Response Preparedness to Viral Hemorrhagic Fever in Nigeria: Risk Perception, Attitude towards Lassa Fever
Received Date: Aug 04, 2015 / Accepted Date: Sep 10, 2015 / Published Date: Sep 18, 2015
Abstract
Objectives: The objective of the study was to determine the knowledge, attitude, and practices towards Lassa fever of tertiary health workers.
Setting: Two Federal Teaching Hospitals in Nigeria.
Participants: Doctors, nurses, laboratory scientists, health educator, environmental health officers, mortuary attendants, cleaners, pharmacists, physiotherapists, and health technicians.
Primary and secondary outcome measures: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a standardized, self-administered questionnaire, which enquired about the risk perception, knowledge, attitude, and health-seeking behavior towards Lassa fever.
Results: Risk perception among participants was fairly good, while compliance with universal precautions amongst these highly exposed populations should be improved.
Conclusions: Training on Lassa fever should be paired with appropriate and corresponding training on personal protective equipment.
Trial Registration: Not applicable.
Keywords: Lassa fever; KAP; Health workers; Nigeria
Citation: Adebayo D, Nwobi EA, Vincent T, Gonzalez JP (2015) Response Preparedness to Viral Hemorrhagic Fever in Nigeria: Risk Perception, Attitude towards Lassa fever. Epidemiology (sunnyvale) 5:199. Doi: 10.4172/2161-1165.1000199
Copyright: © 2015 Adebayo D, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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