Jacob Opele

This study evaluated how inhabitants of Ogun State, Nigeria's cosmopolitan districts, sought for health information. In order to acquire quantitative data from patients using diagnostic centers in Ogun State, Nigeria's cosmopolitan areas, this study used a non-experimental descriptive survey approach. Residents who visited diagnostic centers in Ogun State, Nigeria's cosmopolitan neighborhoods were the study's target group. A total of 200 residents who regularly used the chosen diagnostic facilities were chosen as a sample for the study. For each chosen diagnostic facility, the sample size was determined proportionally to the entire patient population. A structured questionnaire with both closed-ended and open-ended questions was created in accordance with the objective and literature review. The study's data was analyzed utilizing pertinent statistical methods. For the particular goals, frequency counts, percentage distributions, and the Relative Importance Index...

This study assessed the compliance of public institutions with corporate governance processes in Nigeria. The survey research design was employed in the study. Primary data was collected through the administration of a semi-structured questionnaire to the Finance and Accounts, Internal Audit and senior level management staff. The main instrument for the collection was a structured questionnaire which was subjected to validity and reliability test. Data analysis involves the use of descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings from the study revealed that one third (33.33%) approved politics had great effect on corporate governance. While two in five (41.67%) stated it had moderate effect. Very negligible number (2%) believed politics didn’t have any effect in their organizational setting. Community related factors were also considered as one of the major drivers of corporate governance. One in five (22%) believed community factor like traditional institution had great effect on c...

The main objective of this study was to examine the influence of entrepreneurship on youth empowerment in in Ife Central Local Government area of Osun State. The study employed survey research design. A total of 125 youths in the study area was recruited by means of questionnaire administration. Data analysis was done using frequency counts and percentage distribution. The findings revealed that the youths in the local government are highly knowledgeable in entrepreneurship education and its influence on youth empowerment in the local government. The study revealed that 60% of the respondents have benefited from youth entrepreneurial programmes in the study area. Commonly identified entrepreneurial programmes in the study area includes Hair dressing. 48.3% were females while males” hairdresser accounted for 26.7%. On the other hand, more males 41.7% are tailors while 25% of the tailors were females. Also, 5.0% women does photography while male photography accounted for 3.3%. Overall...

The study was designed to examine use of library resources by medical students in LAUTECH College of Health Sciences, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. The study employed the descriptive survey design to collect primary data from Medical students of College of Health Sciences, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. A total of two hundred and eighty (280) medical students (400 -600 level) of College of Health Sciences were randomly selected for the study. The main instrument for data collection was a structure questionnaire which was administered to the respondents shortly after their lectures. Both face and content validity of the instrument were carried out. The reliability test of the research instrument was done by means of the Cronbach alpha test and a Cronbach’s score of 0.7 was derived. The data gathered was analyzed using relative importance index. Relative importance index helps to rank the criteria according to their relative importance. Findings from the study indicated that medical text...

Mutilation of library materials is a global phenomenon that must be properly checked to prolong the span of the library materials. This study examined undergraduates’ perception of the influence of book mutilation and defacing on library use in the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) Library. This study employed the descriptive survey design. The study population comprised all registered undergraduates’ library users at the FUOYE Library who were willing to participate in the study. In all, three hundred and thirty eight (338) students participated in the study. The main instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire, which was subjected to validity and reliability tests. The data collected for the study were analysed using the relative importance index (RII), while simple regression analysis was used to test the formulated hypothesis. Findings from the study indicated a strong relationship (AdjustedR2= 0.309, F= 150.1, p<.05) between book mutilation, defacing an...

This study assessed knowledge commonly shared by postgraduate students in Obafemi Awolowo University. The study also investigated factors that influence postgraduate students’ knowledge sharing. The study was a descriptive survey design which involved the design of questionnaire which was validated by means of Cronbach’s coefficient alpha of (0.70). The questionnaires were administered on (503) postgraduate students. The findings revealed that knowledge in the areas of individual studies was the most commonly shared knowledge among the majority (92.8%). The study further revealed that of the three identified factors (individual, institution and technology factors) influencing knowledge sharing among the postgraduate students, only individual factor (β = .085, p < 0.05) was shown to significantly influence students’ knowledge sharing bahaviours. The study suggests further research in such areas as: the construction of shared knowledge in collaborative problem solving and computer-...

This study assessed information seeking behaviour of Health Information Management Students, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria by means of survey research design. Information seeking behaviour was operationally defined in this study as the totality of human behaviour in relation to sources and channels of information including active and passive information need, information seeking and information use. A total of 119 students out of the 170 total enrolments were randomly selected for the study. The results of data analysis revealed that the student share similar information behaviours with other undergraduate students in other institutions as shown in the literature. Besides, a good number of the students reported significant benefits of information seeking through sharing with colleges rather than reading all alone. However, individual factors (β = 0.751, P = 0.004) was shown to significantly influenced students informatio...

This study examined ICT literacy skills and internet usage patterns of library users in Osun State College of Education Ila-Orangun, Nigeria, evaluating the purpose and frequency of Internet use, and identifying the barriers to ICT and library resources utilization among library users. It also established the relationship between ICT literacy skills and internet usage patterns of library users. The study adopted survey research design. A total of 92 library users including students, lecturers and other categories of users were selected by means of simple random sampling technique. The instrument was validated by means of Crombachs’ co-efficient alpha (α) values with the following α scores: ICT Competence = 0.857, Frequency of ICT use = 0.946, Purpose of using the library = 0.300, Barriers to the use of ICT resources = 0.822. Data gathered were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings from the study revealed a moderate level of ICT competency among library user...

This study assessed e-collaboration networks for research and development in two universities and a Science and Technology research institute in South western Nigeria. It investigated the sources of information available for S&T research activities, determined the extent of academia utilizing e-collaboration networks and examined the advantages of e-collaboration networks. As showed in this study, e-collaboration network strengthens research and support scientific and technological excellence through the integration of existing and emerging research activities and the exchange of knowledge. In today’sknowledge economy, the World Wide Web remains the nucleus of information, knowledge and research for scholars across the globe. A total of 150 researchers were sampled across the three educational and research institutions by means of questionnaire administration. The analysis of data was done using descriptive statistics such as percentage distribution. Findings from the study revealed...

This paper contributes to intellectual discourse on the impact of barriers to firms’ innovative performance and external search strategies in the context of a developing country. Using data from the 2011 Nigeria’s innovation survey in the manufacturing sector, we tested three hypotheses: the relationship between barriers and firms’ innovativeness, breadth and depth of external knowledge sources. We found that firms’ innovativeness can decrease when they encounter a broad range of organisational rigidities. On the contrary, firms’ innovativeness increase in the face of regulatory constraints as firms may evolve ways to circumvent problematic bureaucracies while expectedly, as knowledge and infrastructure barriers become more intense, firms find it difficult to implement innovations. Similarly, we found that higher intensity of barriers, particularly knowledge and infrastructure barriers is associated with lower breadth of search. Hence, our results underscore the importance of regula...

This paper contributes to intellectual discourse on the impact of barriers to firms’ innovative performance and external search strategies in the context of a developing country. Using data from the 2011 Nigeria’s innovation survey in the manufacturing sector, we tested three hypotheses: the relationship between barriers and firms’ innovativeness, breadth and depth of external knowledge sources. We found that firms’ innovativeness can decrease when they encounter a broad range of organisational rigidities. On the contrary, firms’ innovativeness increase in the face of regulatory constraints as firms may evolve ways to circumvent problematic bureaucracies while expectedly, as knowledge and infrastructure barriers become more intense, firms find it difficult to implement innovations. Similarly, we found that higher intensity of barriers, particularly knowledge and infrastructure barriers is associated with lower breadth of search. Hence, our results underscore the importance of regula...

In Nigeria, several challenges have been reported within the health sector, especially in training, funding, employment, and deployment of the health workforce. We aimed to review recent health workforce crises in the Nigerian health sector to identify key underlying causes and provide recommendations toward preventing and/or managing potential future crises in Nigeria. We conducted a scoping literature search of PubMed to identify studies on health workforce and health governance in Nigeria. A critical analysis, with extended commentary, on recent health workforce crises (2010-2016) and the health system in Nigeria was conducted. The Nigerian health system is relatively weak, and there is yet a coordinated response across the country. A number of health workforce crises have been reported in recent times due to several months' salaries owed, poor welfare, lack of appropriate health facilities and emerging factions among health workers. Poor administration and response across di...

This study assessed the knowledge sharing behaviours of postgraduate students in selected Nigerian Universities. The study focused of knowledge sharing practices of postgraduate students, media of knowledge sharing, commonly shared knowledge and factors that influences postgraduate students’ knowledge sharing behaviours. The study employed a descriptive survey design which involved the design of questionnaire which was validated by means of Cronbach’s coefficient alpha of (0.70). The questionnaires were administered on (503) postgraduate students who were either on course work or thesis as at the time of the study. The analysis of data revealed that (55.6%) of the postgraduate students’ preferred face-to-face knowledge sharing to other media. The analysis further showed that knowledge in the areas of individual studies was the most commonly shared knowledge among the majority (92.8%). The study further revealed that of the three identified factors (individual, institution and techno...

Despite transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) being regarded as gold standard for prostate volume estimation, concerns have been raised in the literature concerning its accuracy especially in men with above‐average prostate volumes. We aimed to evaluate the performance of TRUS for prostate volume estimation in a cohort of sub‐Saharan African men since they are known to have relatively large mean prostate volumes.

This study assessed e-collaboration networks for research and development in two universities and a Science and Technology research institute in South western Nigeria. It investigated the sources of information available for S&T research activities, determined the extent of academia utilizing e-collaboration networks and examined the advantages of e-collaboration networks. As showed in this study, e-collaboration network strengthens research and support scientific and technological excellence through the integration of existing and emerging research activities and the exchange of knowledge. In today’sknowledge economy, the World Wide Web remains the nucleus of information, knowledge and research for scholars across the globe. A total of 150 researchers were sampled across the three educational and research institutions by means of questionnaire administration. The analysis of data was done using descriptive statistics such as percentage distribution. Findings from the study revealed...

Effective dissemination of knowledge among  healthcare professionals using information and telecommunication technology has been identified as an important tools to improve qaulity service delivery. This study provide succinct explanation of the constraints of using information technology in the management of knowledge among diverse healthcare professionals  in federal tertiary hospitals in Nigeria. The study specifically focus on factors militating against the effective use of information technology application to manage knowledge to promote interprofessional collaboration for improved quality service deleivery. Cross-sectional data were collected from 479 healthcare workers across the federal tertiary hospitals in Nigeria. Using the Relative Importance Index (RII), the results show that inadequate ICT infrastructure (R = 0.79), inadequate technical support (R = 0.78), ICT illiteracy (R = 0.77), inadequate management support (R= 0.76), behavioural and personal characteristics (R = ...

Background: Labor pain is an inevitable experience for parturients with choice for labor analgesia depending on awareness, parturients' education, availability, cost and adverse effects of the analgesic materials. Methods: All pregnant women attending booking clinics in the obstetric units of our hospital were recruited into an open-label randomized control trial for a period of 3 months into either intervention or control group. The pregnant women in the intervention group were shown a video demonstration on epidural labor analgesia in addition to distribution of epidural information leaflets with verbal explanation on pain management in labour. The control group had the same exposure except the video demonstration. An interviewer semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect information on biodata, knowledge of pain management in labor, previous labor pain experience, willingness to receive epidural labor analgesia in the current pregnancy and factors associated with willingness to receive epidural labor analgesia. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics with P < 0.05 accepted as statistically significant. Results: Out of the 199 expectant mothers that participated in the study, 95 (47.7%) were in the intervention group and 104 (52.3%) in the control group with 18 (18.9%) and 5 (4.8%) patients had prior knowledge of epidural labor analgesia respectively. A higher proportion of 41 (43.2%) of participants in the intervention group were willing to receive epidural analgesia in the current pregnancy, when compared with 13 (12.5%) in the control group (P = 0.001). Conclusion: Addition of video demonstration to epidural leaflet information with verbal explanation in the intervention group increased the willingness of pregnant women to request for epidural pain relief in the current pregnancy compared to the control group.

