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ISSN: 2360-7858 |
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Journal of Academic Library and Information Science |
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Vol. 8(4), pp. 121–129, May, 2020. ISSN: 2360-7858 DOI: 10.14662/IJALIS2020.155
Research
Libraries and Health Literacy Campaigns as Veritable Tools for Curtailment of COVID- 19 in Nigeria
1*Mathew Adesanmi FARUKUOYE (CLN) and 2Sunday Olurotimi OBADARE (CLN)
1College Library, College of Health Sciences and Technology Ijero-Ekiti, Nigeria: 2Hezekiah Oluwasanmi Library, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
*Corresponding author’s E-Mail: 1farukson2000@gmail.com. 2Sundayobadare63@gmail.com
Accepted 25 May 2020
Health literacy is an important aspect of preventive measures in curtailing the spread of diseases in the society. This is due to the fact that a health literate person understands his/her health status, take prevention and control measures of various diseases. The purpose of this paper was to discuss how libraries and deployment of health literacy campaigns can prevent, control and curtail the spread of Coronavirus (Covid 19) in Nigeria. The researchers reviewed several literatures and found out that libraries have a big role to play to ensure that community recognises their information needs, search for relevant information and make use of the information to make informed health decisions. The study concluded that Covid 19 imposes a double burden of health emergency and economic crisis on government and the people. Therefore, it becomes imperative for all stakeholders including the libraries to be deeply involved in health literacy campaigns in order to curtail the spread of the pandemic code named Covid-19 in Nigeria.
Keywords: Health Literacy, Libraries, Covid 19, Nigeria
Cite This Article As: FARUKUOYE MA., OBADARE SO (2020). Libraries and Health Literacy Campaigns as Veritable Tools for Curtailment of COVID- 19 in Nigeria. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 8(4): 121-129 |
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