ArticlePloS one2025
Health professionals' competence for the provision of quality primary health care in Amhara region, Ethiopia.
Article in PloS one, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThough competent health professionals are essential for building strong and resilient health systems; there is a dearth of evidence on whether health professionals possess core competencies for providing quality primary health care in Ethiopia. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine health professionals' competence in the provision of quality primary health care in Amhara region, Ethiopia.
methodsA mixed methods study design with pragmatic philosophical paradigm was conducted on, 846 (for quantitative) and 12 (for qualitative) selected, health professionals from June 1-July 30/2023. Health professionals' competence was measured through six domains, adapted from the World Health Organization (WHO) global competency framework for universal health coverage. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected. Logistic regression modeling and thematic analysis were carried out.
resultsThe response rate was 98%. As rated by themselves, only 116 (14%) health professionals were competent for all competencies. The rating for specific competency domains was slightly higher with a range of 21.7% (180) to 30.7% (255) of the professionals were competent in personal conduct and evidence informed practice domains, respectively. The qualitative findings support the competence gaps identified in health professionals' survey. Educational status, training, taking licensure/ certificate of competence (COC) exam, training in public universities/colleges, high cumulative GPA and monthly salary above 10,000 ETB (177.84$) positively affected the rating of the competence.
conclusionsThe rate of health professional competence as judged by the health professionals themselves in the study area was very low. The qualitative findings also identified several competence problems. Progressive health professional development in the form of upward and in-service training, provision of licensure/COC exam, and learning in public universities/colleges positively impact professional competence. Therefore, the health and education systems together should strengthening upgrading and in-service training including CPD; licensure/COC exam; optimize the salary and strong regulation of private colleges.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.