Palliative care for people living with HIV/AIDS: Factors influencing healthcare workers’ knowledge, attitude and practice in public health facilities, Abuja, Nigeria

AbstractPhysicians, nurses and allied health staff play very vital roles in addressing palliative care (PC) needs of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). The healthcare professionals’ experiences determine the success of palliative care delivery. There is paucity of data on palliative care for PLWHA. For this reason, we assessed the knowledge, attitude and practice of palliative care for PLWHA and associated factors among health care professionals.We conducted a cross-sectional descriptive study among healthcare workers (HCWs) in public health facilities in the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria between February and May, 2017. Multistage sampling technique with proportionate-to-size allocation was used to determine facility sample size and HCWs per professional discipline. Data were collected with questionnaires adapted from Palliative Care Quiz for Nursing, Frommelt Attitude toward Care of the Dying and practical questions adapted from PC standard guidelines. Univariate analysis was done to compute frequencies and proportions. Odd’s ratios were calculated to assess the statistical association between variables and P-value ≤ 0.05 was considered significant. Multivariate analysis was conducted on variables that were significant with bivariate analysis. Epi-Info software was used for statistical analyses.The mean age of the 348 participants was 37.5 years (SD: ±8.9) and 201 (57.8%) were female. Thirty-six (10.3%) participants had good knowledge, 344 (98.9%) had favourable attitude and 90 (25.9%) had good practice of PC for PLWHA. Major determinants of good knowledge of PC include being a doctor (aOR = 2.70; 95%CI: 1.28 - 5.56). Determinants of good practice of palliative care include possessing a minimum of a bachelor degree (aOR=2.30; 95%CI : 1.05-5.08) and practicing in a tertiary hospital (aOR=6.67; 95%CI : 3.57-12.5).HCWs had favourable attitude towards PC for PLWHA despite an overall poor knowledge and practice. We recommended quality in-service training and continuous education on palliative care for HCWs.

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Beyond drug treatment: a cross-sectional assessment of palliative care services for people living with HIV/AIDS at public health facilities, Abuja, Nigeria

Pan African Medical Journal ◽

10.11604/pamj.2021.39.24.23180 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 39 ◽

Author(s):

Whenayon Simeon Ajisegiri ◽

Aisha Ahmed Abubakar ◽

Abiodun Egwuenu ◽

Muhammad Shakir Balogun ◽

Elizabeth Adedire ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Palliative Care ◽

Drug Treatment ◽

Health Facilities ◽

People Living With Hiv ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Public Health Facilities ◽

Care Services ◽

Palliative Care Services ◽

Living With Hiv

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Knowledge, attitude and practice toward COVID-19 among healthcare workers in public health facilities, Eastern Ethiopia

10.1101/2021.01.02.21249137 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Alinoor Mohamed Farah ◽

Tahir Yousuf Nour ◽

Muse Obsiye ◽

Mowlid Aqil Adan ◽

Omar Moeline Ali ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Health Facilities ◽

Attitude Score ◽

Eastern Ethiopia ◽

Public Health Facilities ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

The Mean ◽

The Relationship ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

AbstractOn 13 March 2020, Ethiopia reported the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Addis Ababa. COVID-19 is likely to overwhelm an already fragile health-care delivery system and reduce the availability of services for endemic health concerns such as malaria and diarrheal diseases.Cross sectional study was conducted on heath care workers in three public health facilities in Somali region to assess knowledge, attitude and practice towards COVID-19. T-test and ANOVA were used to analyze the relationship between the dependent, and independent variables. Spearman’s correlation was used to assess the relationship between mean knowledge and attitude scores.A vast majority of the participants were male (n = 293, 67.5%), with a mean age of 27.6 (SD: 5.3) years. The mean knowledge score was 13.7 (SD: 2.6) and the mean attitude score 10.5 (SD: 4.1). Only 45.2 % (n = 196) of the participants had a good attitude toward COVID-19. There was a negative correlation between knowledge scores, attitude scores (r=-0.295, P<0.001) and practice (r=-0.298, P<0.001).The overall level of knowledge was good. However, the attitude and practice were relatively low. We recommend strategies for enhancing the capacity of healthcare workers to develop positive attitude and practice.

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Knowledge, attitude and practice toward COVID-19 among healthcare workers in public health facilities, Eastern Ethiopia. (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.26980 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Alinoor Mohamed ◽

Tahir Yousuf Nour ◽

Muse Obsiye ◽

Mowlid Aqil Adan ◽

Omar Moeline Ali ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Health Workers ◽

