- Paul Imolemen Irabor & Samuel Bawa
- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23753990
- GAS Journal of Clinical Medicine and Medical Research (GASJCMMR)
Background: Announcing a national workforce policy does
not establish whether employees recognize its provisions or understand their
institutional relevance. This study described recognition, reported information
sources, familiarity and policy-statement responses among employees
participating in an NCDC Headquarters survey.
Methods: A cross-sectional online questionnaire was
completed by 400 volunteers recruited through internal WhatsApp communication
channels. Participants answered a policy-awareness item; the 191 who reported
awareness also answered communication, familiarity and policy-knowledge items.
Descriptive frequencies and exploratory comparisons across recorded workforce
categories were evaluated using the survey data.
Results: Awareness was reported by 191/400
respondents (47.8%). Among those aware, the most frequently named primary
source was colleagues or informal discussion (74/191; 38.7%), followed by
social media (44/191; 23.0%); official NCDC communication was named by 14
(7.3%). Only 74 aware respondents (38.7%) agreed that they were familiar with
key provisions, while 94 (49.2%) agreed that they understood the policy’s
application to NCDC staff. Answer patterns across five policy statements
included substantial “do not know” responses (31.4%-58.1%). None of
six omnibus subgroup awareness comparisons met the conventional 0.05
significance threshold.
Conclusions: The responses
indicate a separation between recognition, recalled dissemination channel and
understanding. Findings describe volunteers rather than the NCDC workforce as a
whole; they support targeted evaluation of institutional communication without
establishing the effectiveness of any specific channel.
Keywords: health workforce migration, health policy,
policy dissemination, information channels, implementation, public health,
Nigeria, convenience sampling.