PURPOSE: To investigate self-management practices of diet, exercise, medication, and self-monitoring of blood glucose among diabetic women of reproductive age in OAUTHC. METHODS: This study employed a descriptive design. A total enumeration of 185 diabetic women of reproductive age in a tertiary hospital in Osun state constituted a sample size. A self-structured questionnaire with 40 items under 5 sections and a check list for recording glyceamic control measures were used for data collection. The data retrieved from the respondents were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23. Results were presented as frequencies, mean and standard deviation. RESULTS: The findings from the study revealed a moderate level of dietary intake (mean = 2.80), moderate physical exercise (mean = 2.80), moderate medication intake (mean = 2.13) and moderate self-management practices (mean = 2.85) on 5points Likert scale. DISCUSSION: The findings of the study were compare...

This study examined ICT literacy skills and internet usage patterns of library users in Osun State College of Education Ila-Orangun, Nigeria, evaluating the purpose and frequency of Internet use, and identifying the barriers to ICT and library resources utilization among library users. It also established the relationship between ICT literacy skills and internet usage patterns of library users. The study adopted survey research design. A total of 92 library users including students, lecturers and other categories of users were selected by means of simple random sampling technique. The instrument was validated by means of Crombachs' coefficient alpha (α) values with the following α scores: ICT Competence = 0.857, Frequency of ICT use = 0.946, Purpose of using the library = 0.300, Barriers to the use of ICT resources = 0.822. Data gathered were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings from the study revealed a moderate level of ICT competency among library users. The findings also showed that the respondents used ICTs at least once in a month while a few reported daily use. The top notable barrier to ICT literacy pattern was inadequate electricity supply. Besides, the findings showed a significant relationship between ICT literacy skill and internet usage pattern of library users in the college (r = .498, p < 0.05). The study concluded that more still needs to be done by the authority of the college in ensuring that the state of the heart ICT resources are deployed into the library for enhanced library use among its community.

This study assessed the knowledge sharing behaviours of postgraduate students in selected Nigerian Universities. The study focused of knowledge sharing practices of postgraduate students, media of knowledge sharing, commonly shared knowledge and factors that influences postgraduate students' knowledge sharing behaviours. The study employed a descriptive survey design which involved the design of questionnaire which was validated by means of Cronbach's coefficient alpha of (0.70). The questionnaires were administered on (503) postgraduate students who were either on course work or thesis as at the time of the study. The analysis of data revealed that (55.6%) of the postgraduate students' preferred face-to-face knowledge sharing to other media. The analysis further showed that knowledge in the areas of individual studies was the most commonly shared knowledge among the majority (92.8%). The study further revealed that of the three identified factors (individual, institution and technology factors) influencing knowledge sharing among the postgraduate students, only individual factor (β = .085, p < 0.05) was shown to significantly influenced students' knowledge sharing bahaviours. The results of the study suggested that the university policy makers have a duty to encourage a culture of knowledge sharing and collaboration among her students particularly Masters (MSc) and Doctorate (PhD) students for sustainable postgraduate training and development.

Published This paper contributes to intellectual discourse on the impact of barriers to firms' innovative performance and external search strategies in the context of a developing country. Using data from the 2011 Nigeria's innovation survey in the manufacturing sector, we tested three hypotheses: the relationship between barriers and firms' innovativeness, breadth and depth of external knowledge sources. We found that firms' innovativeness can decrease when they encounter a broad range of organisational rigidities. On the contrary, firms' innovativeness increase in the face of regulatory constraints as firms may evolve ways to circumvent problematic bureaucracies while expectedly, as knowledge and infrastructure barriers become more intense, firms find it difficult to implement innovations. Similarly, we found that higher intensity of barriers, particularly knowledge and infrastructure barriers is associated with lower breadth of search. Hence, our results underscore the importance of regulation and infrastructure as key requirements for enhancing not only firm-level innovation but also knowledge search activities of firms.

Background: In Nigeria, several challenges have been reported within the health sector, especially in training, funding, employment, and deployment of the health workforce. We aimed to review recent health workforce crises in the Nigerian health sector to identify key underlying causes and provide recommendations toward preventing and/or managing potential future crises in Nigeria. Methods: We conducted a scoping literature search of PubMed to identify studies on health workforce and health governance in Nigeria. A critical analysis, with extended commentary, on recent health workforce crises (2010–2016) and the health system in Nigeria was conducted.