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Level of implementation of district health information system 2 at public health facilities in Eastern Ethiopia

OBJECTIVE: The major aim of this study was to assess the level of District health information system 2 (DHIS 2) implementation in the public health facilities (HFs) in Dire Dawa City Administration. METHODS: This study was employed both quantitative (cross-sectional) and qualitative (phenomenologica...

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Autores principales: Mekebo, Merkineh, Gobena, Tesfaye, Hawulte, Behailu, Tamiru, Dawit, Debella, Adera, Yadeta, Elias, Eyeberu, Addis
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Publicado: SAGE Publications 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9554126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36249476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20552076221131151
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author Mekebo, Merkineh
Gobena, Tesfaye
Hawulte, Behailu
Tamiru, Dawit
Debella, Adera
Yadeta, Elias
Eyeberu, Addis
author_facet Mekebo, Merkineh
Gobena, Tesfaye
Hawulte, Behailu
Tamiru, Dawit
Debella, Adera
Yadeta, Elias
Eyeberu, Addis
author_sort Mekebo, Merkineh
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description OBJECTIVE: The major aim of this study was to assess the level of District health information system 2 (DHIS 2) implementation in the public health facilities (HFs) in Dire Dawa City Administration. METHODS: This study was employed both quantitative (cross-sectional) and qualitative (phenomenological) study designs. All public HFs found in Dire Dawa City Administration and health workers were participated in the study. Quantitative data were collected using a pre-tested, structured, self-administered questionnaire. The collected data were entered into Epi-Data and analyzed using STATA version 14 software. A descriptive summary was computed using proportion and frequencies. Qualitative data were collected from in-depth interview with key informants (KIs), and the results were then analyzed thematically. RESULTS: The overall implementation level of DHIS 2 was 80%, which shows good implementation. The main difficulties encountered in implementing DHIS 2 were a lack of power backup (64.3%), unreliable internet connectivity (43%), and a lack of training (34.6%). According to an in-depth interview with a 32-year-old professional, “…there is offline and online DHIS 2 software for data collection and reporting that is an opportunity for the health center, but there is a challenge of interruption of electricity lost unsaved data and hinder data to enter and view for making a decision….” CONCLUSION: The level of DHIS 2 implementation in this study was good compared to other studies in Ethiopia. However, more than half of the HFs require infrastructure maintenance and support.
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spelling pubmed-95541262022-10-13 Level of implementation of district health information system 2 at public health facilities in Eastern Ethiopia Mekebo, Merkineh Gobena, Tesfaye Hawulte, Behailu Tamiru, Dawit Debella, Adera Yadeta, Elias Eyeberu, Addis Digit Health Original Research OBJECTIVE: The major aim of this study was to assess the level of District health information system 2 (DHIS 2) implementation in the public health facilities (HFs) in Dire Dawa City Administration. METHODS: This study was employed both quantitative (cross-sectional) and qualitative (phenomenological) study designs. All public HFs found in Dire Dawa City Administration and health workers were participated in the study. Quantitative data were collected using a pre-tested, structured, self-administered questionnaire. The collected data were entered into Epi-Data and analyzed using STATA version 14 software. A descriptive summary was computed using proportion and frequencies. Qualitative data were collected from in-depth interview with key informants (KIs), and the results were then analyzed thematically. RESULTS: The overall implementation level of DHIS 2 was 80%, which shows good implementation. The main difficulties encountered in implementing DHIS 2 were a lack of power backup (64.3%), unreliable internet connectivity (43%), and a lack of training (34.6%). According to an in-depth interview with a 32-year-old professional, “…there is offline and online DHIS 2 software for data collection and reporting that is an opportunity for the health center, but there is a challenge of interruption of electricity lost unsaved data and hinder data to enter and view for making a decision….” CONCLUSION: The level of DHIS 2 implementation in this study was good compared to other studies in Ethiopia. However, more than half of the HFs require infrastructure maintenance and support. SAGE Publications 2022-10-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9554126/ /pubmed/36249476 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20552076221131151 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 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).
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Hawulte, Behailu
Tamiru, Dawit
Debella, Adera
Yadeta, Elias
Eyeberu, Addis
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title_short Level of implementation of district health information system 2 at public health facilities in Eastern Ethiopia
title_sort level of implementation of district health information system 2 at public health facilities in eastern ethiopia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9554126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36249476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20552076221131151
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