Open AccessCOVID-19 Prevention Practices and Associated Factors Among Frontline Community Health Workers in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia
Author(s) -
Tadesse Gebremedhin,
Habtamu Abebe,
Wondimagegn Wondimu,
Abraham Tamirat Gizaw
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-2390
DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s327293
Subject(s) - medicine , logistic regression , health care , hand washing , family medicine , pandemic , community health , environmental health , covid-19 , nursing , public health , hygiene , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , economic growth
A timely understanding of the frontline community health care workers' prevention practices towards COVID-19 is very crucial to combat the pandemic. Despite this, no study has been conducted among frontline community health workers in Africa, particularly in Ethiopia. The study aimed to determine the status of implementation of preventive measures of frontline community health care workers towards COVID-19 and its associated factors.