Health Economics
Lecturer I
Economics
At the Economics department office
Appointment on Visitation important
# | Certificate | School | Year |
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1. | Ph.D (Economics) | University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 2019 |
ASSESSING THE AWARENESS AND PERCEPTION OF UNIIVERSITY STUDENTS REGARDING SOCIAL EENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR A CASE STUDY OF LASU .
This study was directed to
evaluate the awareness and perception of university students’ towards the concept of social entrepreneurship in the healthcare sector.t
is believed that exposure of students to social entrepreneurial practices in
institutions of learning can help to restrengthen the nation's healthcare
sector, as it is gradually becoming weaker due to records from recent years.
However, the study aims to explore the level of awareness and the attitude of
LASU students towards the concept of social entrepreneurship in the healthcare
industry. And other objective of the study sought to determine if the students
have interest in setting up social enterprise initiatives in the healthcare
sector. The research design used for this study is a non-experimental research
design, specifically a descriptive research design, whereas the main
explanation focused on the results of analysis of students' awareness and
perception towards healthcare social entrepreneurship. The samples taken as
participant were 379 students from the Lagos State University on Nigeria. After
analysis was conducted, the results states that there is a low level of
awareness of social entrepreneurship in the healthcare industry among the
students, and they perceived the concept to be unimportant. Furthermore, the
results also indicated that there is a very minimal level of interest in
setting up social entrepreneurship initiatives in the healthcare sector among
the students. Finally, the study attempted to make recommendations to how the university
can facilitate the awareness of students regarding social entrepreneurship in
the healthcare sector, and how to help build interest among the students.
ADEKUNJO FELIX is a Lecturer I at the Department of Economics
ADEKUNJO has a Ph.D in Economics from University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia