📄 Abstract
This study examined Community Education Programmes as Antidote to Unhealthy Living Practices among Rural Dwellers in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study consists of rural inhabitants of Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State. Simple random sampling technique was employed to select a sample size of two hundred (200) respondents. Three research questions guided the study. A structured questionnaire titled ?Community Education Programmes as an Antidote to Unhealthy Living Practices among Rural Dwellers Questionnaire (CEAULPQ)? was used as instrument for data collection. The reliability coefficient is 0.97. The data collected were analyzed using weighted means. The findings showed that literacy, skills acquisition, health education and enlightenment programmes are the main community education programmes going on in the community. Based on these findings the study recommended, amongst others, that, to prevent and cure unhealthy living practices among the dwellers in these rural communities, literacy education which comprises basic and post literacy education as well as socio-economic, environmental and health education, needs to be adequately provided.
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📚 How to Cite:
Chime Anokwu, Doreen Kobani , COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMMES AS AN ANTIDOTE TO UNHEALTHY LIVING PRACTICES AMONG RURAL DWELLERS IN OYIGBO LGA IN RIVERS STATE , Volume 11 , Issue 8, august 2024, EPRA International Journal of Environmental Economics, Commerce and Educational Management(ECEM) ,