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Trachoma Prevention Practice and Associated Factors in Rural Lemo District, Southern Ethiopia, 2021

BACKGROUND: Trachoma is a leading cause of preventable blindness. It is more prevalent in areas where there is poor personal and environmental sanitation. Implementing a SAFE strategy will reduce the incidence of trachoma. The purpose of this study was to look into trachoma prevention practices and...

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Autores principales: Shobiso, Mulunesh Girma, Hussen, Mohammed Seid, Munaw, Minychil Bantihun, Tilahun, Mikias Mered
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Research and Publications Office of Jimma University 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9987275/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36890944
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v33i1.16
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author Shobiso, Mulunesh Girma
Hussen, Mohammed Seid
Munaw, Minychil Bantihun
Tilahun, Mikias Mered
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Hussen, Mohammed Seid
Munaw, Minychil Bantihun
Tilahun, Mikias Mered
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description BACKGROUND: Trachoma is a leading cause of preventable blindness. It is more prevalent in areas where there is poor personal and environmental sanitation. Implementing a SAFE strategy will reduce the incidence of trachoma. The purpose of this study was to look into trachoma prevention practices and associated factors in rural Lemo, South Ethiopian communities. METHODS: We conducted a community-based cross-sectional study in the rural Lemo district of south Ethiopia, covering 552 households, from July 1 - July 30, 2021. We used a multistage sampling technique. Seven Kebeles were selected using a simple random sampling method. Then, a systematic random sampling procedure with a five-interval size was applied to select the households. Our study assessed the association between the outcome variable and explanatory variables using binary and multivariate logistic regressions. The adjusted odds ratio was calculated, and variables with a p-value below 0.05 at the 95% confidence interval (CI) were considered statistically significant. RESULTS: The study found that 59.6% (95% CI: 55.5%–63.7%) of participants had good trachoma prevention practices. Having a favorable attitude (odds ratio [AOR]: 1.91, 95% CI: 1.26–2.89), receiving health education (AOR: 2.16, 95% CI: 1.46–3.21), and obtaining water from a public pipe (AOR: 2.48, 95% CI: 1.09–5.66) were significantly associated with good trachoma prevention practice. CONCLUSIONS: Fifty-nine percent of the participants had good prevention practices for trachoma. Health education, a favorable attitude, and a water source from public pipes were variables associated with good trachoma prevention practice. Improving water sources and disseminating health information are vital to increasing trachoma prevention practices.
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spelling pubmed-99872752023-03-07 Trachoma Prevention Practice and Associated Factors in Rural Lemo District, Southern Ethiopia, 2021 Shobiso, Mulunesh Girma Hussen, Mohammed Seid Munaw, Minychil Bantihun Tilahun, Mikias Mered Ethiop J Health Sci Original Article BACKGROUND: Trachoma is a leading cause of preventable blindness. It is more prevalent in areas where there is poor personal and environmental sanitation. Implementing a SAFE strategy will reduce the incidence of trachoma. The purpose of this study was to look into trachoma prevention practices and associated factors in rural Lemo, South Ethiopian communities. METHODS: We conducted a community-based cross-sectional study in the rural Lemo district of south Ethiopia, covering 552 households, from July 1 - July 30, 2021. We used a multistage sampling technique. Seven Kebeles were selected using a simple random sampling method. Then, a systematic random sampling procedure with a five-interval size was applied to select the households. Our study assessed the association between the outcome variable and explanatory variables using binary and multivariate logistic regressions. The adjusted odds ratio was calculated, and variables with a p-value below 0.05 at the 95% confidence interval (CI) were considered statistically significant. RESULTS: The study found that 59.6% (95% CI: 55.5%–63.7%) of participants had good trachoma prevention practices. Having a favorable attitude (odds ratio [AOR]: 1.91, 95% CI: 1.26–2.89), receiving health education (AOR: 2.16, 95% CI: 1.46–3.21), and obtaining water from a public pipe (AOR: 2.48, 95% CI: 1.09–5.66) were significantly associated with good trachoma prevention practice. CONCLUSIONS: Fifty-nine percent of the participants had good prevention practices for trachoma. Health education, a favorable attitude, and a water source from public pipes were variables associated with good trachoma prevention practice. Improving water sources and disseminating health information are vital to increasing trachoma prevention practices. Research and Publications Office of Jimma University 2023-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9987275/ /pubmed/36890944 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v33i1.16 Text en © 2023 Mulunesh Girma Shobiso. et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_fullStr Trachoma Prevention Practice and Associated Factors in Rural Lemo District, Southern Ethiopia, 2021
title_full_unstemmed Trachoma Prevention Practice and Associated Factors in Rural Lemo District, Southern Ethiopia, 2021
title_short Trachoma Prevention Practice and Associated Factors in Rural Lemo District, Southern Ethiopia, 2021
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9987275/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36890944
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v33i1.16
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