Prevention Practice of COVID-19 Using Personal Protective Equipment and Hand Hygiene Among Healthcare Workers in Public Hospitals of South Wollo Zone, Ethiopia

Keleb, Awoke; Ademas, Ayechew; Lingerew, Mistir; Sisay, Tadesse; Berihun, Gete; Adane, Metadel

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.782705

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“…13 Different COVID-19 prevention strategies, including the implementation of lockdowns and quarantines, social isolation tactics, constant facemasking, travel limitations, and personal hygiene were implemented across the world. [14][15][16][17] However, these have had a significant negative impact on people's health and psychological well-being as well as a dramatic drop in the world economy. 18 International efforts to create an effective prevention strategy to keep epidemics under control have increased due to the COVID-19 outbreak's multifaceted disastrous effects.…”

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COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Associated Factors Among College Students in Dessie City, Northeastern Ethiopia

Berihun¹,

Walle²,

Teshome³

et al. 2022

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Background The COVID-19 vaccine is regarded as an effective measure for reducing the pandemic’s impact. But, COVID-19 disease burden reduction efforts are being affected by the rising vaccine resistance. Objective To assess the COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and associated factors among college students in Dessie city, Northeastern Ethiopia. Methods An institutional-based cross-sectional study was carried out among college students in Dessie town from July 1–20, 2021. The association between independent and dependent variables was assessed by binary logistic regression analysis using crude odds ratio and adjusted odds ratio. Variables having p values of less than 0.05 at the 95% confidence interval were regarded as potential determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. Results A total of 422 college students participated in the study with a response rate of 95.6%. More than half 226 (56.2%) of the participants had willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccine. Respondents who had history of chronic medical illness (AOR: 4.340, 95% CI: 1.166, 16.149), training on COVID-19 vaccine (AOR: 4.755, 95% CI: 2.606, 6.674), history of regular vaccine uptake (AOR: 2.534, 95% CI: 1.412, 4.549), perception of COVID-19 severity (AOR: 4.109, 95% CI: 2.190, 7.710), perception that COVID-19 can be prevented by vaccine (AOR: 2.420, 95% CI: 1.160, 5.049), and development of herd immunity against COVID-19 vaccines (AOR: 2.566, 95% CI: 1.431, 4.599) were factors significantly associated with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. Conclusion The acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among college students was low. The history of chronic medical illness, training on COVID-19 vaccine, history of vaccine uptake, perception that COVID-19 can be prevented by vaccine, perception of herd immunity development against COVID-19, and severity of COVID 19 infection were factors significantly associated with the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine. Hence, it is necessary to promote COVID-19 vaccination among college students through health education and vaccine outreach.

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COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Associated Factors Among College Students in Dessie City, Northeastern Ethiopia

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Walle²,

Teshome³

et al. 2022

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“…Eventually, 15 articles were found fully eligible for systematic review, of which 11 articles were included in meta-analysis. All of them were conducted using a cross-sectional study design [10,11,13,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. Nearly half (n = 7) of these studies were conducted in Amhara region [10,19,24,[27][28][29]31], four articles in SNNP (Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples') region [11,20,21,25], three in Oromia region [13,22,23] and the remained one study was conducted in Addis Ababa [30].…”

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“…All of them were conducted using a cross-sectional study design [10,11,13,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. Nearly half (n = 7) of these studies were conducted in Amhara region [10,19,24,[27][28][29]31], four articles in SNNP (Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples') region [11,20,21,25], three in Oromia region [13,22,23] and the remained one study was conducted in Addis Ababa [30]. The maximum sample size recorded was 2751 subjects [13], while the minimum was 324 [19].…”

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“…Nearly half (n = 7) of these studies were conducted in Amhara region [10,19,24,[27][28][29]31], four articles in SNNP (Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples') region [11,20,21,25], three in Oromia region [13,22,23] and the remained one study was conducted in Addis Ababa [30]. The maximum sample size recorded was 2751 subjects [13], while the minimum was 324 [19]. Furthermore, majority of the studies had more than 95% response rate (Table 1).…”

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“…Both authors agreed that articles with � 50% of the total score to be included in the systematic review and meta-analysis. As a result, 15 studies were of high methodological quality for the primary outcome of interest [10,11,13,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30] (S2 Table ).…”

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Adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures and associated factors in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Background Reluctance to the COVID-19 preventive measures have been repeatedly reported in Ethiopia although compliance with these actions is the key step to minimize the pandemic’s burden. Hence, this systematic review and meta-analysis aims to address the gap in the literature by determining the pooled magnitude of adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures and identifying its associated factors in Ethiopia. Materials and methods The electronic databases used to search articles were PubMed/MEDLINE, CINAHL, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, Research4Life and other sources of grey literature including Google Scholar and World Health Organization (WHO) database portals for low- and middle-income countries. Full English-language articles published between 2019 and 2022 were eligible for the review and meta-analysis. Relevant data extracted and descriptive summaries of the studies presented in tabular form. The methodological quality of articles assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) quality assessment tool. The pooled magnitude of adherence determined by applying a random-effects model at a 95% CI. Results Of 1029 records identified, 15 articles were included in the systematic review and 11 were selected for meta-analysis. The pooled estimate of adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures in Ethiopia was 41.15% (95% CI:32.16–50.14%). Furthermore, perceived COVID-19 disease severity (AOR:1.77, 95% CI: (1.40–2.25)), attitude (AOR:1.85, 95% CI: (1.36–2.53)) and knowledge (AOR:2.51, 95% CI: (1.67–3.78)) to COVID-19 preventive measures showed significant association with adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures. Conclusion The magnitude of adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures in Ethiopia appeared to be low. Therefore, the government of Ethiopia and other stakeholders should mobilize resources to improve the adherence level of the community to the COVID-19 preventive measures and decrease public fatigue.

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A longitudinal environmental surveillance study for SARS-CoV-2 from the emergency department of a teaching hospital in Hong Kong

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Leung²,

Lee³

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Journal of Hospital Infection

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Prevention Practice of COVID-19 Using Personal Protective Equipment and Hand Hygiene Among Healthcare Workers in Public Hospitals of South Wollo Zone, Ethiopia

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COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Associated Factors Among College Students in Dessie City, Northeastern Ethiopia

COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Associated Factors Among College Students in Dessie City, Northeastern Ethiopia

Adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures and associated factors in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

A longitudinal environmental surveillance study for SARS-CoV-2 from the emergency department of a teaching hospital in Hong Kong

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