Amare Minyihun

• MPH
• University of Gondar

Background The government of Ethiopia has designed different initiatives for the Health Information Systems (HIS), including an Information Revolution (IR) transformation agenda by 2015. Various interventions and working documents have also been developed and implemented targeting the different aspects of the HIS program. However, there is no natio...

Background Medication regimen complexity (MRC) is suspected to hinder medication adherence in patients with multiple illnesses. Despite this, the specific impact on Ethiopian patients with multimorbidity is unclear. This study assessed MRC and its impact on medication adherence in patients with multimorbidity. Methods A hospital-based cross-sectio...

Background: DHIS2 is the most widely used open-source e-HMIS system that suite to provide flexibility, customization of data elements, data entry forms, validation rules, indicators, and reports to create a fully-fledged system for data management. However, evidence shows that data quality is poor and is not used especially at lower levels of healt...

Background The government of Ethiopia has designed different initiatives for the Health Information Systems (HIS), including an information revolution transformation agenda by 2015. Various interventions and working documents have also been developed and implemented targeting the different aspects of the HIS program. However, there is no nationally...

Background Cervical cancer is one of the most malignancies in women all over the world. Over 90% of cases occurred in low and middle-income countries with limited resources. Even though cervical cancer is preventable, the Sub-Saharan countries are the most burdened. In Ethiopia 27.19 million women are at risk of acquiring cervical cancer. Although...

Introduction: Several behavioral and moral factors influence health information use and practice, including healthcare motivation. A performance-based non-financial incentive (PBNI) intervention was developed to improve the quality of data and information use practices in the Wogera district. Objectives: This research aimed to assess the cost-effec...

Background The prevention of disease burden and death through vaccination is one of the most cost-effective methods. Even though the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) has significant public health problems in Ethiopia, there is no compulsory HBV vaccination program for adults and the vaccine's market value was not yet estimated in the Ethiopia context. There...

Background: Time is a vital resource for all operational procedures, and it is particularly crucial for healthcare workers since it impacts patient safety, service quality, and healthcare service delivery to patients which can make or break their lives. Therefore, the aim of this study was to asses time management practices and associated factors a...

Background Assessing the medication regimen complexity and treatment adherence of a patient is important to tailor medication related outcomes of patients with multimorbidity. Therefore, this study aimed to assess medication regimen complexity and level of medication adherence in patients with multimorbidity. Methods A hospital-based cross-section...

Background and Aim Understanding potential demand and willingness to pay for the insecticide treated nets is important for sustainable insecticide-treated bed net intervention. However, there is limited evidence, and there is no study in this malarious area, so the study aimed to assess willingness to pay for insecticide-treated bed net and influen...

Background: Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) practices have a key role in encouraging the performance of Compassionate, Respectful and Caring (CRC) initiatives. However, during the last five years, CRC implementation was given less attention, and caused to a lack of integration and oppression. Therefore, this study aimed on assessing how to strength...

Background Depressive disorders place an enormous burden on society and ranked fourth in the global disease burden accounting for 4.4% of the total disability-adjusted life years and 11.9% of total years lived with disability. Depression is associated with high level of morbidity and it is the most common contributor to suicide. Refugees have highe...

Background A strong health information system (HIS) is one of the essential building blocks for a resilient health system. The Ministry of Health (MOH) of Ethiopia is working on different initiatives to strengthen the national HIS. Among these is the Capacity-Building and Mentorship Partnership (CBMP) Programme in collaboration with public universi...

Background: Health facility-community linkages are important in designing community-level interventions, appropriate immunization service provision modalities, and changing unhealthy behaviors. However, there is limited evidence on the influence of community and facility linkage on vaccination services in Ethiopia. Aim: This study aimed to explore...

Introduction Depression is a commonly overwhelming problem among patients with epilepsy which compromises their quality of life especially in developing countries. Previously limited studies were conducted using Becks Depression Inventory tool in Ethiopia. The aim of this study’s objective was to determine the prevalence of depression and associate...

