{"title":"HEALTHCARE PRACTICES AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AMONG PARENTS OF PUPILS ATTENDING FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) STAFF SCHOOL AKOKA, LAGOS.","authors":"OYEGUNWA, Oluwatoyin, R, GBADEBO, Christiana T.","doi":"10.61868/njhe.v12i9.278","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The study examined healthcare practices and Digital Technologies among parents of pupils attending Federal College of Education (Technical) Staff School Akoka, Lagos. Four (4) research questions were raised and answered to guide the conduct of the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey research study of which population of the study comprised parents of pupils attending FCE (T) staff school Akoka, Lagos numbering five hundred (500). The sample comprised of two hundred (200) parents constituting forty percent (40%) of the population. Simple random sampling technique was used in the selection of pupils in the different classes to take the questionnaire home to their parents. \nIt was concluded that healthcare practices and Digital Technologies among parents of pupils attending Federal College of Education (Technical) Staff School Akoka, Lagos is significant. It was also concluded that the parents shun all form of untrusted healthcare practices such as traditional medicine among others. Recommendations made among others is that Digital Technologies in health care practices should be made accessible to all and sundry.","PeriodicalId":516976,"journal":{"name":"Nigeria Journal of Home Economics (ISSN: 2782-8131)","volume":"114 19","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nigeria Journal of Home Economics (ISSN: 2782-8131)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.61868/njhe.v12i9.278","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The study examined healthcare practices and Digital Technologies among parents of pupils attending Federal College of Education (Technical) Staff School Akoka, Lagos. Four (4) research questions were raised and answered to guide the conduct of the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey research study of which population of the study comprised parents of pupils attending FCE (T) staff school Akoka, Lagos numbering five hundred (500). The sample comprised of two hundred (200) parents constituting forty percent (40%) of the population. Simple random sampling technique was used in the selection of pupils in the different classes to take the questionnaire home to their parents.
It was concluded that healthcare practices and Digital Technologies among parents of pupils attending Federal College of Education (Technical) Staff School Akoka, Lagos is significant. It was also concluded that the parents shun all form of untrusted healthcare practices such as traditional medicine among others. Recommendations made among others is that Digital Technologies in health care practices should be made accessible to all and sundry.