Health Facilities ◽

Eastern Ethiopia ◽

Public Health Facilities ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

The Mean ◽

The Relationship ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

BACKGROUND On 13 March 2020, Ethiopia reported the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Addis Ababa. COVID-19 is likely to overwhelm an already fragile health- care delivery system and reduce the availability of services for endemic health concerns such as malaria and diarrheal diseases. This analysis of data from Somali region of Eastern Ethiopia on health workers knowledge, attitude and practice towards the prevention and control of COVID-19 may be used in planning health education programs about the emerging viral disease. OBJECTIVE This study is aimed to investigate the knowledge, attitude and practice of health workers towards COVID-19 infection METHODS Cross sectional study was conducted on health care workers in three public health facilities in Somali region, Eastern Ethiopia. A questionnaire with 43 questions was shared to the all health workers working at the public health facilities. Knowledge and practice questions were scored as 1 or 0 for correct and incorrect responses, respectively. Whereas, attitude responses were provided with 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 for “Strongly Agree, “Agree”, “Neutral”, “Disagree” and “Strongly Disagree”, respectively. Mean scores were calculated and used as a cut point to dichotomize the outcome variables. T-test and ANOVA were used to analyze the relationship between the dependent, and independent variables. Spearman’s correlation was used to assess the relationship between mean knowledge and attitude scores. RESULTS Of the 686 HCWs approached, total of 434 HCWs responded (response rate = 63%). A vast majority of the participants were male (n = 293, 67.5%), with a mean age of 27.6 (SD: 5.3) years. The mean knowledge score was 13.7 (SD: 2.6). Almost ninety percent (n = 381) of the participants scored 12 or more and were considered to have suﬃcient knowledge. The mean attitude score 10.5 (SD: 4.1). Overall, there was poor attitude among HCWs toward COVID-19. Only 45.2 % (n = 196) of the participants had a good attitude toward COVID-19. There was a negative correlation between knowledge scores, attitude scores (r=-0.295, P<0.001) and practice (r=-0.298, P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS The overall level of knowledge was good. However, the attitude and practice were relatively low. We recommend strategies for enhancing the capacity of healthcare workers to develop positive attitude and practice.

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Factors Influencing Counselling and Prescription Patterns of Contraceptives among Healthcare Workers in Public Health Facilities in Ogbomoso, Southwest Nigeria

10.33425/2639-9342.1046 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Owonikoko Kola Musliudin ◽

Agbaje Michael Ademola ◽

Tijani Mikhail Aramide ◽

Oke Oluwaseyi Felix

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Health Facilities ◽

Prescription Patterns ◽

Public Health Facilities ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Southwest Nigeria

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Time to Increase WHO Clinical Stage of People Living with HIV in Public Health Facilities of Arba Minch Town, South Ethiopia

Clinical Medicine Research ◽

10.11648/j.cmr.20140305.11 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 3 (5) ◽

pp. 119

Author(s):

Direslgne Misker Abyu

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Clinical Stage ◽

Health Facilities ◽

People Living With Hiv ◽

Public Health Facilities ◽

South Ethiopia ◽

Living With Hiv

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ART Adherence Among People Living with HIV Seeking Services from Public Health Facilities in Western Ethiopia

HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care ◽

10.2147/hiv.s336647 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol Volume 13 ◽

pp. 1149-1158

Author(s):

Tadesse Tolossa ◽

Bizuneh Wakuma ◽

Diriba Mulisa ◽

Merga Besho ◽

Reta Tsegaye ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Facilities ◽

People Living With Hiv ◽

Art Adherence ◽

Public Health Facilities ◽

Living With Hiv ◽

Western Ethiopia

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of vaccinators and vaccine handlers on vaccine cold chain management in public health facilities, Ethiopia: Cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0247459 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. e0247459

Author(s):

Solomon Ahmed Mohammed ◽

Birhanu Demeke Workneh ◽

Mesfin Haile kahissay

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Good Practice ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Health Facilities ◽

Cold Chain ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Chain Management ◽

Public Health Facilities ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background Effective management of the vaccine cold chain system at all levels is one of the crucial factors for maintaining vaccine potency. Vaccines require more complex handling and storage requirements due to increased temperature sensitivity and complicated immunization schedules. This urges adequate knowledge, attitude, and practice. This study assessed the knowledge, attitude, and practice of vaccinators and vaccine handlers’ in public health facilities. Methodology An institutional-based cross-sectional study design was used to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of 127 vaccinators and vaccine handlers in public health facilities of Oromia Special Zone, from September 1 to 30, 2019. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires and a structured observation checklist. Descriptive and inferential statistics were made using the statistical package for social sciences version 20. Variables with a p-value <0.05 were taken as statistically significant. Result The response rate was (96.94%). Sixty-eight (53.5%; 95% CI: 46.5%, 61.4%), 58 (45.7%; 95% CI: 37.8%, 53.5%) and 62 (48.8%: 95% CI; 41.7%, 56.7%) vaccinators and vaccine handlers had satisfactory knowledge, positive attitude and good practice respectively. Receiving training on cold chain management had a statistically significant association with the level of knowledge on cold chain management (AOR = 3.04, 95% CI: 1.04–8.88). Conclusions More than half of vaccinators and vaccine handlers had satisfactory knowledge, while below half of vaccinators and vaccine handlers had a positive attitude and good practice. The determinants of knowledge in cold chain management were receiving training on cold chain management. Providing regular technical support and on the job training on vaccine cold chain management will improve the knowledge, attitude, and practice of vaccinators and vaccine handlers.

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