Access To Information On Severity Hypertension And Preventive Information Adopted Against Severity Of Hypertension Among The Urban Poor In Zaria Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 5
Abstract
This study explored access to information on severity hypertension and preventive information adopted against severity of hypertension among the urban poor in Zaria Kaduna state. The study sought to answer the following research questions, how does the urban poor access information on severity of hypertension? what information do urban poor have about severity of hypertension?, what are the available preventive information adopted against severity of hypertension among the urban poor in Zaria? This study employ Grounded theory approach to derive 3 model in explaining severity of hypertension among the urban poor in Zaria. An interpretative research paradigm and qualitative methodology guides data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, and discussions of findings. Twenty Zaria urban poor interviewed using a semistructured interview guide. The researchers used an analytic inductive process to identify 96 open codes from the narratives explaining access to information and preventives information adopted against severity of hypertension among the urban poor in Zaria. The open code are organized into 8 recurring topics and further collapsed into five emergent categories to explain access to information and preventive information used by the urban poor in Zaria against hypertension. Finding indicates that the urban poor in Zaria come to know severity of hypertension through observation, study recommends coordinate health information programs design base on the reality of this study to educate and improve knowledge of hypertension among the urban poor in Zaria.
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Ismail Onoruoiza Suleiman
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