26-June5/2012. Pretested self-administered questionnaire and
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observation checklist were used to collect data on different variables.
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Data entry and data analysis were done using Epi-Info version 3.5.1 and
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by SPSS version19, respectively. Descriptive statistics and multivariate
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regression analyses were applied to describe study objectives and
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identify the determinants of information seeking behaviours
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respectively. Odds ratio with 95\% CI was used to assess the association
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between a factor and an outcome variable.
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Results: The majority of the respondents acknowledged the need of health
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information to their routine activities. About 54.0\% of respondents
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lacked access to health information. Only 42.8\% of respondents have
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access to internet sources. Important barriers to access information
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were geographical, organizational, personal, economic, educational
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status and time. About 58.0\% of the respondents accessed information by
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referring their hard copies and asking senior staff. Age, sex, income,
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computer literacy and access, patient size, work experience and working
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site were significantly associated with information needs and seeking
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behaviour. Conclusions: The health information seeking behaviour of
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health professional was significant. The heaklth facilities had neither
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informationcenter such as library, nor internet facilities.
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Conducting training on managing health information, accessing computer
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and improving infrastructures are important interventions to facilitate
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evidence based descions.'
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affiliation: 'Andualem, M (Corresponding Author), Univ Gondar, Inst Publ Hlth, Dept
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Hlth Informat, Gondar, Ethiopia.
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Andualem, Mulusew, Univ Gondar, Inst Publ Hlth, Dept Hlth Informat, Gondar, Ethiopia.
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Kebede, Gashaw, Univ Addis Ababa, Sch Informat Sci, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Kumie, Abera, Univ Addis Ababa, Sch Publ Hlth, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.'
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article-number: '534'
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author: Andualem, Mulusew and Kebede, Gashaw and Kumie, Abera
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author-email: muler.hi@gmail.com
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author_list:
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- family: Andualem
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given: Mulusew
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- family: Kebede
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given: Gashaw
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- family: Kumie
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given: Abera
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-534
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eissn: 1472-6963
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files: []
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journal: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
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keywords: 'Information; Information need; Information seeking behaviour;
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Information source'
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keywords-plus: ACCESS
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language: English
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month: DEC 27
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number-of-cited-references: '29'
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orcid-numbers: 'Asemahagn, Mulusew Andualem/0000-0002-0345-9437
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'
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papis_id: 830f25cc39b592fbdf8b35a476046320
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ref: Andualem2013informationneeds
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researcherid-numbers: 'Asemahagn, Mulusew Andualem/J-9889-2019
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Kumie, Abera/AAC-8537-2022'
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times-cited: '27'
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title: Information needs and seeking behaviour among health professionals working
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at public hospital and health centres in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000329373900002
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '32'
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volume: '13'
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web-of-science-categories: Health Care Sciences \& Services
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year: '2013'
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