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Medical Aliteracy Among Senior Medical Personnel in Akoko South West Local Government Ondo State

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  • Olusegun O. Owolewa*

    (PhD, Department of Arts EducationAdekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria)

  • Graceful O. Ofodu

    (PhD, Department of Arts and Language Education, Ekiti State University, Ado- Ekiti, Nigeria)

Abstract

The issue of medical aliteracy has drawn both scholars and medical practitioners’ attention in the recent years. The negative cost of medical aliteracy has continued to constitute major threats to health related issue which has resulted in high mortality rate, high medical expenditure and medical underperformance among others. On this premise the study examined the influence of medical aliteracy among senior medical personnel. The study employed descriptive research design and Chi-Square to test the research hypotheses. A total number of 50 questionnaires were designed to collect information from the sampled population through a random sampling. From the result of the analysis it was revealed that factors such as ineffective supervision of medical personnel, low patient literacy level, lack of personnel-patients engagement could lead to medical aliteracy among senior medical personnel. Senior medical personnel have the knowledge of medical aliteracy and its implications on for medical personnel and the public. Medical aliteracy has an implication on health sector performance which includes increase in mortality rate, increase health expenditure, widening of the gap between patients – medical personnel communication among others. Perception of medical aliteracy has significant influence on medical personnel performance. The study concluded that, medical aliteracy is prevalent among medical personnel and patients and is associated with many poor medical outcomes in the health sector. It was however recommended that medical literacy training, schemes and programmes should be designed according to the needs of the different medical personnel and should therefore be included in medical professional training programs.

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  • Olusegun O. Owolewa* & Graceful O. Ofodu, 2018. "Medical Aliteracy Among Senior Medical Personnel in Akoko South West Local Government Ondo State," International Journal of Healthcare and Medical Sciences, Academic Research Publishing Group, vol. 4(6), pages 123-133, 06-2018.
    • Handle: RePEc:arp:ijohms:2018:p:123-133
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