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Monitoring COVID-19 prevention practice in major cities in Ethiopia, June7-June 13/2021


Description
Id EPHI-DS0281
Name Monitoring COVID-19 prevention practice in major cities in Ethiopia, June7-June 13/2021
Format . SAV
Coverage Location National
Coverage Sex Both
Abstract

This Monitoring study was to enable proactive interventions on the basis of the practices observed by individuals who could be exposed to the transmission of COVID-19 across 15 different cities.The study involves weekly monitoring of individual behaviors towards the preventive practice of COVID-19 in 15 major cities of Ethiopia. The cities are Addis Ababa, Adama, Jimma, Bahir-Dar, Gondar, Hawassa, Wolaita Sodo, Hosaena, Mekelle, Dir Dawa, Harar, Jigjiga, Gambella, Assosa, and Semera. Eight service sectors (hot-spot sites for mobility) are selected based on the level of crowding that implies the presence of high risk for the transmission of COVID-19. A repeated cross-sectional observation design is being conducted on weekly basis involving one weekday and one weekend. Study Population includes all individuals visiting the selected eight sites for different reasons. Study participants are individuals who are found at the selected hotspot sites at the time of assessment. There will be 10 randomly identified individuals per facility on each day of data collection.  ODK  (Open Data Kit) used and a mobile application to collect data with GPS of the site of observation. Date deposited in a server is downloaded for merging and analysis using Excel and SPSS. 

Additional Material No
Keywords
  • COVID 19
  • Hand hygiene
  • Physical distancing
  • Ethiopia
  • Addis Ababa Universty
  • proactive intervention
Recommended Yes
Location
Cleaned No
Cleaned Format . csdb
RawFormat . csdb
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Date Data Collection Started -0001-11-30
Date Data Collection End -0001-11-30
Title Monitoring COVID-19 prevention practice: Hand hygiene, respiratory hygiene, and physical distance in major cities in Ethiopia
Data Type Survey
PublicationYear -0001
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Description

The study involves weekly monitoring of individual behaviors towards the preventive practice of COVID-19 in 15 major cities of Ethiopia and 3590 indivituals participated. The cities are Addis Ababa, Adama, Jimma, Bahir-Dar, Gondar, Hawassa, Wolaita Sodo, Hosaena, Mekelle, Dir Dawa, Harar, Jigjiga, Gambella, Assosa, and Semera. Eight service sectors (hot-spot sites for mobility) are selected based on level of crowding that implies the presence of high risk for the transmission of COVID-19. A repeated cross-sectional observation design is being conducted on weekly basis involving one-week day and one weekend. Study Population includes all individuals visiting the selected eight sites for different reasons. Study participants are individuals who are found at the selected hotspot sites at the time of assessment.

Dataset study design Longitudinal
Date Data Archived -0001-11-30
Date Data Cataloged -0001-11-30
Data Generating Unit Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI)
URL https://rtds.ephi.gov.et/public/showdetail/281

Tags
Unpublished

Open Access