Assessment of vaccine provider’s knowledge, and attitude, and private healthfacilities compliance with World Health Organization requirement of vaccinemanagement practice, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Dr. Messele, Bruck(B. Pharm, MSc, Ph.D) | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Dr.Berhanu, Tariku(BSc,MPH, Ph.D) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Alemayehu, Lake | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-12T07:45:45Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-06T08:08:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-11-12T07:45:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-06T08:08:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Introduction: Vaccines are exceedingly efficient biological substances and the first lines of public health strategies against infectious diseases. Due to the sensitive nature of vaccines, appropriate measures need to be put in place to ensure that vaccines remain potent from point of manufacture to administration. Objective: To assess vaccine provider‟s knowledge, and attitude, and private health facilities compliance with World Health Organization requirement of vaccine management practice, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods: Cross-sectional study design was employed to collect data using a structured questionnaire and observation tools in the private health facilities offering immunization services in Addis Ababa. The study was conducted from March to July 2020. Data were analyzed by SPSS and the result was presented by frequency and percentage in the form of tables and graphs. Result: Thirty private health facilities were included in the assessment and, only 3(10%) had WHO prequalified functional refrigerators, while 90% of the facilities had domestic types of refrigerators. Of the 34 study participants who participated in the study, 7(20.6%) respondents had poor knowledge of vaccine cold chain management while 26 (76.5%) had a positive attitude toward vaccine cold chain management. Determinants of knowledge on vaccine cold chain management training were (P = 0.042), and supportive supervision (P = 0.026). The knowledge of healthcare workers towards the vaccine cold chain management was significantly associated with the health workers‟ training and supportive supervision in health facilities. Determinants of attitude on vaccine cold chain management training were (P= 0.019) and supportive supervision was (P= 0.043). The attitude of healthcare workers towards the vaccine cold chain management was significantly associated with the health workers‟ training and supportive supervision in health facilities. Conclusion: This study indicates that WHO standard refrigerators are available only in some health facilities for vaccine storage. There was also a gap, in training, knowledge, and attitude of vaccine providers toward vaccine management, and inappropriate vaccine management practice. Therefore, there is a need to improve cold chain management. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/28626 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Abeba University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Vaccine cold chain management, vaccine providers, knowledge, and attitude. | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment of vaccine provider’s knowledge, and attitude, and private healthfacilities compliance with World Health Organization requirement of vaccinemanagement practice, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |