International Journal of Academic Library and Information Science
 

Vol. 6(8), pp. 265–269, December, 2018. 

ISSN: 2360-7858

DOI: 10.14662/IJALIS2018.071

Full Length Research

Cancer is one of the delicate diseases that require extra careful attention to individuals who were diagnosed with its complications. As such this study aims at finding out the challenges and sources of information consulted by cancer patients in Lere local government area of Kaduna state, Nigeria. In order to achieve this unique objective, qualitative research methodology was adopted and interviewed five (5) participants. Findings of this study revealed that insufficient fund, inadequate cancer specialist and poor family support were the challenges faced by cancer patients in this case study. Furthermore, co-cancer patients, religious leaders, and residents’ neighbors were the sources of information consulted by cancer patients in Lere local government area of Kaduna state, Nigeria Metropolis. Finally, the researchers proposed some recommendations for practical intervention.

Keywords: Challenges, information seeking behavior, Cancer Patients, Health related information, qualitative case study, thematic analysis.

Cite This Article As: Jumare, H.M., Mohammed, A., Abbas, M., Makarfi, A.Y., Sulaiman, I., Mukhtar, U. (2018). Challenges and Information Seeking Behaviors of Cancer Patients: A Qualitative Case Study of Cancer Patients in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 6(8): 265-269