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Routine health information system utilization and associated factors among health professionals in public health facilities in Dire Dawa, eastern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Using reliable evidence from routine health information system (RHIS) over time is a vital aid to improve health outcome, tackling disparities, enhancing efficiency, and encouraging innovation. In Ethiopia, utilization of routine health data for improving the performance and quality of c...

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Autores principales: Mekuria, Samuel, Adem, Hassen Abdi, Ayele, Behailu Hawulte, Musa, Ibsa, Enyew, Daniel Berhanie
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Publicado: SAGE Publications 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10552451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37808236
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20552076231203914
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author Mekuria, Samuel
Adem, Hassen Abdi
Ayele, Behailu Hawulte
Musa, Ibsa
Enyew, Daniel Berhanie
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Adem, Hassen Abdi
Ayele, Behailu Hawulte
Musa, Ibsa
Enyew, Daniel Berhanie
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description BACKGROUND: Using reliable evidence from routine health information system (RHIS) over time is a vital aid to improve health outcome, tackling disparities, enhancing efficiency, and encouraging innovation. In Ethiopia, utilization of routine health data for improving the performance and quality of care was not well-studied in grassroot health facilities. OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to determine the level of RHIS utilization and associated factors among health professionals in public health facilities of Dire Dawa, eastern Ethiopia. METHODS: An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 378 health professionals from June 10 to July 20, 2020. Self-administered pretested-structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the participants. Data were entered using EpiData 3.1 and analyzed using Stata 16.0. Descriptive statistics was used to describe the basic characteristics of the participants, and multivariable logistic regression analysis was conducted to identify factors associated with RHIS utilization. Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) (95% CI) was used to report association and significance declared at a P-value <0.05. RESULTS: Good RHIS utilization among health professionals was 57.7% (95% CI: 52.6%, 62.6%). Good organizational support (AOR = 3.91, 95% CI: 2.01, 7.61), low perceived complexity of RHIS formats (AOR = 2.20, 95% CI: 1.23, 3.97), good self-efficacy (AOR = 2.52, 95% CI: 1.25, 5.10), and good decision-making autonomy (AOR = 3.97, 95% CI: 2.12, 7.43) were important factors associated with good RHIS utilization. CONCLUSIONS: The level of good RHIS utilization among health professionals was low. Lack of self-confidence and empowerment, complexity of RHIS formats, and poor organizational support were significantly reducing RHIS utilization. Therefore, improving self-efficacy and decision-making capacity of health professionals through comprehensive training, empowerment, and organizational support would be essential.
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spelling pubmed-105524512023-10-06 Routine health information system utilization and associated factors among health professionals in public health facilities in Dire Dawa, eastern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study Mekuria, Samuel Adem, Hassen Abdi Ayele, Behailu Hawulte Musa, Ibsa Enyew, Daniel Berhanie Digit Health Original Research BACKGROUND: Using reliable evidence from routine health information system (RHIS) over time is a vital aid to improve health outcome, tackling disparities, enhancing efficiency, and encouraging innovation. In Ethiopia, utilization of routine health data for improving the performance and quality of care was not well-studied in grassroot health facilities. OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to determine the level of RHIS utilization and associated factors among health professionals in public health facilities of Dire Dawa, eastern Ethiopia. METHODS: An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 378 health professionals from June 10 to July 20, 2020. Self-administered pretested-structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the participants. Data were entered using EpiData 3.1 and analyzed using Stata 16.0. Descriptive statistics was used to describe the basic characteristics of the participants, and multivariable logistic regression analysis was conducted to identify factors associated with RHIS utilization. Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) (95% CI) was used to report association and significance declared at a P-value <0.05. RESULTS: Good RHIS utilization among health professionals was 57.7% (95% CI: 52.6%, 62.6%). Good organizational support (AOR = 3.91, 95% CI: 2.01, 7.61), low perceived complexity of RHIS formats (AOR = 2.20, 95% CI: 1.23, 3.97), good self-efficacy (AOR = 2.52, 95% CI: 1.25, 5.10), and good decision-making autonomy (AOR = 3.97, 95% CI: 2.12, 7.43) were important factors associated with good RHIS utilization. CONCLUSIONS: The level of good RHIS utilization among health professionals was low. Lack of self-confidence and empowerment, complexity of RHIS formats, and poor organizational support were significantly reducing RHIS utilization. Therefore, improving self-efficacy and decision-making capacity of health professionals through comprehensive training, empowerment, and organizational support would be essential. SAGE Publications 2023-10-04 /pmc/articles/PMC10552451/ /pubmed/37808236 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20552076231203914 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
spellingShingle Original Research
Mekuria, Samuel
Adem, Hassen Abdi
Ayele, Behailu Hawulte
Musa, Ibsa
Enyew, Daniel Berhanie
Routine health information system utilization and associated factors among health professionals in public health facilities in Dire Dawa, eastern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study
title Routine health information system utilization and associated factors among health professionals in public health facilities in Dire Dawa, eastern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study
title_full Routine health information system utilization and associated factors among health professionals in public health facilities in Dire Dawa, eastern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Routine health information system utilization and associated factors among health professionals in public health facilities in Dire Dawa, eastern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Routine health information system utilization and associated factors among health professionals in public health facilities in Dire Dawa, eastern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study
title_short Routine health information system utilization and associated factors among health professionals in public health facilities in Dire Dawa, eastern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study
title_sort routine health information system utilization and associated factors among health professionals in public health facilities in dire dawa, eastern ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10552451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37808236
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20552076231203914
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