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ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2018

Status of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) preventive practices among Health care workers (HCWs) in Benin City: a year after disease containment in Nigeria.

Amenze Oritsemofe Onowhakpor, Vincent Yakubu Adam, Oghenetega Ewomazino Sakpa, Lydia Ukamaka Ozokwelu

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Article in The Pan African medical journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Amenze Oritsemofe OnowhakporDepartment of Community Health, College of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria.
Vincent Yakubu AdamDepartment of Community Health, College of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria.
Oghenetega Ewomazino SakpaDepartment of Community Health, College of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria.
Lydia Ukamaka OzokweluDepartment of Community Health, College of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria.
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Abstract

introductionEbola Virus Disease (EVD) is of great public health importance. Health care workers (HCWs) in various health care facilities especially in developing countries such as Nigeria, are particularly vulnerable to the disease. It is therefore imperative that health care workers adopt the necessary preventive practices to reduce to the barest minimum the risk of infection transmission. The study assessed the factors associated with EVD preventive practices among HCWs in a tertiary institution in Benin City, Nigeria.

methodsA total of 374 health care workers selected using a two-staged sampling technique participated in this descriptive cross-sectional study. Data were collected using structured, self-administered questionnaires and analyzed with IBM SPSS, version 21.0. Univariate and bivariate analysis were done. Level of significance was set at p < 0.05.

resultsThe mean age of respondents was 36.3 ± 8.0 years. All, 374 (100.0%) of the respondents were aware of EVD and 347 (92.8%) of respondents had good knowledge of EVD. More than half of the respondents, 228 (61.0%) and 201 (53.7%) had positive attitude towards EVD and good EVD preventive practices respectively. A higher proportion of respondents with positive attitude towards EVD were observed to have good preventive practice (p < 0.05).

conclusionKnowledge, attitude and preventive practices towards EVD among HCWs were generally good. Positive attitude towards EVD was significantly associated with good preventive practices.

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeAdultCross-Sectional StudiesDeveloping CountriesDisease OutbreaksFemaleHealth PersonnelHemorrhagic Fever, EbolaHumansMaleMiddle AgedNigeriaSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultattitudeEbola virus diseasehealth care workersknowledgepreventive practices

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