A Policy Analysis of the Primary Health Care Delivery Programme in Calabar South Local Government Area

Abstract

The study investigated primary healthcare delivery programme in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. Two hypotheses were tested in the study using One-sample T-test. Sample size of 90 primary healthcare facilities users was used for the purpose of the study (30 in each of three primary healthcare facilities in Calabar South). Simple random sampling was used for the purpose of the study. The results showed that the Primary Health Care programme has significantly affected health-care delivery in Calabar South Local Government Area, and that the Primary Health Care programme has significantly altered the perception of the policy target groups over health care practices in Calabar South Local Government Area. Based on the findings of the study, recommendations were made.