Browsing School of Public Health (Public-Health) by Subject "Healthcare workers"
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Adherence to Standard Infection Prevention & Control & factors associated among healthcare workers at Juba Teaching Hospital,Juba,South Sudan.
(Makerere University, 2022-04-11)Background: Hospital acquired infections such as COVID-19 and Sepsis, among others, have become a serious threat to healthcare workers’ productivity and patient safety in hospitals worldwide. Therefore, healthcare workers’ ... -
Factors associated with healthcare workers’ adherence to national guidelines for MDR TB surveillance in Uganda: A case study of the West Nile region
(Makerere University, 2014)Background: A previous history of tuberculosis (TB) treatment has been identified as a risk factor for multidrug resistant TB. Therefore these patients are a high priority group for whom culture and drug-susceptibility ... -
Factors associated with job satisfaction among healthcare workers at Arua Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-08)Background: Human resources are vital for delivering health services, and health systems cannot function effectively without sufficient numbers of skilled, motivated, and well-supported health workers. Job satisfaction of ... -
Factors associated with uptake of Hepatitis B Virus Vaccination among health care workers in Agago District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023)Introduction/background: Hepatitis B is a potentially life-threatening viral liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Several factors are known to influence HBV vaccine uptake among HCWs, however for Agago ... -
Healthcare workers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, Arua District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023)Background: Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) remains a public health crisis and a health security threat. The incidence of MDR TB in Uganda is 3.2 cases per 100,000 population. Cumulatively the MDR TB unit in the Arua ... -
Uptake of COVID-19 vaccination among healthcare workers in Omoro District Uganda: A mixed methods study
(Makerere University, 2023-11-27)Background: The COVID-19 pandemic affected the world, and healthcare workers were at high risk of acquiring the virus. Although much progress has been made in vaccine development, healthcare workers' acceptance of COVID-19 ...