Primary Health Care (PHC)services play a critical role in disease prevention and health promotion, yet men’s knowledge and utilization of these services remain low in Bida Local Government Area (BLGA),Niger State, Nigeria. This study aimed to assess the effect of a nurse-led educational intervention on men’s knowledge and use of PHC services. Using a quasi-experimental design, 420 participants were selected through Fisher’s formula from a population of 160,250. Participants were drawn from four wards, with three assigned to an experimental group (EG) and one to a control group (CG). Data were collected before and after a three-week educational intervention (held one hour per day, three days per week) using a validated questionnaire (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.74–0.82). Post intervention data were gathered eight weeks later and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics at a 0.05 significance level. Demographically, most participants were aged 35–44 years (44%), married (80.2%), job-seeking (36%), held bachelor’s degrees(58%), and earned less than 30,000 monthly (43.3%). Pre-intervention knowledge scores were =11.2 for the experimental group and =9.2 for the control. Post-intervention scores increased to =11.6 for the experimental group, while the control group remained at =9.2. Similarly, service utilization scores rose from =37.8 to =45.5 in the experimental group, but decreased slightly in the control group. Statistical tests confirmed a significant association between improved knowledge and PHC utilization, leading to the rejection of the null hypothesis. The study concludes that nurse-led interventions effectively enhance men’s PHC knowledge and recommends their integration into community health programs.
- MOHAMMED | BIDA | YAKATUN | mail: mohammed0513@pg.babcock.edu.ng | 08036821597., SAMSON-AKPAN | PATIENCE | EDOHO | mail: patedoho2005@yahoo.com | 08134529848, LESLIE | TABITHA | . | tabithaleslie13@gmail.com | 08068064965, ASONYE | CHRISTIAN | CHINEDU | asonyec@babcock.edu.ng | 08061591934.
- Educational Intervention; Knowledge; Primary Health Care Services; Utilization; Men
- NURSE LED EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION ON KNOWLEDGE OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES
