Al-Hikmah University Central Journal
ASSESSMENT OF LEVEL OF AWARENESS OF PREVENTIVE HEALTHCARE SERVICES AMONG THE ACADEMIC AND NON- ACADEMIC STAFF OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITY GUSAU, ZAMFARA STATE, NIGERIA
Abstract
This study assessed level of awareness of preventive healthcare services among the academic and non- academic staff of Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, Nigeria. The study employed descriptive survey research design. The population comprised all staff of Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, which was 1456 in 2021-2022 academic session. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to draw samples for this study. The instrument used for the study was a researcher - developed questionnaire with the internal consistency of 0.719 after pilot tested. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation. Inferential statistic of independent t-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that, awareness of preventive healthcare services among the staff of Federal University Gusau was found to be significance. The level of awareness of preventive healthcare services among the staff was significantly positive. The study concluded that, academic and non- academic staff of Federal University Gusau Zamfara State were adequately aware of preventive healthcare services. It was recommended that; seminars and workshop should be organized for both academic and non - academic staff of Federal University Gusau in Zamfara State on preventive healthcare services inorder to improve their awareness and having appropriate information.