Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Human and Bovine Tuberculosis among High School Students in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Kidane, Abraham Haile; Sifer, Dessalegn; Aklilu, Mesfin

doi:10.5455/ijlr.20150202104134

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“…The present study revealed that almost all cattle owners (97.4%) have information about human TB, while it was extremely low in bTB cases (24.1%). This result was in agreement with a study conducted in Addis Ababa that reported 99.5% [14] and in southern Ethiopia 99.6% [15], who found a profound awareness on human TB among high school students. Nevertheless, [21] indicated a lower (29.7%) awareness on TB occurrence in animals among cattle owners in the southern part of Ethiopia.…”

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“…More than half (57.8%) of study participants boil milk due to fear of milk born disease. Similar but much higher ndings were reported by [14] in Addis Ababa, and [22] in the Gambella region, southwest Ethiopia with 66.2% and 90.9% of respondents, boil milk due to fear of milkborne diseases respectively. This proves awareness of people who practice boiling improves disease prevention practice.…”

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“…Among those who have an awareness of bTB, (33.3%) of them believed that no transmission of TB from animal to human occurs. In line with this, [14] reported similar results among high school students in Addis Ababa. Likewise, [31] and [21] highlighted that only 22.9% and 16.6% of respondents believed the fact that TB can be acquired from animals, respectively.…”

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confidence: 81%

“…Likewise, [22] reported that 69.0% of respondents have no information about bTB among the community in the Gambella region, southwest Ethiopia. The current study revealed a higher proportion of bTB knowledgeable respondents as compared to the report of [14] explaining 13.9% of knowledgeable high school students in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In contrary, different studies showed a higher proportion of knowledgeable respondents about bTB [23] in Jimma zone in South West Ethiopia, [24] in Adama, Central Ethiopia, [25] in Zambia and [26] in China reported 45.6%, 35%, 39.6%, and 88% respectively).…”

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“…Besides a study conducted in Gondar on highs, cool students measuring their level of understanding about TB showed that only 59% were knowledgeable about the disease. All these results indicated that there is a knowledge gap to be lled [13,14,15,16,17]. In developing countries like Ethiopia, a low living standard in both animals and humans play a signi cant role in bovine tuberculosis transmission between human to human and human to cattle or vice versa [18,19].…”

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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) on Human and Bovine Tuberculosis Among Cattle Owners in Ethiopia

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Zinabu²,

Muktar³

2020

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Abstract Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a re-emerging disease occurring worldwide and causing multi-billion-dollar loss and human death annually. The situation is worse in developing countries like Ethiopia, where lower knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of the people is imminent. Methods: A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study was conducted. A total of 349 study participants were addressed through face to face interview. Descriptive statistics and Pearson’s chi-squares analysis were used to observe the data and the association between outcome (KAP) and predictor variables. Results: Out of the 349 respondents interviewed, 223 (63.9%) of them were males, while 126 (36.1%) were females. The KAP measuring interview indicated that almost all (97.4%) of the participants know human tuberculosis, while 84(24.1%) are aware of bovine tuberculosis cause and mode of transmission. Inhalation was reported as a common route of transmission for human TB (41.1%). In contrast, 50% of the respondent mentioned inhalation, contact, and ingestion of raw animal products as the main route of TB transmission from animal to human. Among those who have heard of bTB, only 56 (66.7%) of respondents consider bovine tuberculosis as a significant threat to public health. Conclusion: The study showed that there is a lower KAP on bovine TB among cattle owners. Therefore, community awareness promotion and health education on human and bovine TB should be operated under a “One Health” umbrella.

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Kriek

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Human and bovine tuberculosis knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) among cattle owners in Ethiopia

Bihon

Zinabu

Muktar

2021

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Tuberculosis (TB) is a re-emerging disease occurring worldwide, resulting in multi-billion-dollar loss and human death annually. The situation is worse in developing countries like Ethiopia, where lower knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of the people is poor about the disease. A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study was conducted to assess livestock owners' KAP level towards human and bovine Tuberculosis in Gondar, Ethiopia. A total of 349 study participants were addressed through a face-to-face interview. Descriptive statistics and Pearson's chi-squares analysis were used to analyze the data and observe the association between outcome (KAP level) and predictor variables (sociodemographic characteristics). Out of the 349 respondents, 223 (63.9%) were males, while 126 (36.1%) were females. The KAP measuring interview indicated that 97.4% of the participants are aware of human tuberculosis, while only 84 (24.1%) know about bovine tuberculosis cause and mode of transmission. Inhalation was reported as the main route of transmission for human TB (41.1%) whereas, 50% of the respondent mentioned inhalation, contact, and ingestion of raw animal products as the main route of TB transmission from animal to human. Among those who have heard of bovine tuberculosis, only 56 (66.7%) of respondents consider bovine tuberculosis as a significant threat to public health. The study showed there is a lower KAP on bovine TB among cattle owners in the study area. Therefore, community health education about the impact of the disease, transmission, control, and prevention should be integrated with one health-oriented education and research to eradicate the disease from the country.

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Human and Bovine Tuberculosis among High School Students in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Cited by 15 publications

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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) on Human and Bovine Tuberculosis Among Cattle Owners in Ethiopia

Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) on Human and Bovine Tuberculosis Among Cattle Owners in Ethiopia

The Control of Bovine Tuberculosis in Africa

Human and bovine tuberculosis knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) among cattle owners in Ethiopia

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