Browsing by Author "Michael Haile"

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    Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude Towards Cervical Cancer and Screening Among Female Students at Menlik Ii Health Science College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2015-06) Michael Haile; Gemechu Endalew
    Background: Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among womenworldwide. About 83% of the cases occur in developing countries, representing 15% offemale cancers .In Ethiopia, prevalent cancer among women between 15 and 44 years ofage with age specific incidence rate of 15.6/1000.Carcinoma of the cervix is a preventable disease; its prevention, among other ways, isthrough screening and detection of premalignant stages of the disease and treatment.Detection of the cervical cancer however requires knowledge of the disease and cervicalcancer screening procedure so that people can be aware and positive towards screeningbut in Ethiopia little has been explored about knowledge and attitude of women towardscervical cancer screening. Objective: To assess knowledge and attitude of Female Students aged >18 years towardsCervical Cancer Screening in Menlik II Health Science College of Addis Ababa, Ethiopiafrom March 23 to April 30 2015. Methods: A cross-sectional institutional based study was conducted on a sample of 292Female Students aged >18 years in Menlik II Health Science College of Addis AbabaEthiopia using simple random sampling method .Data on knowledge status of mothersregrinding cervical cancer screening, attitude of female students towards cervical cancerscreening and other pertinent variables were collected using self-administeredquestionnaires .The gathered data was analysis the software SPSS version 20. Results Generally the knowledge was poor, attitude was positive to majority ofrespondents. The results showed that 65(22.2%) had poor knowledge, 180(61.4%) had satisfactory knowledge and only 48(16.4%) had good knowledge. Overall 168(57.7%) ofthe respondents were positive about cervical cancer screening. Conclusions and recommendations: The study has shown that there is a lack ofknowledge on cervical cancer towards screening for premalignant cervical lesion.There is a need to promote cervical cancer screening among women by Informing orteach them on their susceptibility to cervical cancer and encouraging a belief that activeand regular screening can detect cervical cancer at the pre-cancerous stage, henceenabling them early treatment and prevention of cancer development. There is also a need for provision of Affordable screening services all over the country to enable women, after being motivated, to go for screening. Key Words: Knowledge, attitude, Female, Students, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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    Investigating Methods of Training for Developing Students' Skills for Academic Oral Work: Focus on Social Science Students -- Addis Ababa University
    (Addis Ababa University, 1998-05) Mekonnen Disasa; Michael Haile
    This study investigated methods of training second year students in the College of Social Sciences, Addis Ababa Uni versity, for academic oral work. The main objective of the investigation was how to help the students activate their already existing linguistic resources so that they could reduce their foreign language speech--related anxiety in order for them to build the contidence to improve the level of their oral performance in academic contexts. Teaching methods and techniques relevant to the development of oral competence were extracted from the literature on current foreign/second teaching. These were used as the basis for the design of new course materials for the study. The materials were taught to an experimental group of students which was contrasted with a control group. The effects of the new training on the students oral performance were examined through: (a) the trainees' reactions to the training, (b) two simulated academic oral presentations by experimental and control groups of students and (c) assessment of the confidence demonstrated by the two study groups at the end of the training. It was found that the training was positively evaluated by the trainees. The result of Oral Presentation I (pre-training) showed the two study groups were performing at the same level of oral intelligibility , while the resu lt of Oral Presentation 2 (post-training) indicated the experimental group was, on the whole, better in its oral intelligibility than the control group. The assessment of the confidence demonstrated by the study groups at the end of the training revea led there were more confident students in the experimental group than in the control group. Thus, it was concluded that the new training positively contributed to academically relevant, better oral performance by tbe trainees. This was not found to be true in the case of the control group of students who were not exposed to the same training. Based on this conclusion and other findings of the research, recommendations were made.