Role of Information Dissemination and Management by Lagos State Ministry of Health In Control of Covid 19 Pandemic
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2023
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Corpus Intellectual
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to determine the
information dissemination strategies used by the
Lagos State Ministry of Health to halt the spread of the
COVID-19 pandemic; the reason for the adoption of
the information dissemination and management
strategy; and the perception of Lagos State residents
on the state ministry of health's information
dissemination and management strategy. Then the
survey and in-depth interview research methods were
applied. The study population comprised all of the
9,019,534 residents of Lagos State and the information
staff of the Lagos State Ministry of Health. A sample
size of 384 respondents was selected for the survey,
while three information staff were selected for the indepth
interview using a multistage sampling
procedure. The study was anchored on social
cognitive theory. The study found out that the media
the Lagos State Ministry of Health uses include radio,
television, newspapers, magazines, the internet, and
billboards and that the reason the Lagos State Ministry
of Health chooses the information media is that they
are accessible, easy to use, have more users and
listeners, and cost-effective. The study also found out
that the respondents perceived the COVID 19
Information Dissemination Strategies adopted by the
Lagos State Government as informative, enlightening,
raising awareness, educating, and advocating. The
study concluded that the media has played an
important role in spreading health information as it
has a wide reach among the populace in Lagos
state. It was therefore recommended that the mass media should be seen as an integral part of governance in matters concerning health.