TY  - JOUR
T1  - Media Public Enlightenment Campaign and Awareness of Hepatitis B in
Lokoja Metropolis of Kogi State; Nigeria
AU - Euphemia, Asogwa Chika AU - Samuel, Oluwakemi 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 4
SP  - 948
EP  - 955
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2018.948.955
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2018.948.955
KW  - Health communication
KW  -Hepatitis B
KW  -enlightenment
KW  -awareness
KW  -knowledge
KW  -media public
AB  - This study investigated media public enlightenment campaign and awareness of Hepatitis B in Lokoja
metropolis. A cross-sectional survey design was employed. The study used convenience sampling method.
The population of study is 195, 261 which are the people living in Lokoja metropolis with a sample of 400 arrived
at by applying Taro Yamane formula. Questionnaire served as the instrument for data collection. The 376
retrieved questionnaires were analyzed using both univariate and bivariate technique of analysis. Findings
reveal that majority of the respondents have the knowledge of Hepatitis B, through different media which
include: health workers, television etc. Despite the level of knowledge gained, majority are yet, to be vaccinated.
Results also showed that there is a moderate positive and statistically significant (r = 0.474, p<0.001)
correlations between the degree of awareness and test behaviour of the participants. It was revealed that there
is a statistically significant relationship (p<0.001) between age subgroup and respondents test behaviour as
more respondents between age group (26-35) responded more to test than the other subgroups due to their
proactive nature. The study showed that many of the respondents believe that the awareness on Hepatitis B
is minimal and preferred medium for the awareness are social media, radio, television, etc. The study
recommended that the government should sponsor different media awareness campaign geared towards the
prevention of the transmission of “Hepatitis B Virus” (HBV) and the use of vaccine as a major alternative for
prevention.
ER  -