Focused antenatal care utilization and associated factors in Debre Tabor Town, northwest Ethiopia, 2017

Abstract Objective Attending antenatal care helps to reduce the occurrence of maternal morbidity and mortality by providing chances for health promotion and information about danger signs, birth preparedness and where to seek care for pregnancy complications. Therefore identifying factors affecting the utilization of focused ANC service is of supreme importance. Results A total of 317 mothers who had a history of antenatal care for their last birth during the previous 6 months were included in the study from which 112 (35.3%, 95% CI 30.6, 40.4) of mothers attended focused antenatal care services. Age of mother [AOR = 4.7, 95% CI 1.87, 11.88], Educational status [AOR = 2.5, 95% CI 1.00, 6.19], history of still birth [AOR = 13.1, 95% CI 2.14, 80.20] and planned pregnancy [AOR = 3.7, 95% CI 1.23, 11.12] were found to be major predictors for focused ANC service utilization. Proportion of focused antenatal care was low (35.3%). Age of mother, education, history of stillbirth and planned pregnancy were identified as predictors affecting focused antenatal care service utilization. Encouraging women’s educational status, behavioral change communication at grass root level and improving the capacity and quality of ANC service are some of the recommendations forwarded

Medical students’ knowledge and attitude towards tele-education and associated factors at University of Gondar, Ethiopia, 2022: mixed method

Abstract Background Tele-education is the use of ICTs to conduct remote learning. It has been utilized to deliver ongoing training for many years. The world’s modern culture is increasingly reliant on the use of information technology to enhance standards of education. However, in order to deploy successful e-learning systems in a developing nation, understanding of user characteristics is required in the creation and usage of e-learning systems. Thus, this study will enable us to understand the user’s level of knowledge and attitude towards tele-education. Methods An institution-based quantitative cross-sectional study supported by qualitative design was used 397 medical students at University of Gondar from May to June 2022. A pre-tested self-administered structured questionnaires and in-depth interview were used to collect quantitative and qualitative data respectively. Thematic-content analysis was conducted using open-code software for analyzing qualitative data. Quantitative data was entered to Epi-data version 4.6 and exported to SPSS version 25 software for further statistical analysis. Binary logistic regression was conducted. The adjusted odds ratio(AOR) was used to measure the association between the dependent and independent variables. Results A total of 397 medical students were participated in this study with a response rate of 93.63%. In this study nearly six out of ten 230(57.9%) of study participants had good knowledge towards tele-education. More than half. 211(53.1%) of medical students participated on the study also had a favorable attitude towards tele-education. Factors associated with knowledge about tele-education is training related to ICT (AOR = 2.27 95% CI; (1.13,4.55)), knowledge of medical education digitization (AOR = 3.80 95% CI; (2.12,6.84)), high computer literacy (AOR = 2.82 95% CI; (1.68,4.72)) and favorable attitude towards tele-education (AOR = 3.52 95% CI; (2.12,5.84)). Factors associated with attitude towards tele-education is age group > 21 (AOR = 3.89, 95% CI; (1.33,11.39)) and good knowledge towards tele-education (AOR = 3.42,95%CI;(2.06,5.66)). Conclusion The study revealed that the knowledge of the medical students was good and nearly five out of ten of them had a favorable attitude towards tele-education. The study shows that training related to ICT, knowledge of medical education digitization, high computer literacy and favorable attitude towards tele-education were associated significantly with knowledge of tele-education. In this study age group > 21 and good knowledge towards tele-education of study participants were associated significantly with attitude towards tele-education

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Core and engagement and overall readiness of health professionals’ towards telemedicine at private hospitals in Amhara region Ethiopia, 2021.

Core and engagement and overall readiness of health professionals’ towards telemedicine at private hospitals in Amhara region Ethiopia, 2021.</p

Socio-demographic characteristics of health professionals working in all private hospitals Amhara region 2021 (N = 410).

Socio-demographic characteristics of health professionals working in all private hospitals Amhara region 2021 (N = 410).</p

Sampling procedure for selecting study participants at private hospitals in Amhara region, Ethiopia 2021.

Sampling procedure for selecting study participants at private hospitals in Amhara region, Ethiopia 2021.</p

Technical factors towards telemedicine readiness among health professionals at private hospitals in the Amhara region 2021.

Technical factors towards telemedicine readiness among health professionals at private hospitals in the Amhara region 2021.</p

Knowledge and attitude towards telemedicine among health professionals working at private hospitals in Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2021.

Knowledge and attitude towards telemedicine among health professionals working at private hospitals in Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2021.</p

Bi-variate and multivariate analysis on factors associated with readiness of health professionals for telemedicine system in private hospitals, Amhara region, 2021.

Bi-variate and multivariate analysis on factors associated with readiness of health professionals for telemedicine system in private hospitals, Amhara region, 2021.</p

Organizational factors for health professionals’ readiness towards telemedicine in private hospitals Amhara region 2021 (N = 410).

Organizational factors for health professionals’ readiness towards telemedicine in private hospitals Amhara region 2021 (N = 410).</p