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    ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS TOWARD HOME BASED MANAGEMENT OF DIARRHEA AMONG CARE GIVERS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING UNDER FIVE CLINIC IN WOLKITE TOWN GOVERNMENTAL HEALTH FACILITY, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA, 2023
    (WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2023-08) MELKAM ZEMED; NATNAEL MISGANAW
    Background: Diarrhea is the passage of unusually loose/watery stools, usually at least three times in a 24 hour period. It is the second killer of under five children world widely. Proper home management reduce morbidity and mortality due to diarrhea but still there is a gap. Objective: To assess knowledge, practice and associated factors of home-based management of diarrhea among caregivers of under-five children attending in Wolkite town governmental health facility, Gurage zone, Ethiopia, 2023.Methods and materials: An institutional based Cross sectional study was employed in Wolkite town governmental health facility from May17 to June 18, 2023. By using single proportional formula the sample size of the study was 391. Systematic sampling technique used to select eligible participants’. Interviewer administered questioners usedby data collectors using face-to-face interview. Data were entered into Epi-data version 4.6 and exported to statically software package for social science (SPSS) version 25.0 for analysis. Descriptive analyses, variable and multivariable logistic were done to identify factors that are associated with knowledge and practice of caregivers of under-5 on home-based management of diarrhea. Results: Two third of the respondents had good knowledge and practice. Respondents who were unable to write and read (AOR: 0.036, CI: 0.003, 0.420), Farmers (AOR: 0.049, CI: 0.003, 0.734) and Fathers (AOR: 0.080, CI: 0.01, 0.657), and this with poor health education (AOR: 0.289, CI: 0.98, 0.848) were significantly associated to poor knowledge. Education status (AOR: 0.038, CI: 0.004, 0.397), relation of care giver (AOR: 50.091, CI: 0.015, 0.567), hand washing practice (AOR: 0.103, CI: 0.027, 0.393), water purification (AOR: 0.139, CI: 0.029, 0.670) were significantly associated to practice. Conclusions: Two third of the respondents had good knowledge and practice. Educational status, occupation, relation of care giver and health education given about diarrhea were significantly associated with knowledge. Relation of care giver, educational status, hand washing practice and water purification were significantly associated with practice of caregivers. So, it’s important to give health education programs for the care givers
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    KNOWLEDEGE,ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE &ASSOCIATED FACTOR OF MOTHERS ON CARING CHILDEREN WITH ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION AMONG MOTHERS ATTENDING UNDER 5OPD ATATTATPRIMARYHOSPITAL,GURAGE ZONE,SNNPS REGION,ETHIOPIA2015
    (WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2023-08) SOSNA BAZEZEW,; KUMARA WAKJIRA,; ABRAR SHEMSU,
    Background:Acuterespiratoryinfectionisleadingkillerofchildrenunder5yearsof age.ClinicalbaseddatainEthiopiaindicatethatacuterespiratoryinfectionis responsiblefor35-60% ofoutpatientattendants.Studiesdoneonmotherssignand symptomofshowsthatmostmothersdidnotrecognizethesignofcoughanddifficult ofbreathingincludingkeysignofpneumonia. Objective:Toassessknowledge,attitudeandPracticeofMothersonCaringChildren withAcuteRespiratoryInfectionamongmothersattendingUnder5unitsatAtat primaryhospital Method:Institutionalbasedcross-sectionalstudywasconductedtoassessknowledge, attitudeandpracticeofmothersoncaringchildrenwithARIatAtatprimaryhospital. Thestudywasconducted from May25-June25,2023amongmotherswhohave childrenofunder5yearswhovisitedthehospitalduringthedatacollectionperiod wasincluded.Atotalof327motherswhohavechildrenofunder5yearswereselected bysystematicrandom samplingmethod.Everytwomotherswereapproachedand invitedtoparticipateinthestudyuntiltherequiredsamplesizereached.Datawere collected throughface-to-faceinterviewwithstructured questionnaire.Thedata wereenteredtoEpidataversion3.1andanalyzedusingSPSSversion20. Result:Amongtheincludedmothersmorethanhalf,56.3% ofthemwithinagegroup 25-34yearsthenthestudyindicatedthat64.5% ofrespondentshavegoodknowledge (95% CI59.1%-69.7%)ontheotherhand,50% ofrespondentshadgoodpractice (95% CI44.9%-56.0%)onARIand57.8% respondenthadfavorableattitude(95% CI57.8%-55.2%). Conclusionandrecommendation:Thestudyrevealssufficientknowledge,attitude andpracticeofmotherstowardsARI.Betterliteracyratehasapositiveinfluenceon theknowledgeattitudeand practiceofmother.Healtheducation programsfor mothersininpatientandoutpatientclinicneedstobeemphasizedbyprofessionaland concerned
