Status of Emerging Technologies Required for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Promotion of Public Health in Enugu State

Abstract

The study examined the status of emerging technologies required for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the promotion of public health in Enugu state. This study was guided by two research questions and two null hypotheses. The researchers utilized a descriptive survey research design for the study. The population for the study was 570 public health officers (145 males and 425 females) in Enugu State. There was no sampling because the population was manageable. The instrument for data collection was a 16-item structured questionnaire titled “Status of Emerging Technologies Required for SDGs in the Promotion of Public Health Questionnaire (SETSDGsPPHsQ)”. The instrument was validated by three research experts. To ascertain the internal consistency of the instrument, Cronbach Alpha method was used to compute the internal consistency of the instrument. The computation yielded 0.78 and 0.80 for clusters 1 and 2 respectively. The instrument had an overall reliability index of 0.79 which indicates that the instrument is reliable. Mean and standard deviation were used for answering the research questions while the hypotheses were tested with t-test statistic. The findings of the study revealed the status of emerging technologies requirements for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the promotion of remote patient monitoring is insufficient. Based on the findings of the study, the researcher recommended that there should be adequate provision of emerging technologies tools like laptops, software, among others through which effective promotion of remote patient monitoring can be achieved.