Spatial Distribution of Primary Health Care Centres In Ughelli South And Warri South Local Government Areas of Delta State, Nigeria

Type Journal Article - International Journal of Technology Enhancements and Emerging Engineering Research
Title Spatial Distribution of Primary Health Care Centres In Ughelli South And Warri South Local Government Areas of Delta State, Nigeria
Author(s)
Volume 1
Issue 9
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2012
Page numbers 38-41
URL http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.299.7331&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Abstract
The mapping of primary health care centres in Ughelli South and Warri South Local Government Areas (LGA) of Delta State was carried
out. The objective is to provide Geo-spatial information about the distribution and accessibility of the Primary Health Care Centres in the Local
Government Areas. Germain GPS was used to capture the Co-ordinates of the Health Centres which was analysed using Arc Map 9.3 (ESRI) GIS
software. The multivariate analysis showed that the nearest neighbour value for Warri South Local Government Rn=0.665341 which imply a clustered
pattern of distribution. Ughelli South LGA Rn=0.9599. This results showed randomed distribution rather than clustered pattern of distribution. The
importance of primary health care centres to the grass root dwellers is discussed.

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