%0 Journal Article
%T Indigenous Traditional Medical Practitioners＊ Lack of Formal Medical Education Impacts their Choices of Information Resources for the Treatment of Sickle Cell Anemia. A Review of: Olatokun, W. M., & Ajagbe, E. (2010). Analyzing traditional medical practitioners＊ information-seeking behavior using Taylor＊s information-use environment model. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 42, 122-135.
%A Maria C. Melssen
%J Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
%D 2011
%I University of Alberta
%X Objective 每 To determine the information seeking behaviours of traditional medical practitioners who treat sickle cell anemia patients. Design 每 Qualitative, interviewer-administered, structured questionnaire. Setting 每 City and surrounding rural area of Ibadan, Nigeria. Subjects 每 The researchers selected for this study 160 indigenous traditional medical practitioners who specialize in the treatment of sickle cell anemia. The majority of the subjects were male, with 96 male and 64 female. The practitioners were selected from four traditional medical practitioner associations in Ibadan, Nigeria. The researchers met with the leaders of the four organizations and identified which of the 420 members specialize in the treatment of sickle cell anemia. Methods 每 The subjects were asked survey questions orally during face-to-face interviews. The decision to conduct interviews and ask the survey questions orally (rather than having the subjects complete the survey questions on their own) was based on the perceived low literacy level of the traditional medical practitioners. Survey questions were written using the analytical framework of Taylor＊s information use environment model. According to the authors, the premise of Taylor＊s information use environment model is that individuals can be grouped according to their ※professional and/or social characteristics§ (p. 124). The group is then characterized by the members＊ approach to problem solving: the type of problems they encounter, the setting they find themselves in during the problem, and how the group as a whole determines what course of action needs to be taken in order to solve the problem. The problem solving strategy of the group impacts its need for information and how that information is located and used.The questions asked by the researchers fell into one of five research areas:   the environment of the group   the diagnosis and treatment methods of traditional medical practitioners and how they obtain information that shapes their diagnosis and treatment choices   sources of information for the treatment of sickle cell anemia and the factors that encourage or discourage the use of those sources   how information about sickle cell anemia is communicated amongst the traditional medical practitioners   the extent to which orthodox and traditional approaches to the treatment of sickle cell anemia are integrated. All 160 subjects completed the interview and all of the surveys were determined to be usable. Main Results 每 The main sources of professional knowledge and training of the traditional medical pract
%K medical practitioners
%K information seeking behaviors
%K Taylor＊s information use environment model
%K Ibadan
%K Nigeria
%U http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP/article/download/9866/8135