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abstract: 'Background: 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.
Methods: 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.
Results: 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. Conclusions: 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.'
affiliation: 'Andualem, M (Corresponding Author), Univ Gondar, Inst Publ Hlth, Dept
Hlth Informat, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Andualem, Mulusew, Univ Gondar, Inst Publ Hlth, Dept Hlth Informat, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Kebede, Gashaw, Univ Addis Ababa, Sch Informat Sci, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Kumie, Abera, Univ Addis Ababa, Sch Publ Hlth, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.'
article-number: '534'
author: Andualem, Mulusew and Kebede, Gashaw and Kumie, Abera
author-email: muler.hi@gmail.com
author_list:
- family: Andualem
given: Mulusew
- family: Kebede
given: Gashaw
- family: Kumie
given: Abera
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-534
eissn: 1472-6963
files: []
journal: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
keywords: 'Information; Information need; Information seeking behaviour;
Information source'
keywords-plus: ACCESS
language: English
month: DEC 27
number-of-cited-references: '29'
orcid-numbers: 'Asemahagn, Mulusew Andualem/0000-0002-0345-9437
'
papis_id: 830f25cc39b592fbdf8b35a476046320
ref: Andualem2013informationneeds
researcherid-numbers: 'Asemahagn, Mulusew Andualem/J-9889-2019
Kumie, Abera/AAC-8537-2022'
times-cited: '27'
title: Information needs and seeking behaviour among health professionals working
at public hospital and health centres in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000329373900002
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '32'
volume: '13'
web-of-science-categories: Health Care Sciences \& Services
year: '2013'