North West Ethiopia
Factors associated with knowledge on obstetric danger signs among women who gave birth within 1 year in Bahir Dar city administration, North West, Ethiopia
... Women had limited knowledge on ODSs during all three periods, more particularly during pregnancy. Low deci- sion making power to seek care, early antenatal visit, being student and daily laborer, were among the predic- ...
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Determinants of pelvic organ prolapse among gynecologic patients in Bahir Dar, North West Ethiopia: a case–control study
... Methods: An unmatched case–control study was conducted among gynecologic patients in Bahir Dar city, North West Ethiopia, from July to October 2014. A total of 370 women (selected from outpatient ...
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Prevalence of meconium stained amniotic fluid and its associated factors among women who gave birth at term in Felege Hiwot comprehensive specialized referral hospital, North West Ethiopia: a facility based cross sectional study
... Background: Meconium stained amniotic fluid is one of the risk factors to increase the rate of perinatal morbidity and mortality both in developed and developing countries. Due to a multitude of factors associated with ...
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ASSESMENT OF FACTORS ASSOCIATED TO POOR TREATMENT OUTCOMES AMONG EPILEPTIC PATIENTS TAKING ANTI EPILEPTIC MEDICATIONS AT SHAMBU GENERAL HOSPITAL, NORTH WEST ETHIOPIA
... Hospital, North West Ethiopia Methods and patients: A hospital based retrospective cross – sectional study was conducted from October 24 to December 9, 2016, through patient interview and patient ...
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Early initiations of first antenatal care visit and associated factor among mothers who gave birth in the last six months preceding birth in Bahir Dar Zuria Woreda North West Ethiopia
... Background: Timing of Antenatal care booking is one of the basic components of antenatal care services; that helps to early detection, managing, and prevention of problems during the pregnancy and helps the mother to ...
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Clinical outcome and risk factors of neonatal sepsis among neonates in Felege Hiwot referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, Amhara Regional State, North West Ethiopia 2016: a retrospective chart review
... Background: Sepsis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality among neonates. The risk factors and clinical outcomes of sepsis are poorly understood. Most cases of sepsis occurred mostly within the first week of ...
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Urinary incontinence among pregnant women, following antenatal care at University of Gondar Hospital, North West Ethiopia
... An institution based cross-sectional study was con- ducted from February to June 2014 on 422 pregnant women who were following antenatal care [ANC] clinic of the University Of Gondar Hospital [UOGH]. In the year, 1954 ...
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Youth Friendly Reproductive Health Service Utilization and Associated Factors Among Youths in Metekel Zone, North West Ethiopia
... Abstract: In the World young people are faced with immense Reproductive Health (RH) problems, they have limited access to quality RH services and information that are specially designed to meet their needs. Available ...
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Awareness and utilization of modern contraceptives among street women in North-West Ethiopia
... Several studies had been done on the family planning prevalence (usually modern contraceptives) among women [11-14] though none addressed contraceptive awareness and utilization among street women who are economically, ...
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Level of modern health care seeking behaviors among mothers having under five children in Dangila town, north West Ethiopia, 2016: a cross sectional study
... town, North West Ethiopia [7], confidence level (CL) 95%, margin of error (d) 5% and after considering 10% non response rate the final sample size became ...
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Factors Associated with Visceral Leishmaniasis Infection in North Gondar Zone, Amhara Region, North West Ethiopia, Case Control Study
... Abstract: Background: Leishmaniasis is becoming a major public health problem both in terms of geographical spread and incidence. Visceral leishmaniasis, the worst form among its clinical forms, is the second largest ...
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HIV/AIDS AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: ASSESSMENT OF HIGH RISK SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR AND CONDOM UTILIZATION, UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR, NORTH WEST ETHIOPIA
... 02: The difference in sexual experience among the campuses in undergraduate students of University of Gondar, North West Ethiopia, April 10 to May15, 2012 The mean age of the respondents[r] ...
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<p>Dental Caries and Associated Factors Among Patients Attending the University of Gondar Comprehensive Hospital Dental Clinic, North West Ethiopia: A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study</p>
... Purpose: Dental caries are an emerging public health problem in developing countries in the last two decades. However, there is a paucity of data on dental caries in northwest Ethiopia. This study investigated the ...
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Prevalence of erectile dysfunction and associated factors among diabetic men attending the diabetic clinic at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, North West Ethiopia, 2016
... In Ethiopia, chronic medical illnesses are alarmingly raising with their complications. But, there is no any study, particularly on ED among DM patients although it has been reported as the common complication of ...
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Assessment of Health Care Waste Segregation Practice and Associated Factors of Health Care Workers in Gondar University Hospital, North West Ethiopia, 2013
... Abstract Introduction: Health care wastes are of great importance due to its potential environmental hazards and public health risks. The ineffective handling and segregation of healthcare waste can result additional ...
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Prevalence of Low Birth Weight and Its Determinants in Bahir Dar City, Amhara Region, North West Ethiopia: Health Facility Based Cross-Sectional Study
... Women who visited for less than four ANC visits were more likely to have LBW babies than mothers who had four or more than four ANC visits. Other studies conducted in different parts of Ethiopia (Tigray and ...
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Premenstrual syndrome and factors associated with it among secondary and preparatory school students in Debremarkos town, North west Ethiopia, 2016
... The prevalence of premenstrual syndrome was 81.7% with 95% confidence interval of (78.3–85.0%). This finding is less than that of reported in cross-sectional studies conducted in Addis ketema preparatory school [6] and ...
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Further studies on the phlebotomine sandflies of the kala azar endemic lowlands of Humera Metema (north west Ethiopia) with observations on their natural blood meal sources
... in Ethiopia, its association with cattle seems remarkable, although this has not been systematically studied in ...of north eastern Ethiopia where the Afar pastor- alists keep huge herds of cattle, ...
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Prevalence of Pulmonary tuberculosis and immunological profile of HIV co infected patients in Northwest Ethiopia
... km North West of Addis ...for North West Ethiopia serving a population of about 5 million coming from different geographical locations surrounding ...
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Intestinal parasites infection and associated factors among school children in Dagi primary school, Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia
... Similar to this findings, Study conducted on prevalence of intestinal parasite infections among school children in Zarima town, North West Ethiopia showed that hand washing habit with so[r] ...
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