Table 6.
Factors associated with perceived health professionals' knowledge about early warning information, preparedness and response regarding the common disasters, Jimma Zone, South West Ethiopia, March 2014.
| Variables | Comprehensive knowledge about common disasters | COR | 95%CI for COR | AOR | 95%CI for AOR | ||
| Poor perceived knowledge | Good perceived knowledge | Total | |||||
| (n=144) | (n=233) | (n=377) | |||||
| Institution | |||||||
| Hospital | 40(27.8%) | 66(28.3%) | 106(28.1%) | 0.86 | 0.37,1.98 | 1.04 | 0.28, 3.83 |
| Health center | 93(64.6%) | 146(62.7%) | 239(63.4%) | 0.82 | 0.37,1.78 | 1.02 | 0.29, 3.47 |
| Health office | 11(7.6%) | 21(9.0%) | 32(8.5%) | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 93(64.6%) | 131(56.2%) | 224(59.4%) | 1.42 | 0.93, 2.18 | 1.27 | 0.79,2.03 |
| Female | 51(35.4%) | 102(43.8%) | 153(40.6%) | 1 | - | ||
| Age in years | |||||||
| < 20 | 4(2.8%) | 0 (0%) | 4(1.1%) | - | - | - | - |
| 20–24 | 34(23.6%) | 37(15.9%) | 71(18.8%) | 0.72 | 0.29,1.83 | 0.29 | 0.07,1.16 |
| 25–34 | 81(56.2%) | 124(53.2%) | 205(54.4%) | 1.02 | 0.44,2.38 | 0.57 | 0.17,1.9 |
| 35–44 | 15(10.4%) | 57(24.5%) | 72(19.1%) | 2.53 | 0.95,6.76 | 1.52 | 0.45,5.07 |
| >=45 | 10(6.9%) | 15(6.4%) | 25(6.6%) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Single | 73(50.7%) | 107(45.9%) | 180(47.7%) | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Married | 69(47.9%) | 126(54.1%) | 195(51.7%) | 1.25 | 0.82,1.89 | 0.83 | 0.48,1.43 |
| Current job | |||||||
| Head | 2(1.4%) | 4(1.7%) | 6(1.6%) | 1.24 | 0.22,6.87 | 1.91 | 0.29,12.3 |
| Program coordinator | 16(11.1%) | 26(11.2%) | 42(11.1%) | 1.01 | 0.52,1.95 | 1.35 | 0.51,3.59 |
| Staff/expert | 126(87.5%) | 203(87.1%) | 329(87.3%) | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Level of education | |||||||
| Certificate | 2(1.4%) | 7(3.0%) | 9(2.4%) | 1 | - | - | - |
| Diploma | 74(51.4%) | 155(66.5%) | 229(60.7%) | 0.59 | 0.12, 2.95 | 0.7 | 0.11,4.38 |
| Bachelor's degree | 67(46.5%) | 71(30.5%) | 138(36.6%) | 0.3 | 0.06,1.51 | 0.45 | 0.07,2.97 |
| Profession | |||||||
| Nursing | 71(50.4%) | 151(67.7%) | 222(61.0%) | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| HO | 14(9.9%) | 14(6.3%) | 28(7.7%) | 0.47 | 0.21, 1.04 | 2.65 | 0.68,10.29 |
| MD | 2(1.4%) | 7(3.1%) | 9(2.5%) | 1.65 | 0.33, 8.12 | 1.96 | 0.4, 9.56 |
| Environmental Health | 8(5.7%) | 4(1.8%) | 12(3.3%) | 0.24 | 0.07, 0.81 | 5.41 | 0.63, 46.1 |
| Pharmacy | 14(9.9%) | 11(4.9%) | 25(6.9%) | 0.37 | 0.16, 0.86 | 1.15 | 0.16, 8.1 |
| Lab | 19(13.5%) | 19(8.5%) | 38(10.4%) | 0.47 | 0.24, 0.94 | 1.03 | 0.21, 5.10 |
| Midwifery | 5(3.5%) | 12(5.4%) | 17(4.7%) | 1.13 | 0.38, 3.33 | 1.68 | 0.37, 7.61 |
| Others* | 8(5.7%) | 5(2.2%) | 13(3.6%) | 0.29 | 0.09, 0.93 | 3.69 | 0.64, 21.2 |
| Service year in current job | |||||||
| Less than 1 year | 48(33.3%) | 49(21.0%) | 97(25.7%) | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 1–5 years | 72(50.0%) | 121(51.9%) | 193(51.2%) | 1.65 | 1.01,2.69 | 0.45 | 0.17,1.19 |
| 6 years and above | 24(16.7%) | 63(27.0%) | 87(23.1%) | 2.57 | 1.39,4.76 | 0.92 | 0.39, 2.17 |
| Total service year | |||||||
| 5 years or less | 94(65.3%) | 127(54.5%) | 221(58.6%) | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| More than 5 years | 50(34.7%) | 106(45.5%) | 156(41.4%) | 0.64 | 0.27,1.53 | 0.31 | 1.0,67.8 |
| Ever trained on disaster | |||||||
| Yes | 25(17.9%) | 47(20.9%) | 72(19.7%) | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| No | 115(82.1%) | 178(79.1%) | 293(80.3%) | 0.82 | 0.48,1.41 | 0.84 | 0.44,1.61 |