Abstract
Background
Health management information system is a system that used for routine data collection, analysis and utilization in health system. However, limited study done on routine health management information at individual health professionals level. Hence, the objective of this study was to assess utilization of routine health management information and associated factors among health professionals working at public health facilities of Hadiya Zone Southern Ethiopia.
Methods
A facility based cross-sectional survey was conducted among health professionals working at public health facilities of Hadia Zone from March 15-30, 2018. Using single population proportion formulae, 477participants were randomly selected. Data were collected by self-administered questioner. The data were entered in to Epi data version 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 23 for statistical analysis. Both bivariate (at P<0.25) and multi variable logistics regressions (at P<0.05) were used to identify predictors of utilization. Finally, the findings were presented using graphs, tables, narratives and descriptive numerical summary.
Results
The finding of this study revealed that utilization of health management information system among health workers was 54.9%. Knowledge [AOR=1.576, 95%CI (1.012, 2.454)], confidence level [AOR=1.873, 95%CI(1.264,2.776)], participation on data aggregation [AOR=2.289, 95% CI (1.293,4.05)], register their daily data [AOR=2.529, 95% CI(1.023, 6.251)], and complexity of formats [AOR=1.971, 95%CI(1.29,3.011)] were found to be significantly associated with utilization of health information system at 95%confidence level.
Conclusion and recommendations
The overall health information utilization among health workers was low relative to other literature. Having good knowledge, high confidence level, participation on data aggregation, registering their daily data were independent predictors of information utilization. Therefore, stakeholders at each level should improve capacity of health care providers like providing training and regular mentorship related with information use.
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