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    Knowledge, attitude and practices of hotel staffs towards Ebola Virus Disease in Bole sub city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2016-06) Tilahun, Wondwosen; Amare, Berhanu (PhD)
    Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a fatal illness. It has been causing health, economic, social and psychological problems on nationally, regionally as well as globally. The recent outbreak affected West Africa; it could spread to other countries, like Ethiopia, through trade and travel. Prevention was the best option. Hotel staff is one of the vulnerable groups for infectious disease like EVD. To design prevention strategy it is important to know their knowledge, attitude and practice towards EVD. Thus, the aim of this study was to assess the status of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) of hotel staff in Bole sub city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. To examine this descriptive study design was employed with qualitative and quantitative data collection methods. Self-administered questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data from 9 hotels 396 staffs randomly selected. The questionnaire consisted of six sections with a total of 35 questions. The questions were intended to pertain respondents’ socio demographic data, their knowledge, perception, behavior; attitude towards guest and practice towards EVD. The quantitative data were obtained from hotel managers through in depth interview. SPSS software was used to data entry and data analysis. Hence, Knowledge on the cause of EVD was good among hotel staff however their knowledge on sign, symptom were satisfactory. Majority of the staff believed that their chance of contracting EVD were low. The respondent’s attitude towards guests and health professionals returned from West Africa was fearful and suspicious. Most of the staff believed that EVD could be prevented by avoiding physical contact. The possible reason to their knowledge and believe was multimedia intervention and interpersonal risk communication. Most of the respondents used television as source of information. Further study recommended on post epidemic phase risk communication material review.