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Maternal Health Information Seeking Behaviour: Issues and Challenges

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: West African Journal Of Nursing

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This literature review assessed the maternal health information seeking behaviour (MHISB) of women on maternal health. It also identified issues and challenges of maternal health information seeking behaviour among women. Methods: Databases were used in the search for relevant academic published articles including PubMed, Google scholar and Google search engine. Articles for the review were drawn from peerreviewed journals. Findings: It was found that factors influencing MHISB included health consciousness, situational and family support, reasons (needs) for seeking information, specific information needs of women and sources of information utilized by women. Challenges and barriers of health information seeking behaviours identified included shame and embarrassment in disclosure of health challenges, lack of knowledge and anxiety on the part of women, lack of access/high cost of reproductive health facilities and services, challenge of ethics and communication barrier, challenges of low socioeconomic status, challenges of ethnicity, immigrant population and language as well as challenges of poverty and illiteracy. Conclusion: Maternal health is very essential in order to reduce infant and maternal death especially in African countries. Related programmes should be designed targeting rural and uneducated married women in developing countries. More qualitative investigations are required to broaden our understanding on maternal health information seeking behaviour of both married and unmarried women. Maternal period is very important and health information professionals' effort cannot be over-emphasized.

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Ademuyiwa,Y. Soyemi,O. . (2015). Maternal Health Information Seeking Behaviour: Issues and Challenges, 26 (), 55-55.

Ademuyiwa,Y. Soyemi,O. . "Maternal Health Information Seeking Behaviour: Issues and Challenges" 26, no (), (2015): 55-55.

Ademuyiwa,Y. and Soyemi,O. and . (2015). Maternal Health Information Seeking Behaviour: Issues and Challenges, 26 (), pp55-55.

AdemuyiwaY, SoyemiO, . Maternal Health Information Seeking Behaviour: Issues and Challenges. 2015, 26 ():55-55.

Ademuyiwa,Y.i. , and Soyemi,Opeyemi . "Maternal Health Information Seeking Behaviour: Issues and Challenges", 26 . (2015) : 55-55.

A.Y.i. & S.Opeyemi , "Maternal Health Information Seeking Behaviour: Issues and Challenges" vol.26, no., pp. 55-55, 2015.

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