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Table 4 Nigerian physicianspreferred sources for general health information and avian influenza (AI) (N = 245)

From: Notifiable disease reporting among public sector physicians in Nigeria: a cross-sectional survey to evaluate possible barriers and identify best sources of information

 

Best ways to get health information*

Most useful source for learning about AI

Source:

Total

≤10 years clinical experience (n = 145)

>10 years clinical experience (n = 100)

p-value

Total

≤10 years clinical experience (n = 145)

>10 years clinical experience (n = 100)

p-value

Medical journal

117 (48%)

57 (39%)

60 (60%)

<0.01**

21 (9%)

13 (9%)

8 (8%)

0.97**

Internet website

105 (43%)

64 (44%)

41 (41%)

0.63**

63 (26%)

39 (27%)

24 (24%)

0.13**

#1 internet site

www.google.com

www.google.com

www.google.com

 

www.google.com

www.google.com

www.google.com

 

#2 internet site

www.eMedicine.com

www.eMedicine.com

www.pubmed.com

 

www.who.int

www.who.int

www.who.int

 

#3 internet site

www.who.int

www.who.int

www.who.int

 

www.cdc.gov

www.cdc.gov

www.cdc.gov

 

Training sessions/seminars/workshops

94 (38%)

62 (42%)

32 (32%)

0.09**

33 (13%)

21 (14%)

12 (12%)

0.14**

Email

68 (28%)

34 (23%)

24 (34%)

0.07**

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1.00††

Medical book

60 (24%)

44 (30%)

16 (16%)

0.01**

20 (8%)

14 (10%)

6 (6%)

0.43**

Television

43 (18%)

27 (19%)

16 (16%)

0.60**

49 (20%)

26 (18%)

23 (23%)

0.66**

Newspapers/magazines

37 (15%)

23 (16%)

14 (14%)

0.69**

14 (6%)

6 (4%)

8 (8%)

0.32**

Radio

27 (11%)

16 (11%)

11 (11%)

0.99**

4 (2%)

2 (1%)

2 (2%)

1.00††

Educational lecture/course

26 (11%)

18 (12%)

8 (8%)

0.27**

9 (4%)

8 (6%)

1 (1%)

0.09††

Pamphlets

18 (7%)

11 (8%)

7 (7%)

0.86**

3 (1%)

0 (0%)

3 (3%)

0.07††

Professional colleagues

14 (6%)

7 (5%)

7 (7%)

0.47**

15 (6%)

10 (7%)

5 (5%)

0.74**

Cell phone text message

12 (5%)

7 (5%)

5 (5%)

0.95**

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1.00††

Ministry of health communication

10 (4%)

6 (4%)

4 (4%)

1.00††

2 (1%)

1 (1%)

1 (1%)

1.00††

Medical school/postgraduate training

3 (1%)

2 (1%)

1 (1%)

1.00††

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1.00††

Posters

4 (2%)

2 (1%)

2 (2%)

1.00††

1 (<1%)

1 (1%)

0 (0%)

1.00††

Billboards

1 (<1%)

1 (1%)

0 (0%)

1.00††

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1.00††

Public lecture/community enlightenment

1 (<1%)

1 (1%)

0 (0%)

1.00††

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1.00††

Other

50 (20%)

27 (19%)

23 (23%)

0.40**

9 (4%)

4 (3%)

5 (5%)

0.49**

  1. *Multiple responses accepted.
  2. Single response accepted.
  3. **Outcomes were compared by years of experience through Chi-squared test.
  4. ††Outcomes were compared by years of experience through Fishers exact test.
  5. “Other” best ways to get health information included CD-ROM, hard copy, and mail.