Browsing by Author "Yehualaw, Wondwosen"

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    Assessment of Self-Reported Work Related Low Back Pain and Associated Factors among Nurses Working in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) At Public and Private Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2017-04) Yehualaw, Wondwosen; Wakuma, Samson
    Introduction: Low back pain (LBP) related to nursing profession, is a very common public health problem throughout the world. Nurses working in intensive care units are caring for people that are normally bedridden and helpless who require more assistance with transfers and handling. Therefore they have more ergonomic risks and experience low back pain more frequently. Little is known about the prevalence and associated factors of LBP among nurses working in ICU in our setup and there were no studies conducted on this subject in Ethiopia. Objective: To assess the prevalence of self-reported work related low back pain and associated factors among nurses working in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Public and Private Hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 410 nurses working in ICU at all Public and Private Hospitals that have ICU in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from March, 2017 to April, 2017. Data was collected by direct interview using a structured questionnaire adapted from Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire. The questionnaire was translated in to Amharic and pre-tested before the actual data collection. The data was entered by using EPI-INFO version 7 and to analyze the data, Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 application was employed. The data was checked for accuracy before analysis. Bivariate logistic regression analysis and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to assess the degree of association. Results: From 448 study subjects the study included 410 nurses and gave a response rate of 91.5%. The mean age was 28.67 (±5.46) years. Majority of the respondents were females (306 (74.6%). And most of the participants (82.9%; (95% CI=78.6%-86.6%)) were complained Low Back Pain. There were statistical significant association between Low Back Pain with Sex, BMI, Years of experience in ICU, ICU work shift status, Regular Physical Exercise, Work environment, Assistance from co-workers, Working hours in a weak, and Inadequate rest interval. Conclusion: A high prevalence of LBP was found among ICU Nurses working in Addis Ababa Public and private Hospitals. Work environment and personal factors were the major associated factors for LBP. Preventive measures should be taken like providing resting periods and having Regular Physical Exercise program, to reduce the risk of Low Back Pain among ICU Nurses
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    The Effect of Monitoring and Evaluation on the Success of Projects: The Case Study of Orbis International Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2021-02) Yehualaw, Wondwosen; Mekonnen, Worku(PhD)
    Successful accomplishments of projects have a vital role in attaining organizational goals and objectives. However, this has not been the case in most projects. It is perceived that one of the major factors leading to project success is monitoring and evaluation. The problem on the availability and the functionality of M&E unit, not being participatory, and financial and skilled human resources scarcities and mismanagement problems are the main bottlenecks for the M&E system in organizations. This raises significant questions as to whether the monitoring and evaluation are effective enough to achieve project success. Therefore the main aim of this study was to assess the practice and role of Monitoring and Evaluation for the success of projects in Orbis-Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The study used a mix of both quantitative and qualitative research approach (mixed approach). A cross-sectional survey was conducted for the quantitative part and the qualitative study followed descriptive design type. In this study, data were collected from the entire program staff workers of ORBIS-Ethiopia who fulfilled the inclusion criterion: 11 from country office and 19 from the project sites for the qualitative study and the quantitative study respectively. 10 in-depth interview participants participated with a response rate of 91% and 18 participants completed well and that was the response rate of 94.7% respectively. The quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS version 24. Correlation and regression analysis was employed to assess the significance of the association. On the other hand; the collected qualitative data using in-depth interviews were coded, and categorized using open code version 4.02. From the total of 18 respondents, 6 of them agreed and 12 of them strongly agreed on the successful implementation of projects. The weighted average mean score of 4.43 indicated to us that all of the projects implemented in the Orbis were almost successful. According to the findings from the correlation analysis, there was a strong positive correlation between; project success and Indicata (International online M&E processing tool) with a correlation coefficient of 0.812, strength of M&E staffs (r=0.722), availability & proper use of the budget (r=0.643), Log frame (r=0.675), and with conducting field visits (r=0.626). There was also a positive and significant relationship between the project success and a global M&E system tool called Endicata (β = 0.509, t= 3.032, P-value <0.05). There were also a positive but not a significant relationship between; project success and a Log frame tool (β = .086, t= 0.812, P-value =0.433); project success and conducting field visits (β = 0.179, t= 1.829, P-value =0.092); project success and strength of M&E team; (β = 0.204, t= 1.293, P-value =0.221). These depicted that the effectiveness of M&E system played a significant role for the success of projects in Orbis- Ethiopa. Key Words: