Knowledge, Attitude, and Preventive Practice Related to Onchocerciasis and Associated Factors among Resource-Limited Selamogo Woreda Residents, South West Ethiopia, 2021
Introduction. Ethiopians work very hard to control and eradicate the vector and the parasite of Onchocerciasis. However, some hard-to-reach areas are not adequately covered by interventions that have previously taken place in various endemic sites in the country. This study aimed to assess knowledge...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:2cc6c0dcae4a44ae96bbbb2d299daec1 2023-05-15T15:13:47+02:00 Knowledge, Attitude, and Preventive Practice Related to Onchocerciasis and Associated Factors among Resource-Limited Selamogo Woreda Residents, South West Ethiopia, 2021 Girma Gilano null Mulugeta shegaze Amanuel Dubale 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/2481841 https://doaj.org/article/2cc6c0dcae4a44ae96bbbb2d299daec1 EN eng Hindawi Limited http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/2481841 https://doaj.org/toc/1687-9694 1687-9694 doi:10.1155/2022/2481841 https://doaj.org/article/2cc6c0dcae4a44ae96bbbb2d299daec1 Journal of Tropical Medicine, Vol 2022 (2022) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/2481841 2022-12-30T20:35:32Z Introduction. Ethiopians work very hard to control and eradicate the vector and the parasite of Onchocerciasis. However, some hard-to-reach areas are not adequately covered by interventions that have previously taken place in various endemic sites in the country. This study aimed to assess knowledge, attitude, and preventive practice of Onchocerciasis among Selamogo residents to enhance the expansion of interventions. Methods. We used a survey questionnaire to capture the data on 572 Selamago residents. We checked, cleaned, entered the data into EPI Info v.7, and analyzed it in STATA v.15. We fitted a binary logistic regression model to examine the associated factors. Variables significant at P<0.20 were included in the model. We declared association at P<0.05. Results. Of the 578 residents we approached, 572 (99%) responded to the interview. We found 48.30% of poor knowledge, 90.90% of poor attitude, and 85.70% preventive practice related to Onchocerciasis. Factors like Amhara ethnicity (AOR = 2.35, 95% CI: 1.05, 5.27), Orthodox Christianity (AOR = 1.87, 95% CI: 1.12, 3.10), Muslims (AOR = 2.28, 95% CI: 1.05, 4.94), secondary school (AOR = 2.31, 95% CI: 1.50, 3.55), diploma (AOR = 10.34, 95% CI: 4.62, 23.16), and preventability of Onchocerciasis (AOR = 3.02, 95% CI: 1.39, 6.55) were associated with KAP. Other factors like medical treatability, admission history to the health facilities, sex, and the number of households were also associated. Conclusion. The KAP related to Onchocerciasis is very poor compared to the indicators and evidence in the country. An intervention that considers local resources like taking the experience of groups with good knowledge, attitude, and preventive practice led by educated plus positive attitude people regarding the preventability and treatability of Onchocerciasis might be mandatory to improve the status. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Kap ENVELOPE(23.567,23.567,65.533,65.533) Journal of Tropical Medicine 2022 1 7 |
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Introduction. Ethiopians work very hard to control and eradicate the vector and the parasite of Onchocerciasis. However, some hard-to-reach areas are not adequately covered by interventions that have previously taken place in various endemic sites in the country. This study aimed to assess knowledge, attitude, and preventive practice of Onchocerciasis among Selamogo residents to enhance the expansion of interventions. Methods. We used a survey questionnaire to capture the data on 572 Selamago residents. We checked, cleaned, entered the data into EPI Info v.7, and analyzed it in STATA v.15. We fitted a binary logistic regression model to examine the associated factors. Variables significant at P<0.20 were included in the model. We declared association at P<0.05. Results. Of the 578 residents we approached, 572 (99%) responded to the interview. We found 48.30% of poor knowledge, 90.90% of poor attitude, and 85.70% preventive practice related to Onchocerciasis. Factors like Amhara ethnicity (AOR = 2.35, 95% CI: 1.05, 5.27), Orthodox Christianity (AOR = 1.87, 95% CI: 1.12, 3.10), Muslims (AOR = 2.28, 95% CI: 1.05, 4.94), secondary school (AOR = 2.31, 95% CI: 1.50, 3.55), diploma (AOR = 10.34, 95% CI: 4.62, 23.16), and preventability of Onchocerciasis (AOR = 3.02, 95% CI: 1.39, 6.55) were associated with KAP. Other factors like medical treatability, admission history to the health facilities, sex, and the number of households were also associated. Conclusion. The KAP related to Onchocerciasis is very poor compared to the indicators and evidence in the country. An intervention that considers local resources like taking the experience of groups with good knowledge, attitude, and preventive practice led by educated plus positive attitude people regarding the preventability and treatability of Onchocerciasis might be mandatory to improve the status. |
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Preventive Practice Related to Onchocerciasis and Associated Factors among Resource-Limited Selamogo Woreda Residents, South West Ethiopia, 2021 |
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Preventive Practice Related to Onchocerciasis and Associated Factors among Resource-Limited Selamogo Woreda Residents, South West Ethiopia, 2021 |
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