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    Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice to wards Prevention and Management of Hypertension and Associated Factors Among Police Officers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021
    (Addis Abeba University, 2021-05) Nigat Melkamsew; Cherie Amsale(Ph.D); Dugassa Boka
    Background: Hypertension is a common global health problem and major cause of disability and death. Little is known about the knowledge, attitude and practice towards prevention and management of hypertension and associated factors among Police officers. Objective: This study was intended to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice towards the prevention and management of hypertension and associated factors among police officers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2020. Method: Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted between December 2020 and January 2021 among police officers who are members of Addis Ababa police commission. Five police sub commissions were randomly selected. Sample size was calculated using single population proportional formula and the calculated sample size for this study was 395. Study participants were selected using systemic sampling technique. Structured and pretested questionnaire was used for data collection. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 23. Descriptive statistics was used to summarize socio- demographic, characteristics of study participants. Knowledge, attitude and practice towards the prevention and management hypertension and association factor were determined using Bloom's taxonomy for cut of point (60-80). Chi was used to identify factors associated with outcome variables. Statistical significance was declared at p-value less than0.05. Result – a total of 395 police officers participated in the study with a response rate of 100% Majority of the participants were males (66.5%) and all of them attended formal education and majority of the respondents (88.35%) had collage certificate and above. Nearly sixty five percent (64.8%) of the respondents are married and slightly more than half (56.7%) had a working experience of less than ten years. The overall percentage of good knowledge attitude and practice of the respondents is 9%,13.7% and 11.1 % respectively. Age, service year, monthly income and sex of the respondent has significant association with knowledge. Similarly, Drug habit and age has significant association with practice. Conclusion and recommendation: small percentage of the respondents has good knowledge, attitude and practice towards prevention of hypertension age of the participant, service year monthly income and sex of the respondent with knowledge and similarly presence of drug habit and age had also significant association with practice of respondents towards the prevention of hypertension. Since the small percentage of police officers has good level of the knowledge regarding hypertension, the police commission’s health main directorate, health promotion and disease prevention directorate should need to strengthening health education programs.