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Process Evaluation of Community Based Health Insurance Program in Damboya Woreda, KembataTembaro Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities peoples’ Region. Thesis

Teshale Markos (2020-09)

Background:In the developing countries, ensuring health service equity is difficult.The limited government capacity to cover health care costs and high out-of-pocket expenditure made it challenging. Eventhough cost of ...

Mpacts of watershed management practices on the gilgel gibe i reservoir and its tributaries, southwest Ethiopia Thesis

Bizuneh Woldeab (2020-11)

Infection prevention practice and associated factors among health professionals working in governmental health centers of kembata tembaro zone, south Ethiopia Thesis

Biruk Tesfahun (2020-07)

Background Infection in healthcare settings is a problem for health services around the world and the main public health problem, which causes major health risks that lead to morbidity, mortality, and cost. Review of ...

Utilization of outpatient modern health care and Associated factors in gambella town, gambella State, southwest ethiopia Thesis

Yared tesfaye; Elias ali; Tesfamichael alaro (2015-06)

Background: Utilization of healthcare services by the people arise from a complex interaction of different factors as demographic, socioeconomic, morbidity profiles, and health service availability and quality. The ...

Socioeconomic Determinants Of Health In Kersa District, Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia Article

Worknesh Amdino; Chali Jira; Mirkuzie Wolde (2008-11)

BACKGROUND: The socioeconomic determinants of health can be understood as the social conditions in which people live and work. The objective of the study was to explore the socioeconomic determinants of health in adults aged ...

Timeliness of Care for Emergency Patients in St Paul General Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Thesis

Lia Tadesse; Kifle Woldemichael; Yibeltal Kifle (2010-04)

Background: The inability to give timely care for emergency patients after they reach healthcare facilities is becoming a growing concern among healthcare institutions, the public and policy makers. Delay in rendering ...

The Role of Community health workers in improving uptake of institutional delivery service in Jimma zone Thesis

Israel Derekiyab; Mirkuzie Woldie; Melaku Haile (2016-06)

Background; - Many women lose their lives in the process of giving life. Reducing maternal morbidity and mortality is a global priority which is particularly relevant to developing countries. One of the key strategies ...

Willingness to join and Pay for Newly Proposed Social Health Insurance Among Teachers in Wolaita Sodo Town Government Educational Institutions, South Ethiopia Thesis

Tesfamichael Alaro; Mirkuzie Woldie; Shimeles Ololo (2012-07)

Back-ground: Cost sharing between beneficiaries and government in the health sector is critical to achieve universal health care coverage, yet only 1.1% of Ethiopians had any kind of insurance and the government spends ...

Technical efficiency of public health centers in three Woredas of Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia Thesis

Firew Tekle; Elias Ali; Gebeyehu Tsega (2015-06)

Background: in low and middle income countries, which are where the vast majority of African countries are ranked, scarcity of funds for health is an acute problem. Health centers at the center of primary Health Care ...

Technical Quality of Institutional Delivery Service in Jimma Zone, South West Ethiopia Thesis

TameneMamo; WajuBeyene; GebeyehuTsega (2016-06)

Background: Quality services improve health outcomes by providing clients with respectful and technically sound services, delivered according to standard that was known to maximize their health impact. The key strategy ...

Utilization of health information system at district Level in jimma zone oromia regional state, south west Ethiopia Article

Sultan Abajebel; Challi Jira; Waju Beyene (2011-08)

INTRODUCTION: Information systems are increasingly important for measuring and improving the quality and coverage of health services. Reliable and timely health information is vital for operational and strategic decision ...

Retention on Anti-Retroviral Treatment Care and Associated Factors among Adult Anti-Retroviral Treatment Patients of Public Health Facilities in Hadiya Zone, Ethiopia Thesis

Dawit Sullamo; Elias Ali; Tesfamichael Alaro (2015-06)

Introduction: Patient retention on ART care is directly correlated with positive health outcomes for both individual patient and public health. In Hadiya zone different strategies are tried to improve retention on ART ...

Utilization of clean and safe delivery service package Of health services extension program and associated Factors in rural kebeles of kafa zone, southwest Ethiopia Article

Negalign Berhanu; Yohannes Haile; Michael Gacho (2013-05)

BACKGROUND: In Ethiopia, 94% of births take place at home unattended by trained persons. The government introduced an innovative strategy, Health Services Extension Program in 2003. Clean and safe delivery service is a ...

Staff Satisfaction and Associated Factors among Health Workers at Woldia General Hospital in North Wollo Zone, North Ethiopia, 2014 Thesis

Hamid Mekonon; Berhane Megerssa; Ayningida Adam (2015-09)

Background: - Human power is the back bone for the provision of quality health care for population. High level of professional satisfaction among health workers earns high dividends such as high workforce retention and ...

Technical Efficiency of Public Hospitals in the Provision of Maternal Health Services in Selected Zones of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia Thesis

Kiddus Yitbarek; Mirkuzie Woldie; Aynengida Adamu (2016-06)

Background: Ethiopia is one of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa with markedly high maternal mortality ratio. The improvement towards achieving MDG 5 was very slow in the country. And also attaining the new SDG 3.1 is ...

Turnover and intention to leave and associated factors among health workers in Horo guduru wollega zone public health facilities, Northwest Ethiopia. Thesis

Tilahun Fufa; Waju Beyene; Yohannes Ejigu (2015)

Background: Shortage of human power due to turnover of health workers has significantly compromised the efficiency of delivery and quality of health services. Intention to leave negatively affects the quality of work in ...

Waiting Time And Patient Satisfaction At Out-Patient Department In Nigest Eleni Mohammed Hospital, Hossana, SNNPR, Ethiopia Thesis

Wolde Bekele; Kifle Woldemichael; Shimeles Ololo et.al (2009-05)

Background: Patient Satisfaction is an expression of the gap between the expected and perceived characteristics of a service. Patient satisfaction with the healthcare services largely determines their compliance with the ...

Reasons and Outcomes of Admissions To The Medical Wards of Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia Article

Mirkuzie Woldie; Elias Ali (2010-07)

BACKGROUND: Non-communicable diseases are the main reasons for admission to the medical wards in high-income countries. While in low and middle income countries communicable diseases are the main reasons for admission ...

Reducing Health Inequalities: Kerala Cmprehensive Health Insurance Scheme a Role Model For Developing Countries Article

Kora Tushune; Nair Devi (2012)

Despite the better outcomes in certain health indicators Kerala is facing the high risk burden of chronic/non-communicable diseases among all Indian states. Recent studies show that the highest prevalence is shifting from ...

The Reason for Regimen Change Among HIV/AIDS Patients Initiated on First Line Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in Southern Ethiopia Article

Beharu Woldemedhin; Nasir Tajure (2012-01)

Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has markedly decreased the morbidity and mortality due to HIV disease. However, toxicities, comorbidity, pregnancy, and treatment failure, among others, would result in frequent ...

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