Kusse Urmale Mare, Setognal Birara Aychiluhm, Kebede Gemeda Sabo, Abay Woday Tadesse, Bizunesh Fentahun Kase, Oumer Abdulkadir Ebrahim, Tsion Mulat Tebeje, Getahun Fentaw Mulaw, Beminate Lemma Seifu
Determinants of anemia level among reproductive-age women in 29 Sub-Saharan African countries: A multilevel mixed-effects modelling with ordered logistic regression analysis
PloS one
taenia saginata taeniosis bovine cysticercosis prevalent ethiopia however data knowledgeattitude practice kap community meat industry workers regard scarce present study aimed investigate kap community meat industry workers saginata taeniosiscysticercosis jimma ambo towns ethiopia crosssectional kap survey performed 293 community members selected using multistage random sampling 97 meat industry workers two study towns questionnaire constructed collect sociodemographic variables knowledgeattitudes taeniosiscysticercosis raw meat consumption latrine usage taeniosis treatment practices mixed effect generalized linear models used assess association selfreported taeniosis well kap scores demographic variables predicted proportion selfreported taeniosis 54 75 jimma 44 70 ambo community meat industry workers respectively odds selfreported taeniosis higher men oradj 168 95ci 097293 elementaryilliterate oradj 146 95ci 075286 high school education level oradj 265 95ci 145493 compared counterparts community members vast majority meat industry workers knowledgeable taeniosis less conscious cysticercosis knowledgeattitude score community positively associated jimma community adj 120 95ci 060180 age adj003 points higher per year 95ci 000 004 men adj 120 95ci 064176 lower elementary educationilliterate adj 160 95ci 231 095 secondaryhigh school adj 083 95ci 146 023 good practice scores community within towns negatively associated increasing age adj001 per year 95ci 002 000 elementaryilliterate adj 060 95ci 101 019 secondaryhigh school education adj 009 95ci 045 028 urban community adj 047 95ci 082 012 protestantother adj 076 95ci 036 116 religion higher scores compared orthodox religion conclusion predicted selfreported taeniosis proportion moderately high knowledgeattitude substantial whereas practice inferior association knowledgeattitude score practice score weak therefore public education improve hygienic practices risky culinary habits taeniosis treatment backyard slaughtering suggested