Assessment of knowledge attitude and practices among health care workers towards hepatitis B infection in General Hospital Gwarzo, Kano state Department: Public Health By: rainnjazz Project ID: 4790 Rating: (3.3) votes: 6Rate this project12345 Price:₦3000 Get the Complete MaterialAbstractThis work studied the Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of different health care workers towards Hepatitis B Infection at General Hospital Gwarzo, Kano State, Nigeria. A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used to gather the relevant information using self-administered paper questionnaires and interviews through the use of systemic random sampling technique to select the respondents. Data were analyzed using simple statistical techniques such as frequency and percentage. One hundred questionnaires were distributed to 100 health care workers all of which were returned, the various professional health care disciplines include: medical doctors, nurses, laboratory scientists/technicians, community health extension workers, community health officers and health attendants working at General hospital Gwarzo, Kano state. The result shows that almost all health care workers have good Knowledge and good Attitude as well as fair practices toward hepatitis B infection. However, medical doctors, nurses, achieved the highest response score followed by laboratory scientists/technicians and the least were community health extension workers, community health officers and health attendants which were due to educational discrepancies among the staff, insufficient supply of protective devices from the hospital management. Other recommendations were proposed to overcome the identified problems....Preview Download Preview +Other Public Health project topics and materials you might be interested in»Cultural practices and implication to health promotion among Akoko northeast local government area, Ondo state»Challenges of osteoarthritis and its management in older adults above 65 in Awuda village, Anambra state»The challenges facing confidentiality of patients health information and how to improve on it»Awareness of health risks and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases among youths in Wadata community, Makurdi, Benue state»Impact of public pit toilet system and its associated problems - case study of Udi lga, Enugu state»Assessment of the utilization of standard precaution in the prevention of disease among health care workers in Madonna University Teaching Hospital»Health seeking behaviours of persons with tuberculosis among residents in Amanator Ideato south Lga, Imo state»Awareness and practices in the prevention of iron deficiency anaemia among elderly in Owan east Lga, Edo state»Awareness of health implication of self-medication among the students of Paraclete Secondary School, Enugu state»Awareness of prostrate disorder and access to counselling among male adults in Madonna University Teaching Hospital, Rivers state»Health care seeking behaviour among the aged 60yrs in Bende local government area in Abia state»The attitude of pregnant women towards the utilization of insecticide treated mosquito nets in Gwale local government area of Kano state»Perception and attitude of women of childbearing age towards caesarian celivery in Ede South Local Government Area, Osun State»Knowledge, attitudes, practices and perceived benefits of environmental sanitation among adults in Osogbo local government area Osun state, Nigeria»Factors influencing the use of traditional medicine in the treatment of malaria among the residents of Arulogun area, Ede, Osun state