Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Disaster Preparedness among Health Professionals Working in Saint Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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2022-11
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Addis Ababa University
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Background: The issue of disasters is so critical that merit intellectual attention & resources. However, very little has so far been done in the area of disaster preparedness in Ethiopia. It is with this in mind, that the research will be interested to explore mainly knowledge, attitude and practice health care workers on disaster preparedness. Moreover, the research will be intended to find out what arrangements were in place should disaster occur at hospital.This study was intended to assess knowledge, attitude, practice on disaster preparedness measures among healthcare workers in St Paul Hospital millennium medical college, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2022. A descriptive cross-sectional study was employed among 384 health workers at St Paul Hospital millennium medical college, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2022. A structured questionnaire which asses the objective of the study was administered for the study participants. Data were entered and analyzed using SPSS version 20. Descriptive statistics such as percentages, pie chart and bar graph were used for data presentation. A total of 384 study subjects were included and gave a response rate of 100%. In this study, the overall good knowledge on disaster preparedness among the study participants were 53.39% (95% CI: 48.41% -58.37%). The general attitude of respondents towards disaster preparedness was largely positive as 63.54% (95% CI: 58.73% - 68.35%) respondents had favorable attitude. Furthermore, the magnitude of good practice on disaster preparedness in the study area was 57.03% (95% CI: 52.08% - 61.98%). The study revealed that had good knowledge and their attitude was acceptable, their practices in terms of the frequency of ongoing and the frequency of regularly updating the plans were probably inadequate. Gaps need to be filled in terms of updating staff regarding regular drills, ongoing training on a regular bases with inclusion of all key people in the hospital.
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Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Disaster preparedness, Saint Paul Hospital millennium medical college, Ethiopia