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Awareness and Factors Associated with Health Care Worker’s Knowledge on Rubella Infection: A Study after the Introduction of Rubella Vaccine in Tanzania

Background Congenital rubella syndrome is a global health problem. The incidence is much higher in Africa and Southeast Asia than the rest of the world, especially in countries where universal rubella vaccination has not been implemented. Healthcare worker’s knowledge on rubella infection and the ru...

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Autores principales: Chotta, Nikolas A.S., Mgongo, Melina, Uriyo, Jacqueline G., Msuya, Sia E., Stray-Pedersen, Babill, Stray-Pedersen, Arne
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6571888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31091685
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16101676
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author Chotta, Nikolas A.S.
Mgongo, Melina
Uriyo, Jacqueline G.
Msuya, Sia E.
Stray-Pedersen, Babill
Stray-Pedersen, Arne
author_facet Chotta, Nikolas A.S.
Mgongo, Melina
Uriyo, Jacqueline G.
Msuya, Sia E.
Stray-Pedersen, Babill
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description Background Congenital rubella syndrome is a global health problem. The incidence is much higher in Africa and Southeast Asia than the rest of the world, especially in countries where universal rubella vaccination has not been implemented. Healthcare worker’s knowledge on rubella infection and the rubella vaccine is of utmost importance in achieving and maintaining vaccination coverage targets. This study aimed to assess health care workers knowledge on rubella infection in Kilimanjaro Tanzania, after the introduction of a rubella vaccination. Methods This was a health facility-based cross sectional study. It was conducted in three districts of the Kilimanjaro region between August and October 2016. The study involved eligible health care workers in selected health facilities. An interview guide was used for collecting information by face-to-face interviews. Multivariate analysis was used to assess factors associated with rubella knowledge among healthcare workers. Results A total of 126 health care workers were interviewed. An acceptable level of knowledge was considered if all five questions about rubella were correctly answered. Only 26.4% (n = 31) answered all questions correctly. In multivariate analysis education level and working department were predictors of rubella knowledge; health care workers with an advanced diploma had an adjusted odds ratio (AOR) of 7.7 (95% Confidence interval; CI: 1.4, 41.0), those with a university degree (AOR: 10; 95% CI: 2.4; 42.5) and health care workers in the outpatient department (AOR: 0.06; 95% CI: 0.04; 0.29). Conclusions Our study confirmed that health care worker’s knowledge on rubella infection was low in the areas where rubella vaccination had been introduced. We recommend continuous education and supportive supervision post vaccine introduction in order to increase healthcare worker’s knowledge on rubella infection, congenital rubella syndrome and prevention through sustained high vaccination coverage.
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spelling pubmed-65718882019-06-18 Awareness and Factors Associated with Health Care Worker’s Knowledge on Rubella Infection: A Study after the Introduction of Rubella Vaccine in Tanzania Chotta, Nikolas A.S. Mgongo, Melina Uriyo, Jacqueline G. Msuya, Sia E. Stray-Pedersen, Babill Stray-Pedersen, Arne Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background Congenital rubella syndrome is a global health problem. The incidence is much higher in Africa and Southeast Asia than the rest of the world, especially in countries where universal rubella vaccination has not been implemented. Healthcare worker’s knowledge on rubella infection and the rubella vaccine is of utmost importance in achieving and maintaining vaccination coverage targets. This study aimed to assess health care workers knowledge on rubella infection in Kilimanjaro Tanzania, after the introduction of a rubella vaccination. Methods This was a health facility-based cross sectional study. It was conducted in three districts of the Kilimanjaro region between August and October 2016. The study involved eligible health care workers in selected health facilities. An interview guide was used for collecting information by face-to-face interviews. Multivariate analysis was used to assess factors associated with rubella knowledge among healthcare workers. Results A total of 126 health care workers were interviewed. An acceptable level of knowledge was considered if all five questions about rubella were correctly answered. Only 26.4% (n = 31) answered all questions correctly. In multivariate analysis education level and working department were predictors of rubella knowledge; health care workers with an advanced diploma had an adjusted odds ratio (AOR) of 7.7 (95% Confidence interval; CI: 1.4, 41.0), those with a university degree (AOR: 10; 95% CI: 2.4; 42.5) and health care workers in the outpatient department (AOR: 0.06; 95% CI: 0.04; 0.29). Conclusions Our study confirmed that health care worker’s knowledge on rubella infection was low in the areas where rubella vaccination had been introduced. We recommend continuous education and supportive supervision post vaccine introduction in order to increase healthcare worker’s knowledge on rubella infection, congenital rubella syndrome and prevention through sustained high vaccination coverage. MDPI 2019-05-14 2019-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6571888/ /pubmed/31091685 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16101676 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Awareness and Factors Associated with Health Care Worker’s Knowledge on Rubella Infection: A Study after the Introduction of Rubella Vaccine in Tanzania
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title_full Awareness and Factors Associated with Health Care Worker’s Knowledge on Rubella Infection: A Study after the Introduction of Rubella Vaccine in Tanzania
title_fullStr Awareness and Factors Associated with Health Care Worker’s Knowledge on Rubella Infection: A Study after the Introduction of Rubella Vaccine in Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed Awareness and Factors Associated with Health Care Worker’s Knowledge on Rubella Infection: A Study after the Introduction of Rubella Vaccine in Tanzania
title_short Awareness and Factors Associated with Health Care Worker’s Knowledge on Rubella Infection: A Study after the Introduction of Rubella Vaccine in Tanzania
title_sort awareness and factors associated with health care worker’s knowledge on rubella infection: a study after the introduction of rubella vaccine in tanzania
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6571888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31091685
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16101676
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