Andualem Henok|Tafesse Lamaro
Knowledge about and attitude towards epilepsy among Menit Community, Southwest Ethiopia
Mizan Tepi University|Mizan Tepi University
background nearly 80 people epilepsy found developing countries epilepsy remains major public health problem health implications also social cultural psychological economic effects objective study assess knowledge attitude menit community benchimaji zone regards epilepsy methods study conducted menit goldia province one provinces benchmaji zone community based descriptive crosssectional study employed households selected using systematic sampling technique data collected pretested interviewer administered questionnaire data cleaned coded entered epi data version 31 data cleaned transported spss analysis results among study participants 808971 ever heard epilepsy 853 reported epilepsy mental disease 406 49 494 respectively believed hereditary contagious gods curse among respondents 25230 think epileptics isolated community 387461 33640 want shake hands epileptics keep children away epileptic patientsrespectivelyin study 856 and868 respondents knowledgeable negative attitude towards epilepsy respectivelyethnicity educational status significantly associated knowledge attitudethe fgd participants noted disease gods curse lacked knowledge cause epilepsyconclusion study participants level knowledge attitude towards epilepsy satisfactorythus needs attention concerned bodies