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    ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS TOWARD HOME BASED MANAGEMENT OF DIARRHEA AMONG CARE GIVERS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING UNDER FIVE CLINIC IN WOLKITE TOWN GOVERNMENTAL HEALTH FACILITY, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA, 2023
    (WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2023-08) MELKAM ZEMED; MELKAML MISGANAW
    Background: Diarrhea is the passage of unusually loose/watery stools, usually at least three times in a 24 hour period. It is the second killer of under five children world widely. Proper home management reduce morbidity and mortality due to diarrhea but still there is a gap. Objective: To assess knowledge, practice and associated factors of home-based management of diarrhea among caregivers of under-five children attending in Wolkite town governmental health facility, Gurage zone, Ethiopia, 2023.Methods and materials: An institutional based Cross sectional study was employed in Wolkite town governmental health facility from May17 to June 18, 2023. By using single proportional formula the sample size of the study was 391. Systematic sampling technique used to select eligible participants’. Interviewer administered questioners used by data collectors using face-to-face interview. Data were entered into Epi-data version 4.6 and exported to statically software package for social science (SPSS) version 25.0 for analysis. Descriptive analyses, invariable and multivariable logistic were done to identify factors that are associated with knowledge and practice of caregivers of under-5 on home-based management of diarrhea .Results: Two third of the respondents had good knowledge and practice. Respondents who were unable to write and read (AOR: 0.036, CI: 0.003, 0.420), Farmers (AOR: 0.049, CI: 0.003, 0.734) and Fathers (AOR: 0.080, CI: 0.01, 0.657), and this with poor health education (AOR: 0.289, CI: 0.98, 0.848) were significantly associated to poor knowledge. Education status (AOR: 0.038, CI: 0.004, 0.397), relation of care giver (AOR: 50.091, CI: 0.015, 0.567), hand washing practice (AOR: 0.103, CI: 0.027, 0.393), water purification (AOR: 0.139, CI: 0.029, 0.670) were significantly associated to practice. Conclusions: Two third ofthe respondents had good knowledge and practice. Educational status, occupation, relation of care giver and health education given about diarrhea were significantly associated with knowledge. Relation of care giver, educational status, hand washing practice and water purification were significantly associated with practice of caregivers. So, it’s important to give health education programs for the care givers
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    ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE WARNING SIGNS FOR CERVICAL CANCER AMONG WOMEN IN THE REPRODUCTIVE AGE GROUP (15-49) IN GURAGHE ZONEWOLKITE TOWN SOUTH NATION NATIONALITIES AND PEOPLE REGION, ETHIOPIA, 2022
    (2022-06) Feben Sebsibe, Merwa Nigatu; Hermela Tilahun
    cal cancer is a malignant tumor of the cervix and can be prevented by regular screening with pap tests and human papillomavirus tests to diagnose the pre-cancer stage and treat it. Even though breast cancer is the top raised cause of death, nowadays cervical cancer is also a big problem and women get to suffer from this. In 2025 the number of new cases diagnosed with cervical cancer will reach 720,415 and 394,905 deaths will be recorded globally. Objective: To assess knowledge of women about cervical cancer warning signs in Guraghe, Zone Wolkite Town, south Ethiopia, and 2022G.C. Method: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted on women who are in the reproductive age group (15-49) in Wolkite Town, Guraghe Zone, South Ethiopia. Data was collected from May 01 to May 15, 2022 in WolkiteTown. We had 422 study subjects who were selected by random sampling method after identifying each household by systematic random sampling technique. Semi- Structured questionnaire was adapted in English andtranslated to Amharic. The collected data was analysed by SPSS version 21 and analysed data presented by graph and tables after represented by frequency and percentage. Out of 422 respondents with 100% response rate majority were married 221(52.4%) Concerning religion most of them were orthodox 167 (39.6). Regarding educational status 197(46.7%) of them were complete tertiary education. From cervical cancer awareness measurement tool 242 (57.3%) of them have good knowledge whereas 180 (42.7%) of them have poor knowledge. The studies showed that, majority of women have good knowledge about cervical cancer. Even though result revealed women have better knowledge as compared to majority of study raised but there is still a gap that needs. Great effort should be made to educate the public about cervical cancer in gurage zone by mobilizing heath extension worker at every village; health bureau in wolkite should have to support different awareness creation by preparing budget.