Background Around $3.5 trillion globally and up to $2.78 billion in Ethiopia, losses are reported annually due to malnutrition. Even if in Ethiopia nutrition services are delivered free of charge, specific public health programs may start to charge users of services that include maternal and child health services. Therefore, this study was aimed to...

Background: Epilepsy has significant economic implications on health care needs, premature death, and lost work productivity. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the cost of illness of epilepsy and its associated factors in the Outpatient Department of University of Gondar Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia. Methods: We conducted an institu...

Introduction In Ethiopia, cataract surgery is mainly provided by donors free of charge through outreach programs. Assessing willingness to pay for patients for cataract surgery will help explain how the service is valued by the beneficiaries and design a domestic source of finance to sustain a program. Although knowledge concerning willingness to p...

Purpose Epilepsy is a global public health problem that causes a profound physical, psychological and social consequences. However, as such evidence in our country is limited, this study aimed to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and associated factors among patients with epilepsy. Methods An institution-based cross-sectional study...

Background. e health care a woman receives during pregnancy is important for her survival and baby, both at the time of delivery and shortly after that. In the context of high maternal morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, fewer than 80% of pregnant women receive antenatal care visit services. Receiving antenatal care visits at least four...

Background: Access to essential health care is one of the major factors associated with maternal mortality. In developing countries, improving women's access to health care has significantly reduced maternal death. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the determinants of access to health care among women in East African countries based on 2008 t...

Background Cervical cancer is one of the profound threats to women’s lives and the fourth most common cancer among women. Ethiopia launched the human papilloma vaccination for the first time, with the support of the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization (GAVI) in 2018. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the acceptability of the h...

Background: Fall is a major public health problem and potentially disabling issue. A vast burden of visually impaired live in low-middle income countries particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Limited ability to detect environmental hazards puts visually impaired at a greater risk of falls and unintentional injuries. Falls among visually impaired is...

Background: Diabetes mellitus, which has a wide range of effects on the physical, social and psychological aspects of the well-being of a person, is a common and challenging chronic disease that causes a significant rate of morbidity and mortality. However, studies in our country, by and large, focused on the impact of the disease in terms of mort...

Objective Community based health insurance schemes are becoming recognized as powerful method to achieve universal health coverage and reducing the financial catastrophic shock of the community. Therefore, this study aimed to assess willingness to pay for community-based health insurance and associated factors among rural households of Bugna Distri...

Objective: Globally, cities generate 1.3 billion tons of solid waste per year, amounting to a rate of 1.2 kg per person per day. Solid waste management is an important challenge to both the developed and developing countries. This study aimed to assess the willingness to pay for the improved solid waste management and associated factors among hous...

Objective: Diabetes, a rising global health problem, requires continuous self-care practice. There are limited studies about self-care practice, and most of the studies conducted in Ethiopia focused on some parts of the recommended self-care practices. Therefore, this study aimed to assess diabetes self-care practice and associated factors among d...

Background: "Fertility desire" is the intention of people to have more children despite being diagnosed with HIV, whereas intentions denote a commitment to implement that desire. Despite the overwhelming effects of HIV on a fetus, there is a desire for fertility among people positive for the virus/disease worldwide. Therefore, this study aimed to a...

Background “Fertility desire” is the intention of people to have more children despite being diagnosed with HIV, whereas intentions denote a commitment to implement that desire. Despite the overwhelming effects of HIV on a fetus, there is a desire for fertility among people positive for the virus/disease worldwide. Therefore, this study aimed to as...

Background Fall is one of the most common and potentially disabling issues among people with visual impairment. Fall is a major public health problem and the leading cause of unintentional injury, disability and premature death worldwide. Several population based studies have reported poor vision as a frequent risk factor for falls yet large number...

Objective: To identify factors for healthcare utilization and to describe effect of Mutual Health Insurance on health service utilization in rural community in South Achefer, North West Ethiopia. Methods: Across-sectional study was conducted. A total of 652 households consented to participate in the study (326 insured and 326 uninsured household...