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SAGE Open Medicine

Introduction: Health care workers are at the frontline of the response against the COVID-19 outbr... more Introduction: Health care workers are at the frontline of the response against the COVID-19 outbreak. Poor preparedness and infection prevention practices among health care workers compound the hazard and occurrence of COVID-19 hospital transmission. Thus, the study aimed to assess preparedness toward COVID-19 pandemics and associated factors among health care workers in Hospitals of Eastern Ethiopia. Methods: Facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from 20 June to July 10 2020. A simple random sampling technique was used to select 423 health care workers. Data were collected using a structured self-administered questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS Version 23. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression was conducted to identify factors associated with the outcome variable, and statistical significance was declared at a p-value less than 0.05. Results: This study revealed that the proportion of health care workers’ preparedness toward the COVID-19 pandemic was 40.9% ...

Medical Safety & Global Health

I. Abstract Objective: Breast cancer is the leading cause of death among reproductive age women w... more I. Abstract Objective: Breast cancer is the leading cause of death among reproductive age women worldwide. Regular breast self-examination is one of the most cost-effective methods for early detection of breast cancer. Therefore, this study intended to assess the magnitude of breast self-examination practice and associated factors among female healthcare workers in public health facility in Western Ethiopia. Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted among 379 female healthcare workers. The study participants were recruited by lottery method. Data were collected from March to April 2019. Data were entered into Epi data version 3.1 and analyzed using SPSS version 25. Bivariate and multiple logistic regressions analysis were done to identify factors significantly associated with the dependent variables. With 95% CI, the level of significance was decided at p-value≤ 0.05 Results: The magnitude of regular breast self-examination practice was 32.6%. After adjusting for possi...

Journal of Medical Microbiology & Diagnosis

Background: According to the WHO report, Ethiopia is regarded as a country with intermediate to h... more Background: According to the WHO report, Ethiopia is regarded as a country with intermediate to hyperendemic viral hepatitis infections, though it has no national strategy for surveillance, prevention and control of viral hepatitis. Without intervention, a mother who is positive for HBsAg and HBeAg has as high as 90% risk of passing the infection to her offspring. Therefore, this study tried to assess the seroprevalence and associated factors of HBV infection among pregnant women attending antenatal care in public health facilities of Dire-Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia. Materials and methods: A facility based cross-sectional study was conducted from January to March 2018 among 334 pregnant mothers. After obtaining a consent forms, data were collected by face to face interview and blood samples were collected to test for HBsAg. Logistic regression analysis was employed to identify factors significantly associated with HBV infection. A p value <0.05 was considered as level of significance. Results: The mean age of participated pregnant mothers was 24.93 years (+2 SD 5.21). The prevalence of HBV infection found to be 8.4% in the study area. On multivariate analysis, being single pregnant mothers (p-0.002), having nose/ear pierce (p-0.018), history of blood transfusion (p-0.008), circumcision (p-0.004), and HIV coinfection (p-0.032)} were factors significantly associated with HBV infection. Conclusion: To halt spread of this virus, increasing awareness on modes of transmission should be considered. Screening all pregnant women for HBV should be made as part of routine antenatal care service. Interventions should be targeted on reduction of circumcision by all concerned bodies.

International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies

Background: Syphilis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in pregnancy and it is one ... more Background: Syphilis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in pregnancy and it is one of the greatest public health challenges. It is responsible for up to 30% of perinatal mortality. Ethiopia is one of the countries in which sexually transmitted infection (STIs) are highly prevalent. However, the data needed to present a realistic picture of the prevalence of syphilis are limited. Objective: To determine the prevalence of syphilis among pregnant mothers attending Antenatal Clinic of Bulchana health center, Shashemene, West Arsi Zone, Ethiopia, 2017. Materials and Methods: Health institution based retrospective cross sectional study was conducted from April 01 to June 01, 2017 among women attended Antenatal Clinic of Bulchana health center during the period of 2014 to 2016. Non probability sampling technique was used to recruit study participants. A total of 4346 pregnant women were included in this study. Data was captured by reviewing and observation of a recorded dat...