Academic Research Journal on Health Information Management

Vol. 7(1), pp. 17-29, February 2026

ISSN: 2734-2190

https://doi.org/10.14662/arjhim2026050

 

Full Length Research

 

 

Manpower Training As Predictor of Service Delivery by Health Information Management Professionals in Government Teaching Hospitals in Nigeria.

 

Babatunde Kayode Ayilegbe1, , Lucky E.U. Onofa2, Sunday Mauton Amosu3, Abayomi Oluseye Olajide4, Oluyemi Folorunso Ayanbode5, Muyiwa A. Amin6 Sunday Akingbola Omokanye7, Adetunji Ademuyiwa Karunwi8

 

1×Corresponding Author, Babatunde Kayode AYILEGBE (PhD), Director & HOD Health Information Management, Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. Email: babatundeayilegbek@yahoo.com 2.Chief Consultant Psychiatrist & WHO Global Mental Health Scholar, Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. Email: onolucky@yahoo.com 3. Chief Consultant Psychiatrist & Head of Clinical Service, Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. Email: amosusunday1970@gmail.com 4.Consultant Psychiatrist Special Grade1, Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. Email: edijaloolumo@yahoo.com 5 Deputy Director & HoD Library, Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Nigeria. Email: ayanbodyemine@yahoo.co.uk 6.Senior Lecturer, Department of Health Information Management, Adeleke University, Osun State, Nigeria Email: aminmuyiwa01@gmail.com 7.Deputy Director, School of Health Information Management, OAUTHC, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. Email: omokanyeakin@gmail.com 8. Lecturer II, Health Information Management Department, Trinity University, Lagos State, Nigeria. Email: adetunjikarunwi@gmail.com  

*Corresponding author’s E-mail: babatundeayilegbek@yahoo.com  

Accepted 19 February 2026

Abstract

Abstract: This study aimed at investigating whether manpower training could be a predictor of service delivery by health information management (HIM) professionals in government teaching hospitals in Nigeria. It is believed that training can transform an obsolete and incompetent staff into a proficient, energetic and highly productive one. Manpower training is capable of contributing significantly to a desired service delivery. The study therefore examined whether manpower training is a predictor of service delivery, and came up with strategies for improved health services. Donabedian Model and Human Capital Theory guided the study. The population comprised of 695 health information management professionals working in government teaching hospitals. A sample size of 512 was determined using Taro Yamane’s formula and 25% expansion by Amugune (2014). Multistage sampling technique was used to select the participants. Descriptive and inferential statistics were utilized in the analysis of the data with Statistical Product and Service Solution (SPSS) version 28. The study’s findings show that manpower training had a small, but positive influence on service delivery of HIM professionals in government teaching hospital in Nigeria. The study therefore recommended the provision of alternative sources of power supply for continuous discharge of services, encouragement of in-house training, job rotation, on-the-job and off-the-job training of staff, teamwork and other incentives to boost the morale of HIM professionals for the achievement of quality service delivery in healthcare facilities.

 

Keywords: Service delivery, patients, healthcare facility, manpower training, health information management professionals

Paper type: research