Browsing by Author "Taddese, Melese"

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    Assessment of Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorder, health seeking behavior and associated factors among taxi drivers in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia
    (Addis Abeba University, 2019-10) Taddese, Melese; Tefera, Worku(MSc,PhD candidate); Nega, Ansha (MSc,PhD candidate)
    Background: Musculoskeletal disorders are widespread in many countries around the world. Transport workers have been found to be at high risk of developing work related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs). Objective:The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders, health seeking behavior and associated factors among Taxi drivers in Addis Ababa. Methods and Materials: Community based cross sectional design was under taken among taxi drivers in Addis Ababa using Nordic MSD questionnaire. Then the data was collected through face to face interview by 4 data collectors. The collected data was checked for its completeness and entered in to Epi info7 then exported to SPSS ver. 21, cleaned and both descriptive and logistic regression analysis were done. Results: From the total of study subjects, 371participants were involved in this study with 95.9% of response rate. The prevalence of musculoskeletal disorder among taxi drivers in Addis Ababa during the last 12 months and the last seven days were 55% and 29% respectively. The low back pain and shoulder were the most pain sites in the past 12 months d by accounting 53.6% and 31% respectively. Majority of study participants were not interested to take early treatment of MSD until it gets worse. The identified risk factors include, Driving Experiences >10yrs [AOR:3.01,95%C.I. (2.08, 28.31)], bending/twisting frequently[AOR:1.673,95%C.I. (1.52, 8.53)], sitting for a longer time[AOR:2.79,95%C.I. (2.30, 9.03)], Not comfortable Seat design of taxi [AOR:2.45,95%C.I.(2.18,17.10)], Not performing regular physical exercises[AOR:2.17,95%C.I. (2.9, 11.68)]. Conclusion and recommendation:This study found a high prevalence of musculoskeletal pain among taxi drivers with low back the most common site of the pain. The longer the years of driving experience the greater the chances of developing musculoskeletal disorder. Majority of them were not interested to take early treatment of MSD. Therefore, these findings call for awareness creation training for drivers on how to avoid or reduce the risk factors such as frequent bending/twisting, prolonged sitting, seat design of taxi and physical exercises.
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    Thematic Trends of Poems in Selected Amharic Magazines (1956 - 1995)
    (Addis Ababa University, 1996-06) Taddese, Melese; Mathewos, Birhanu(PhD)
    This paper is concerned with the analysis of poems collected from nine Amharic magazines published from 1956 to 1995 E.C. The magazines understudy are: 'Menen', 'Yekatit', 'Efoyta', 'Sendek', 'Tsedey', 'Goh', 'Tobia', 'Telenegarit', and ' Birri tu' . In this thesis, the nature of the poems published in the magazines are observed. The recurrent themes of the poems at the different regimes are identified and analyzed. Their relation to the respective administration is discussed . The trends taken by the themes during the last 40 years are traced and discussed in line with the social changes that took place during the past years. The social and political phenomena that could have a possible influence on the publication and production of the poems are assessed through interviews and questionnaires and the results are used in the analysis of their impact. The research examines all those poems in the 8 magazines which used to be and which are still published by three different publishers. The focus of the study is especially those poems which deal with the social, political and economic issues of the society and so they are dealt well here . In the research, an attempt is made to put light on the major problems of the society at every regime in the last 40 years.