SynthesisBMJ health & care informatics2023
Routine health information use among healthcare providers in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Prevalence and burden of HBV-HIV co-morbidity: a global systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Organisational and management factors and related end-users' perspectives relevant to newborn and stillbirth data at different levels of the health system: findings of the IMPULSE study in Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and the Central African Republic.Journal of global health · 2025Article
- Utilisation of data and factors affecting the performance of the Health Management Information System (HMIS). The case of six Synods of Livingstonia health facilities in Malawi.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- Implementation status of maternal death surveillance and response system in Ethiopia: Evidence from a national-level system evaluation.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionHealthcare policy formulation, programme planning, monitoring and evaluation, and healthcare service delivery as a whole are dependent on routinely generated health information in a healthcare setting. Several individual research articles on the utilisation of routine health information exist in Ethiopia; however, each of them revealed inconsistent findings.
objectiveThe main aim of this review was to combine the magnitude of routine health information use and its determinants among healthcare providers in Ethiopia.
methodsDatabases and repositories such as PubMed, Global Health, Scopus, Embase, African journal online, Advanced Google Search and Google Scholar were searched from 20 to 26 August 2022.
resultA total of 890 articles were searched but only 23 articles were included. A total of 8662 (96.3%) participants were included in the studies. The pooled prevalence of routine health information use was found to be 53.7% with 95% CI (47.45% to 59.95%). Training (adjusted OR (AOR)=1.56, 95% CI (1.12 to 2.18)), competency related to data management (AOR=1.94, 95% CI (1.35 to 2.8)), availability of standard guideline (AOR=1.66, 95% CI (1.38 to 1.99)), supportive supervision (AOR=2.07, 95% CI (1.55 to 2.76)) and feedback (AOR=2.20, 95% CI (1.30 to 3.71)) were significantly associated with routine health information use among healthcare providers at p value≤0.05 with 95% CI.
conclusionThe use of routinely generated health information for evidence-based decision-making remains one of the most difficult problems in the health information system. The study's reviewers suggested that the appropriate health authorities in Ethiopia invest in enhancing the skills in using routinely generated health information. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42022352647.
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