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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE AND UNDERWEIGHT OF WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN ARBA MINCH HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEILLANCE SITE SOUTH ETHIOPIA

MELESSE MENGESHA MERKINA (22-08)

Introduction: - Underweight in women of reproductive age can not affect only women but it is also responsible for the increment in the risk of the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition. This study aim to assess the ...

TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION CONTROL PRACTICES AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN HOSPITALS OF GAMO GOFA ZONE, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA, INSTITUTION BASED CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

BY ADDISU WALELIGN TADESSE (BSc.) (ADDISU WALELIGN TADESSE (BSc, 201-01)

ABSTRACT Background: Tuberculosis infection control is a combination of measures designed to minimize the risk of tuberculosis transmission within populations. Healthcare workers are not sufficiently protected from ...

MATERNAL ROLE COMPETENCE AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG MOTHERS WHO ATTENDED IMMUNIZATION CLINIC AT PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES OF ARBA MINCH TOWN, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA, A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY 2019

BY; HIKMA YASIN (BSc.) (BY; HIKMA YASIN (BSc., 201-05)

ABSTRACT Background – Childbirth is a phase of great transition for a woman life. Maternal role competence is a mother’s skills and satisfaction in the care of her infant. Mothers who have high perceived maternal role ...

PRELACTEAL FEEDING PRACTICES AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG MOTHERS OF CHILDREN AGED LESS THAN 12 MONTHS IN JINKA TOWN, SOUTH ETHIOPIA, 2018

BY; ELIAS AMAJE (BSc) (BY; ELIAS AMAJE (BSc, 201-06)

ABSTRACT Introduction: Prelacteal feeding is one of the major harmful newborn feeding practices in developing countries. Introduction of prelacteal feeding is a barrier for optimal breast-feeding practices. Despite the ...

MAGNITUDE OF GESTATIONAL HYPERTENSION AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL CARE IN ARI ZONE PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES

ENDRIAS BOCHELE (GMPH) (202-05)

Introduction: Gestational hypertension complicates 10 % of all pregnancies. In Ethiopia hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are the third main direct cause of maternal death. The magnitude of gestational hypertension ...

SELF CARE PRACTICES AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG ADULT HYPERTNSIVE PATIANTSIN PUBLIC HOSPITALS IN GAMO ZONE SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA.

BANGE BANJA BAKE (BSc.) (202-07)

Background: Hypertension is main risk factor and precursor of myocardial infraction, chronic kidney disease, heart failure and premature death. Self-care practices reassure hypertensive patients to have better quality ...

A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE, COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEGREE OF MASTERS SCIENCE IN MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Unknown author (202-12)

Background: Bacterial pneumonia is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in HIV-positive patients worldwide, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Furthermore, antimicrobial resistance is higher in bacteria isolated ...

KNOWLEDGE ON PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG REPRODUCTIVE AGE WOMEN AT SODDO TOWN SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA 2022

-AREGASH ACHA (202-12)

ntroduction: - Pelvic organ prolapse is a common gynaecological, as well as public health problem, which is more prevalent in developing countries affecting the quality of life of millions of women by limiting their ...

BACTERIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF BOTTLE FOOD AND ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY PROFILES OF PATHOGENIC ISOLATES AMONG WEANING BABIES ATTENDING PEDIATRIC OUTPATIENT CLINICS OF GOVERNMENT HEALTH INSTITUTIONS IN ARBA MINCH TOWN, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA 2022

: ALEBACHEW MAREGE (BSc.) (2002-09)

Background: Despite, microbial contamination was reported as the most common safety related public health risks in the bottle-feeding practice. It has been overlooked and only few studies in Africa assessed the ...

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH OBSTRUCTED LABOUR AND IMMEDIATE OUTCOMES AMONG MOTHERS WHO GAVE BIRTH AT ARBA MINCH GENERAL HOSPITAL, SNNPR, ETHIOPIA

EYERUS SOLOMON (ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY, 2010-01)

Background: Obstructed labor is one of the most preventable causes of maternal& prenatal morbidity and mortality. Worldwide obstructed labor occurs in an estimated 5 % of pregnancies and accounts for an ...

