Spatial Distribution and Accessibility of Primary Health Centre in Ife East Local Government of Osun State, Nigeria
J. E. Adewoyin *
Cooperative Information Network, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile – Ife, Nigeria.
S. A. Ogunyemi
Cooperative Information Network, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile – Ife, Nigeria.
K. H. Muibi
Cooperative Information Network, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile – Ife, Nigeria.
O. Fasote
Cooperative Information Network, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile – Ife, Nigeria.
S. A. Halilu
National Space Research and Development Agency, Abuja, Nigeria.
T. A. Alaga
Cooperative Information Network, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile – Ife, Nigeria.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
This study was carried out in Ife East Local government area of Osun State on the spatial pattern and accessibility of Primary health care centre. The objective of the study was to examine the spatial distribution of this health care facility, how accessible is the facility as well as the factors responsible for the disparity in accessibility level. Administrative map of the area, GPS coordinates of the healthcare facilities and questionnaire information are the sources of data for this study while GIS software and Microsoft Excel were used in analyzing the data. The result showed that there are twenty – two primary health centres in the study area; fourteen of these are functional while eight are non – functional. The result also showed that the Primary Health centres (functional) were clustered and not evenly distributed and is mainly in the urban area of the study area.
Keywords: Primary health centre, accessibility, nearest neighbor analysis, network analysis.