Introduction: Parents experience anxiety and concern about their children's anesthesia and surgeries, which may affect their ability to function normally and the operating staff caring for the child. We aimed to assess the prevalence and factors associated with parental anxiety. Methods: Institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted from the 1st February to May 30th, 2019. 203 parents of children were enrolled in the study. The level of anxiety was measured using the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). Results: Overall prevalence of parental anxiety was 74.2%. Being mother (AOR = 4.45, 95% CI = 1.76–11.27), not informed about anesthesia (AOR = 7.02, 95% CI = 2.62–18.80), child age < 1 year (AOR = 4.10, 95% CI = 1.25–19.15), being farmer (AOR = 9.73, 95% CI = 1.86–50.76), living in rural area (AOR = 4.50, 95% CI = 1.31–15.42), and fear of post-operative pain of the child (AOR = 6.63, 95% CI = 2.42–18.18) were significantly associated with parental anxiety. Conclusion: Prevalence of preoperative parental anxiety was high in our setup. Age of child, parent's gender, information about the anesthesia, fear of post-operative pain, and parent's occupation were associated predictor factors. The operating staff should consider these factors when interacting in the perioperative periods of their child's anesthesia and surgery. Highlights:

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Background The intrauterine contraceptive device, a type of long-acting reversible contraception, is one of the most effective and safe contraceptive methods. In Ethiopia, intrauterine contraceptive device is little known and practised to delay pregnancy. Therefore, this study aimed to assess post-partum intrauterine contraceptive device utilisation and its associated factors among women in Ethiopia. Method In the current meta-analysis, variables were searched from different electronic database systems, including PubMed, Google Scholar, EMBASE, HINAR, Scopus, Web of Sciences, and Grey literature. Data were extracted using a standardised data collection measurement tool. The data were also analysed by using STATA 16 statistical software. I2 tests assessed heterogeneity between the studies. A random-effect model was used to forecast the pooled utilisation of postpartum intrauterine contraceptive device. Results Twelve full-article studies were included. The pooled prevalence of post-partum intrauterine contraceptive device among women in Ethiopia was 21.63%. Occupation (OR = 4.44, 95% CI, 2.24–8.81), educational level of college and above (OR = 5.93, 95% CI, 2.55–13.8), antenatal care (OR = 2.09, 95% CI, 1.4–3.12), age (OR = 4.8, 95% CI, 2.3–10.04), good knowledge (OR = 4.16, 95% CI, 1.65–10.49), counseling (OR = 3.05, 95%CI, 1.41–6.63), husband support (OR = 11.48, 95% CI, 6.05–21.79) and awareness about IUCD (OR = 3.86, 95% CI, 1.46–10.2) were positively associated with utilization of postpartum intrauterine contraception device. Conclusions Utilisation of post-partum intrauterine contraceptive device was significantly low. Scaling up women’s educational status and ANC use has paramount importance in increasing post-partum IUD use, which further improves maternal and child health in general. This finding may be useful in both reproductive health promotion at an individual level and policy-making regarding this issue.

Objective: To assess the level of preparedness of health professionals working in South Gondar Zone public hospital, Debre Tabor Comprehensive specialized Hospital for coronavirus. Methods: An institutional-based cross-sectional survey was conducted with a self-administered questionnaire from April 20 to May 20. Descriptive statistics, chi-square test, bivariable, and multivariable logistic analysis were done. Bivariable and multivariable regression was held to determine significant predictors for preparedness. For all statistical analyses, a p value ⩽ 0.05 was considered as significant. Results: From a total health professionals, 301 health professionals with a response rate of 86% participated in the study. Among these, 206 were males while 95 participants were females with a mean age of 29.71 ± 5.84 years. To determine the preparedness level, we use the mean preparedness score of the respondents. Around 64.1% of health professionals were well prepared. Among 20 respondents who had a chronic illness, 80% of them think their illness is risky for the pandemic. The majority of the respondents (229/76.1%) responded as they were working without protective equipment. From the multivariable analysis male sex (adjusted odds ratio = 2.07, 95% confidence interval = 1.193–3.590), family living with them (adjusted odds ratio = 4.507, 95% confidence interval = 1.863–10.90), and involvement of other previous outbreak (adjusted odds ratio = 2.245, 95% confidence interval = 1.176–4.286) were the predictors for good preparedness. Conclusion: Most of the health professionals were well prepared. Being male, living within a family, and involvement of other outbreaks leads to good preparation. Governmental bodies and hospital managers have to help health professionals to be prepared enough to combat the pandemic.

Although preconception care is a key element of motherhood health care services, the package is ignored in developing countries including Ethiopia and has not been generally adopted and applied since its aim and purposes are not broadly unstated and incorporated. Therefore, the objective of the current study was to determine the level of preconception care use and its determinants among women in Debre Tabor Town Northwest Ethiopia. From November 1 to 30, 2020, a Community-based cross-sectional study was undertaken in Debre Tabor Town. Overall, 79 (15.8%) with 95% CI [12.6, 19] of women had a good level of practice on preconception care utilization. Age (35–49; AOR = 5.12, 95% CI [2.14, 9.98]), ante natal care (AOR = 8.78, 95% CI [2.66, 28.97]), history of adverse birth outcome (AOR = 4.89, 95% CI [3.09, 17.00]), presence of chronic disease (AOR = 7.51, 95% CI [2.33, 12.13]), and knowledge on preconception care (AOR = 3.55, 95% CI [1.57, 8.02]) were significantly associated with utilization of preconception care. Hence, the government and respective stakeholders must give establish on preconception care strategies and plan that covers all aspects of preconception care. Incorporation of the service with other maternal and child health service will be crucial when developing actual employment policies to scale up acceptance of preconception care.