Table 4.

Association of selected variables with utilization of printed IEC materials among health workers, South West Ethiopia, June, 2009

Variables		Ever used IEC materials			P-value	AOR (95% CI)
		Yes	No	Total
	Male *	102	51	153		1.00
Sex	Female	104	46	150	0.435	0.77 (0.39–1.48)
	≤24*	96	60	156	0.248	1.00
	25–34	75	29	104	0.068	1.81 (0.95–3.43)
Age	35–44	32	6	38	0.252	2.31 (0.55–9.67)
	≥45	3	2	5	0.852	1.33 (0.06–28.13)
	EHE*	32	13	45	0.048	1.00
categories	Nurse	68	35	103	0.020	0.35 (0.14–0.85)
	Health Officer	11	3	14	0.860	0.86 (0.16–4.52)
	HEP	2	0	2	0.999	0.51 (0.01–1.34)
	Pharm.	29	3	32	0.397	1.85 (0.44–7.78)
	LT	20	16	36	0.020	0.23 (0.07–0.79)
	HEWs	44	27	71	0.999	0.23 (0.14–0.85)
Levels of Education	BSc*	52	28	80		1.00
	Diploma	110	42	152	0.999	1.20 (0.09–3.03)
	10+1	44	27	71	0.999	2.45 (1.00–4.89)
	≤1.00*	63	39	102	0.078	1.00
Work experiences in year	1.01–3.00	66	39	105	0.939	0.97 (0.50–1.88)
	3.01–5.00	32	7	39	0.011	3.71 (1.35–10.18)
	5.01–10.00	20	7	27	0.947	1.04 (0.31–3.39)
	≥10.01	25	5	30	0.324	2.41 (0.42–13.85)
Institution of graduate	Government*	157	90	247	0.004	1.00
	Private	49	7	56	0.001	10.46 (3.47–31.50)
Receive health ducation courses	Yes*	192	88	280	0.172	1.00
	No	8	3	11	0.681	1.40 (0.28–7.04)
	I do not remember	6	6	12	0.099	0.25 (0.05–1.29)
Believe the importance of HE	Yes*	194	93	287	0.217	1.00
	No	12	4	16	0.071	0.94 (0.61–8.78)
Believe in the importance of IEC Materials	Yes*	193	92	285	0.003	1.00
	No	13	5	18	0.004	0.56 (0.24–0.89)
Perceived understablity of the materials	Very good*	106	40	146	0.003	1.00
	Good	100	39	139	0.001	0.73 (0.12–0.95)
	Bad	0	18	18	0.018	0.56 (0.02–0.89)
Consider local context	Very good*	19	15	34	0.003	1.00
	Good	174	66	240	0.012	0.23 (0.04–0.97)
	Bad	13	16	29	0.035	0.37 (0.02–0.86)

^*reference group HE: Health Education LT: Laboratory Technician EHE: Environmental Health Expert