Odelola J.O. and Olalekanmi S.E.

Department of Health Education, Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan

Abstract  

Health education delivered by practitioners is pertinent to behavioural change and informed decisions by community members.  Digital tools have revolutionized society, therefore there is a need to optimize practitioners’ capacity to utilize digital tools in the delivery of health education. The study examined intrapersonal and institutional factors as determinants of the use of digital tools for health education delivery among practitioners in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design using 50 health practitioners in Akinyele Local Government. The instrument used for the data collection was a self-constructed questionnaire with  0.74 reliability coefficient. The collected data were analyzed using regression statistics. The findings of the study showed a significant correlation of the variables of intrapersonal and institutional factors to utilization of digital tools. Findings equally showed that variables of intrapersonal and institutional factors jointly contributed to the utilization of digital tools (F _(2,47) = 8.305; R=0.511; R²= 0.261; R^{. Adj} =0.230; P <0.05). It was concluded that intrapersonal and institutional factors contributed to the utilization of digital tools. Regular training, technical support, infrastructure, enabling policy, monitoring and supervision were recommended for the utilization of digital tools.