THE ROLES OF RADIO AND INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION IN THE ERADICATION OF GUINEA WORM

THE ROLES OF RADIO AND INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION IN THE ERADICATION OF GUINEA WORM

ABSTRACT

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 Guinea worm disease is a disease that has eaten deep into the bone marrow of most developing countries especially in the rural areas of these countries, though efforts has been made and still being made it has to be treated or fought severely for it to be entirely eradicated. That is why the researcher embarked on this research to study and bring out the roles of radio and interpersonal communication in the eradicati

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on of guinea worm using Nkalagu community as a case study. The work will be divided into five chapters to allow it to be treated better. Chapter one will comprise or contain from the brief introduction of the study to the scope and limitation of the research. Chapter two will be reviewing relevant literatures on the roles of radio and interpersonal communication in the eradication of guinea worm. Chapter three will deal on the methodology and strategies that will be used in the collection of data for the research, then this data that has been collected will be carefully and clearly presented in tables and interpreted in chapter four while chapter five will give the summary, conclusion and recommendations for further study.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page ................................................................................... ii

Approval page  .......................................................................... ii

Dedication.................................................................................. iii

Acknowledgements................................................................... iv

Table of contents....................................................................... vii

Abstract....................................................................................... xi

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the study ................................................... 1

1.2 Statement of research problem .......................................... 3

1.3 Objectives of the study....................................................... 3

1.4 Significant of the study ...................................................... 4

1.5 Research questions ............................................................. 5

1.6 Research hypotheses .......................................................... 6

1.7 Operational and conceptual definition of terms  ............. 8

1.8 Assumptions of the study................................................... 11

1.9 The scope and limitations of the study ............................. 12

References ................................................................................. 15

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Sources of literature ........................................................... 16

2.2 Literature review.................................................................. 16

2.2.1 A Brief overview of communication.............................. 16

2.2.2 The history of radio: an electronic medium of

Mass communication ................................................................ 19

2.2.3 A brief history of interpersonal communication........... 21

2.2.4 A brief history of guinea worm....................................... 23

2.2.5 Life cycle of dracunculus medinensis............................ 24

2.2.6 Treatment of guinea worm.............................................. 27

2.2.7 Social and economic impact of guineaworm................. 28

2.2.8 Endemic areas .................................................................. 29

2.2.9 Declaring guinea worm disease eradicable..................... 30

2.2.10 The roles radio has played in the eradication

of guineaworm in Nkalagu........................................................ 33

2.2.11 The roles interpersonal communication has

played in the eradication of guinea worm

in Nkalagu ................................................................................. 35

2.2.12 with efforts made so far does guinea worm

still exist? .................................................................................. 38

2.2.13 Barriers of the eradication of guinea worm ................ 39

2.2.14 Suggestions on the ideal roles of radio

and interpersonal communication in the

eradication of guinea worm in Nkalagu .................................. 41

2.3 Theoretical framework........................................................ 43

2.4 Summary of literature......................................................... 46

References ................................................................................. 47

CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1 Research Design.................................................................. 49

3.2 Area of the study................................................................. 50

3.3 Population of the study ..................................................... 51

3.4 Sample and sampling techniques ...................................... 51

3.5 Instrument for data collection ........................................... 53

3.6 Method of data collection .................................................. 54

3.7 Validity of the instrument ................................................. 54

3.8 Method of data analysis ..................................................... 55

References ................................................................................. 56

CHAPTER FOUR: DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULT

4.1 Data analysis........................................................................ 57

4.2 Test of hypotheses............................................................... 67

4.3 Discussion and interpretation of result.............................. 75

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5.1 Summary ............................................................................. 78

5.2 Conclusion .......................................................................... 79

5.3 Recommendations .............................................................. 80

Bibliography ............................................................................. 82

Appendix   ................................................................................. 85

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