ArticleJournal of multidisciplinary healthcare2021
COVID-19 Prevention Practices and Associated Factors Among Frontline Community Health Workers in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia.
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- A management perspective on resilience in healthcare: a framework and avenues for future research.BMC health services research · 2023Pooled it
- Knowledge and practices surrounding outbreaks and COVID-19 among community health workers in rural Rwanda: a cross-sectional mixed-methods study.The Pan African medical journal · 2023Article
- Vaccinated Healthcare Workers' Adherence to COVID-19 Prevention Measures and Associated Factors in Northwest Ethiopia: A Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2022Article
- Assessment of COVID-19 prevention practice and associated factors in Jimma town, Ethiopia: A mixed study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- The Practice of Post-vaccination COVID-19 Prevention Strategy Among Healthcare Professionals in Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia.Environmental health insights · 2022Article
- COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes, and practices among health care workers in Latin America.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2022Article
- Factors associated with preventive practices of COVID-19 among health care workers in Dilla University Hospital, Southern Ethiopia.Environmental challenges (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundA timely understanding of the frontline community health care workers' prevention practices towards COVID-19 is very crucial to combat the pandemic. Despite this, no study has been conducted among frontline community health workers in Africa, particularly in Ethiopia. The study aimed to determine the status of implementation of preventive measures of frontline community health care workers towards COVID-19 and its associated factors.
methodsAn institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 421 health extension workers among selected districts. Data were collected using a pretested structured questionnaire adapted from different pieces of literature. Respondents who scored above mean score on the item measurement such as knowledge, attitude, and practice questions were categorized as knowledgeable, having positive attitude, and having good prevention practices, respectively. Data were entered in EpiData 3.1 and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23.0 software. A multivariable logistic regression model was used to identify significant predictors. P- values less than or equal to 0.05 were declared as statistically significant.
resultsThe mean age of study participants was 31.35 years (±4.83 SD), and almost half (217; 51.54%) of respondents were single and 273 (62.47%) were trained for COVID-19 prevention measures. Of the total study subjects, 194 (46.08%; 95% CI=41.6-50.7%) had good prevention practices towards COVID-19. Being married (AOR=3.36, 95% CI=2.20-5.13), being trained (AOR=2.28, 95% CI=1.39-3.74), having good knowledge (AOR=2.4, 95% CI=1.52-3.99), and having positive attitude towards COVID-19 prevention measures (AOR=5.88, 95% CI=3.52-9.80) increase the likelihood of implementing prevention measures.
conclusionThis study showed that prevention status was low; therefore, government and non-governmental organizations working around the study area should emphasize providing training to increase their level of knowledge and to change the attitude towards implementation of prevention measures, and these can ultimately increase the status of prevention practices.
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