Investigation Of The Health Information Needs And Seeking Behavior Of Final Year Students At The University Of Zambia During The Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the health information needs and seeking behavior among final year students at UNZA during the covid-19 pandemic in Lusaka district. It also focused on the following: health information sources used by the students, sources of health information, how these health information are used, extent to which their health information needs are satisfied, and the main barriers students encounter in meeting their health information needs. A qualitative design was used whose study unit comprised of UNZA final year students in Lusaka district. The data was collected using a questionnaire. The sample was 90 purposively selected respondents. The findings from the study showed that students have a variety of health information needs and their needs vary among gender. It also found that the specific major health information needed by students were information about exercise, nutrition/diet and preventive health while the least health information needed by the students are mental health