DEMORGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND INDIGENOUS KNWOLEDGE SHARING PRACTICES AMONG TRAD-MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IN IJEBU NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF OGUN STATE

📄 Project Abstract

Indigenous knowledge sharing practice is a common practice among the elderly in rural communities in Nigeria. The rate at which western education is dominating the world portends that indigenous knowledge would fade if better ways to disseminate and preserve it is not devised. Its preservation and dissemination is largely dependent on whether young generation has the heritage of preserving indigenous knowledge at heart. Hence, the study examined demographic characteristics and indigenous knowledge sharing practices among trado-medical practitioners in Ijebu North Local Government Areas of Ogun State. The survey research design was used for the study. The study population was made up of three hundred and fifty-nine Trado-medical practitioners in Ijebu North Local Government Area in Ogun State. Total enumeration was employed to include the entire population of the study group. The instrument for data collection was self-structured questionnaire. The Cronbach's Alpha used to test reliabil...