AJAYI, SIKIRUDEEN O. and OLABODE, E. KEHINDE (2019) ASSESSMENT OF THE LOCATIONAL AND PHYSICAL CONDITION OF RURAL HEALTH FACILITIES IN OGUN STATE. In: 7th National Conference, School of Environmental Studies, April, 2019, The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro.
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This paper investigates issues associated with the physical planning on functionality of rural health facilities in order to promote well-being of the people in rural areas of Yewa land, a sub-region in Ogun State Nigeria. The research aims at assessing existing public health facilities in terms of physical planning policy in Ogun State Nigeria. Objectives of the study include investigation of the locational, spatial distribution, site coverage, distance, accessibility, structural condition and problems associated with the available facilities in the selected areas. Data were collected through administration of questionnaire on randomly selected 22 rural health facilities from the identified 48 rural settlement in the five local government areas of Yewa region in Ogun State proporsively with focus on the, location and physical condition of the existing public healthcare facilities, distance coverage by the users and effectiveness of such. Descriptive statistical tools such as means, percentile and standard deviation were employed to analyze the data. The study revealed among other things that health care facilities were unevenly distributed, poor spatial coverage, poor physical condition of the available ones and insufficient provision as specified by the physical planning policy were also discovered. Recommendations on strategies such as physical improvement and spatial coverage standards, to address the long locational distance, towards attaining the desire goal of effective provision and functionalities of health care facilities, were made for the improvement of rural health care delivery in Yewa land Ogun State Nigeria.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Civil Engineering and the Environment |
| Depositing User: | Mr Daniel Kumoye |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jun 2020 13:34 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Jun 2020 13:34 |
| URI: | http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/730 |
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