Hindrances to Optimum Utilization of Health Care Services for Students of Adeyemi Federal University of Education, Ondo, Nigeria
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Proper and adequate health care service is fundamental to healthy living, the need for good health cannot be overemphasized. Hence this study focused on hindrances to optimum utilization of health care services for students of Adeyemi College of Education. In view of the above objective, the study determined to ascertain the extent to which healthcare services are utilized optimally by students of Adeyemi College of Education. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. The research data was collected through a self-developed structured and validated questionnaire. Four hundred and eighty (480) sampled participants were used in describing the population on the relevant variables of interest. Multistage sampling technique was used to select the respondents. The simple frequency count, mean and standard deviation were used to describe the findings while inferential statistics One-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used to test the significance of each hypothesis at 0.05 alpha level. Five hypotheses were formulated, of which none was significant (p<0.05). In conclusion, the variables of insufficient health equipment, insufficient bed space, inadequate qualified health personnel, preference for self-medication and preference for herbal medicine revealed a statistically significant difference with a p-value of 0.00. Based on the findings, recommendations that could checkmate hindrances to optimum utilization of health care services for students of Adeyemi College of Education are recommended.
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