PERCEIVED BENEFITS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) ON THE PROVISION OF HEALTH INFORMATION AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN ANAMBRA STATE.

Abstract

The aim of the study was to explore the Perceived benefits of artificial intelligence on the provision
of health information among university student in Anambra state . Three research questions guided
the study and a descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the
study consisted of 4200 tertiary students in Faculty of Education at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu
Ojukwu University . A simple random sampling technique was used to get a sample of 420
respondents from 7 department in the faculty . The instrument for data collection was a structured
questionnaire which was validated by three experts from the Faculty of Education. The researcher
employed Cronbach alpha for the reliability and the result yielded a 0.77. Data was analyzed using
descriptive statistics, mean and standard deviation. The findings of the study revealed that the
students accepted AI as beneficial on the provision of sexual health information. They all accepted
that AI is of great importance on the provision of healthy lifestyle and wellness information, on the
other hand, they disagreed that AI could be beneficial on the provision of stress management. From
the results of the study, it was recommended amongst others that Institutions should Integrate AI
Literacy into the curriculum or health-related courses to equip students with the skills to effectively
use AI for health information and self-care.