Knowledge, attitude and practice of health care providers toward Ebola virus disease in hotspots in Khartoum and White Nile states, Sudan, 2014

Alfaki, M.I.; Salih, Alaaddin M.M.; Elhuda, Daffalla A'lam; Egail, Mohammad S.

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2015.07.035

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“…In studies among regular travellers, a sizeable percentage reported airborne transmission of Ebola (range 17–74%), human transmission by asymptomatic individuals (74%) or not knowing the mode of transmission (22%) [11] , [12] , [13] . Studies among local healthcare volunteers in Africa also reported misinformation like airborne transmission (range 23–53.1%), insect transmission (20.2%) and environment-to-human transmission (range 73–78%) [1] , [2] , [3] . In comparison to this, the percentage of participants reporting misinformation in our cohort was negligible.…”

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“…The training covers a wide range of topics, including the history and epidemiology of Ebola virus, characteristics of EVD, outbreak intervention strategies, use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and sociocultural aspects of EVD ( http://ecampus.msf.org/moodlemsf/mod/page/view.php?id=22246 ). However, some studies have reported prevalence of misinformation among voluntary health providers [1] , [2] , [3] . Also, a study on HCW in Lagos concluded that knowledge of Ebola did not translate into good practices for preventive measures and that on-the-job training was necessary to reinforce good practices [4] .…”

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confidence: 99%

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Risk perceptions of MSF healthcare workers on the recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa

Sridhar

Brouqui

Fontaine

et al. 2016

New Microbes and New Infections

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Healthcare workers (HCW) in general are considered to be at high risk during epidemics. Their training for Ebola provided by Médecins sans frontières (MSF) is presently based on imparting factual information, which does not necessarily translate into knowledge or appropriate practices. We aimed to understand the importance of risk perception during training. A total of 130 MSF-trained HCW traveling to Africa during the Ebola epidemic of 2014–2015 participated in this longitudinal cohort study. Their baseline knowledge was good but did not significantly increase after training except for minor symptoms, case fatality rate and wearing personal protective equipment as a preventive measure. Additionally, they underestimated their likelihood for contracting Ebola compared to their colleagues of same age and sex, and despite their high-risk status, they showed little concern about contracting Ebola during their mission. Our findings suggest that the use of individualized risk feedback during training in appraising erroneous perceptions will increase adherence to preventive measures.

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Risk perceptions of MSF healthcare workers on the recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa

Sridhar

Brouqui

Fontaine

et al. 2016

New Microbes and New Infections

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“…1 Like most other viral hemorrhagic fevers, EVD could easily be transmitted between persons and even among health workers if proper personal protective measures are not instituted. [2][3][4][5] The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that healthcare workers (HCWs) could be at a 21 to 32 fold higher risk of EVD infection compared to the general population, and this was associated with high case fatality rates. 6 Healthcare delivery settings contribute to the possibility of transmission during EVD outbreaks.…”

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“…A number of studies have evaluated the knowledge and attitude of HCWs and the general population regarding EVD. [3][4][5][10][11][12] However, these studies did not evaluate the knowledge of reporting of EVD. The Nigerian EVD response was swift and quickly contained the epidemic due to the high index of suspicion maintained by the clinicians who managed the Nigeria patient zero.…”

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Evaluation of clinicians’ reporting proficiency and their risk perceptions of Ebola virus disease in Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Ajayi

Ojide

Ajayi

et al. 2017

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“…The level of knowledge of vaccine trial participants regarding the main modes of transmission of EVD was very low as previously demonstrated in the same area [13] and also elsewhere [14,15]. Some misconceptions are persistent such as transmission by air or by bank notes and had already been highlighted in other studies [10,11,13,[15][16][17].…”

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices towards Ebola Virus Disease among Participants in an Ebola Vaccine Trial in Dakar, Senegal

Lakhe¹,

Diallo-Mbaye²,

Sylla³

et al. 2018

J Trop Dis

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The 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa was the trigger to mobilize efforts in order to promptly obtain safe and effective vaccine. The objectives of this survey conducted during an Ebola vaccine trial were assessing the knowledge, attitudes and practices of participants about Ebola and vaccine and determining the association of key sociodemographic characteristics with knowledge of transmission mode, reservoir, stigma and hand washing. A cross sectional study was designed and a semi-closed questionnaire was used to collect data of the 250 participants. The main identified sources of information were television and radio. The motivations for being part of the study were confidence in doctors (79.6%) and example given by the medical staff (75.6%). Knowledge of transmission mode was low among respondents (22.1%) while that on the reservoir was rather high (73.8%). Stigma was noted in 49.2% of participants. Behavioural change through hand washing was adopted in 74.4% of respondents. Factors associated with knowledge of transmission mode were age group, urban origin, marital status and education level. Fear and geographic origin were associated to stigma and hand washing. To better prevent and control the spread of Ebola virus disease, a focus needs to be placed on modes of transmission and hand washing, and health personnel could play a major role in improving the acceptability of the vaccine.

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of health care providers toward Ebola virus disease in hotspots in Khartoum and White Nile states, Sudan, 2014

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Risk perceptions of MSF healthcare workers on the recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa

Risk perceptions of MSF healthcare workers on the recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa

Evaluation of clinicians’ reporting proficiency and their risk perceptions of Ebola virus disease in Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices towards Ebola Virus Disease among Participants in an Ebola Vaccine Trial in Dakar, Senegal

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