Research
Assessment of Nursesa Knowledge and Attitude towards Nursing Profession at Public Hospitals in Mekelle Town, Tigray, Ethiopia
Background: In health related areas it is clear that there are different perceptions of nursing. Perception by itself is merely defied as an idea, belief, or an image you have as a result of how you see or understand something. The Perception of nursing may vary depending on age, educational level, social and professional experience. Objective: To assess Nurses’ knowledge and Attitude towards Nurses Profession in public hospitals in Mekelle Town, Tigray, Ethiopia. Methods: Institution based cross sectional study design was conducted used to assess knowledge and attitude of nurses towards the nursing profession. Sample size was calculated using a formula for estimating a single population proportion. Accordingly, sample sizewas 135. The dependent variable was attitude of nurses. Simple random sampling techniques were used to select the desired institutions and population proportion to size allocation was done to select the intended study subjects. Data was collected by 10 professional nurses for 1 week using structured self administer questionnaire. Data was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 16. Result: According to the findings 135 nurses were participated with a response rate of 92%. Accordingly, socio-demographic characteristics, more than half, 75(55.5%) of the respondents were females. About 48(35.6%) of the respondents age lies 36- 40. Nearly half, 112(81.7%) of the respondents were married and the majority of the respondents, 117(86.6%) were orthodox followers. About 67(%) of the respondents were diploma graduates in Nursing. Fifty six of them get monthly salary of 774- 1644 ETB. The majority, 117 (86.6%%) of the respondents primary work place were government hospitals and 86 of them had more than ten years of workexperience. Out of 135 nurses, 124 (91.8%) of them had a favorable attitude for nursing profession. Majority of them, 99 (73.3%) have good knowledge towards nursing profession. Conclusion and recommendation: Majority of the respondents like
Motheras Knowledge on Nutritional Requirement of Infant and Young Child Feeding in Mekelle, Ethiopia, Cross Sectional Study
Background: Nutrition is important part of child growth and development. Malnutrition still takes the lead in child mortality and morbidity. As Millennium Development Goal indicators no 1 and 4 is to reduce child mortality and improve nutrition respectively. A lot of children in this area have malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies. That’s why this research is motivated to assess mother’s knowledge on infant and young child feeding and micronutrient. Objective: This study is mainly aimed at assessing mother’s knowledge on Infant and young child feeding which is a child feeding indicator developed by the World health organization. The study also assesses the mother’s knowledge on micronutrient. Method: The study was conducted in Mekelle in two of its sub cities Kedamy Weyane and Ayder subcities. This cross-sectional study involves 541 mothers and multistage sampling design was used. Result: The results revealed that average mean of mothers knowledge on vitamin A were .95 which is moderately knowledgeable and the knowledge average mean for mother’s knowledge on Iodine were 1.02, and 0.7 for iron mothers average mean knowledge for breast feeding were 1.34, 1.22 for knowledge of the mother on food diversity. Knowledge on minimum food frequency the mother’s average mean score were 0.85. There is also a mean knowledge difference among the monthly income and mother’s educational level. Conclusion and recommendation: Over all mothers had a moderate and slight knowledge on infant and young child feeding. Knowledge increases in parallel with educational and income level. Better knowledge enhancement is recommended by involving the mass media and the health care profession.