INDOOR AIR MICROBIAL LOAD, ASSOCIATED FACTORS AND ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERNS OF BACTERIA IN DIFFERENT WARDS OF ARBA MINCH GENERAL HOSPITAL, ARBA MINCH, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA

GEBRE KAYTA (AMU, 2012)

Background: The level of indoor air microbial load in hospitals is very crucial with regard to the health of patients and health care workers. If it is not regularly monitored and maintained in an acceptable level, ...

DETERMINANTS OF INDUCED ABORTION AMONG WOMEN WHO RECEIVED MATERNAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS OF ARBA MINCH AND WOLAYITA SODO TOWN, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA BY: MESFIN

MESFIN ABEBE (2013-11)

Introduction: About 210 million women become pregnant a year, with one out of every ten pregnancies terminating unsafely worldwide. In developing countries, unsafe induced abortion is a leading cause of maternal mortality ...

DETERMINANTS OF ACUTE MALNUTRITION AMONG UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN IN KARAT TOWN PUBLIC HEALTH FACILTIES, KONSO DISTRICT, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA: A CASE CONTROL STUDY

ABEBAW MISKIR (Arbaminch University, 2014-06)

Background: Acute malnutrition is usually the result of a combination of inadequate dietary intake and infection. It is a third most risk factor for death of under-five years of age children in the world. Acute malnutrition ...

Knowledge, attitude and practices towards cervical cancer screening among reproductive health clients at Hawassa University referral hospital, southern Ethiopia.

Getaneh Girma Kassaye (ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY, 2015)

BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is a leading cause of cancer related morbidity and mortality among women in Ethiopia. Fortunately early detection of precancerous lesions and early invasive cancers by various screening tools ...

Assessment of risky sexual behavior and its associated factors among Arba Minch university students

Neway Haile Michael (Arbaminch university, 2015-03)

Background: Students of higher institutions are assumed to be exposed to many risky sexual behaviors. Evidences notify that most of higher learning students rush to range of maladaptive high-risk activities ...

Knowledge towards emergency contraceptives and associated factors among female high school and preparatory students in jinka town, south omo zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia.

ABDELA ALTE (Arbaminch university, 2015-03)

Background: Emergency contraceptives are types of family planning, which are mainly used after unsafe sex.Unwanted pregnancy is one of the most commonly observed reproductive health problems in Ethiopian ...

Knowledge of danger sign of pregnancy and associated factors among pregnant women in Arbaminch town public health institutions, Southern Ethiopia, 2015

Yoseph Sonko (Arbaminch university, 2015-03)

Background: Raising knowledge of women on danger signs of pregnancy is crucial for safe motherhood. In Ethiopia maternal morbidity and mortality is high, little is known about knowledge level ...

Factors associated with malnutrition among under five years age children at South Ari Woreda, South Ethiopia, 2015

Abraham Atta (Arbaminch university, 2015-03)

Introduction; Malnutrition continues to be a significant public health and development concern not only in developing country but also in the world. It is a serious problem because it is causing the deaths of 3.5 ...

Institutional Delivery service Utilization and Associated Factors among mothers who gave birth in the last two years in Pastoralist Hammer woreda, Southern Regional State. By

Mintesinot Melka (Arbaminch university, 2015-04)

Background: Institutional delivery service utilization is critical in prevention of maternal death. However proportion of women utilizing Institutional delivery service in country in general and ...

Incidence and predictors of Tuberculosis among HIV infected patients followed in Arba Minch General Hospital, South Ethiopia 2015.

Mulugeta Dalbo Datamo (Arbaminch university, 2015-05)

Problem Statement: HIV infection leads to immune suppression and subsequently predisposes individuals for a variety of infections and non-infection diseases, TB is one of common infectious disease which ...

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