Knowledge, attitude and practices of hotel staffs towards Ebola Virus Disease in Bole sub city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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2016-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a fatal illness. It has been causing health, economic, social and
psychological problems on nationally, regionally as well as globally. The recent outbreak
affected West Africa; it could spread to other countries, like Ethiopia, through trade and travel.
Prevention was the best option. Hotel staff is one of the vulnerable groups for infectious disease
like EVD. To design prevention strategy it is important to know their knowledge, attitude and
practice towards EVD. Thus, the aim of this study was to assess the status of Knowledge,
Attitude and Practice (KAP) of hotel staff in Bole sub city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. To examine
this descriptive study design was employed with qualitative and quantitative data collection
methods. Self-administered questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data from 9 hotels 396
staffs randomly selected. The questionnaire consisted of six sections with a total of 35 questions.
The questions were intended to pertain respondents’ socio demographic data, their knowledge,
perception, behavior; attitude towards guest and practice towards EVD. The quantitative data
were obtained from hotel managers through in depth interview. SPSS software was used to data
entry and data analysis. Hence, Knowledge on the cause of EVD was good among hotel staff
however their knowledge on sign, symptom were satisfactory. Majority of the staff believed that
their chance of contracting EVD were low. The respondent’s attitude towards guests and health
professionals returned from West Africa was fearful and suspicious. Most of the staff believed
that EVD could be prevented by avoiding physical contact. The possible reason to their
knowledge and believe was multimedia intervention and interpersonal risk communication. Most
of the respondents used television as source of information. Further study recommended on post
epidemic phase risk communication material review.
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Ebola Virus Disease