COVID-19 Prevention Practices and Associated Factors Among Frontline Community Health Workers in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia

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Table 1 Sociodemographic and Other characteristics  of Frontline Community Health Workers in Jimma Zone, 2021 (n=421)

Variables	Categories	Numbers	%
Marital status	Single	217	51.54
	Married	187	44.42
	Others^a	17	4.038
Residence	Rural	268	63.66
	Urban	153	36.34
Religion	Orthodox	83	19.71
	Muslim	303	71.97
	Protestant	33	7.838
Educational status	Certificate	107	25.42
	Diploma	299	71.02
	Degree and above	15	3.563
Status of training on COVID-19 prevention measures	No	148	37.53
	Yes	273	62.47

Note: ^aDivorced, widowed.

Table 2 Sources of Information on Preventive Practices of Frontline Community Health Workers of Jimma Zone Towards COVID-19, 2021 (n=421)

Source of Information	Frequency	%
Television	315	74.82
Radio	257	61.05
Health educator	236	56.06
Internet and social media	197	46.79
Co-workers	153	36.34
Health care workers	141	33.49
Neighbors and friends	75	17.81
Newspaper	63	14.96

Figure 1 Description of independent variables with preventive practices towards COVID-19 among frontline community health workers in Jimma zone, 2021 (n=421).

Table 3 Prevention Status of Frontline Health Workers Measured by Specific Items Towards COVID-19 in Jimma Zone, 2021 (n=421)

	Never		Rarely		Sometimes		Often		Always
	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
How often do you wash or disinfect your hands?	34	8.08	86	20.43	104	24.7	149	35.39	48	11.4
How often do you avoid touching your face and eyes with unwashed hands?	28	6.65	55	13.06	153	36.34	164	38.95	21	4.99
How often do you use a face mask?	96	22.8	158	37.53	80	19	68	16.15	19	4.51
How often do you use a face mask, paper tissue, or elbow when sneezing, coughing, or having a runny nose?	70	16.6	128	30.4	135	32.07	63	14.96	25	5.94
How often do you throw your used face masks and tissue papers in separate bags and then in a bin?	75	17.8	117	27.79	95	22.57	71	16.86	63	15
How often do you regularly disinfect surfaces of personal objects and places?	63	15	89	21.14	105	24.94	138	32.78	26	6.18
How often do you shake hands with others?	25	5.94	16	3.8	47	11.16	160	38	173	41.1
How often do you kiss others?	98	23.3	168	39.9	53	12.59	84	19.95	18	4.28
How often do you hug others?	238	56.5	69	16.39	44	10.45	50	11.88	20	4.75
How often do you keep at least a 2 meter distance from others?	229	54.4	87	20.67	32	7.601	53	12.59	20	4.75
How often do you follow the news about COVID-19 per week?	49	11.6	145	34.44	66	15.68	80	19	81	19.2

Table 4 Factors Associated with Preventive Practices Towards COVID-19 Among Frontline Health Workers in Jimma Zone, 2021 (n=421)

Variables	Categories	Practice Status		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
		Poor	Good
Marital status	Unmarried^a	169	65	1	1
	Married	58	129	5.78 (3.79–8.82)^b	3.36 (2.20–5.13)^b
Age in years	<30 years	111	59
	≥30 years	116	135	2.19 (1.46–3.27)^b	1.38 (0.79–2.43)
Educational status	Certificate	58	49	1	1
	Diploma	155	134	0.96 (0.62–1.50)	0.73 (0.41–1.29)
	Degree and above	4	11	3.25 (0.97–10.87)	1.77 (0.45–4.00)
Residence	Rural	148	120	1	1
	Urban	79	74	1.15 (0.78–1.72)	1.19 (0.72–1.98)
Work experience	<5 years	47	38
	5−10 years	73	58	0.98 (0.57–1.70)	2.03 (0.98–4.19)
	≥10 years	107	98	1.13 (0.68–1.88)	1.18 (0.61–2.27)
Monthly Income (ETB)	<4,000 ETB	43	36	1	1
	4,000–5,999	134	96	0.85 (0.51–1.43)	0.73 (0.36–1.51)
	≥6,000 ETB	50	62	1.48 (0.83–2.64)	1.00 (0.44–2.3)
Training	No	106	52
	Yes	121	142	2.39 (1.58–3.61)^b	2.28 (1.39–3.74)^c
Knowledge status	Poor knowledge	124	56	1	1
	Good knowledge	103	138	2.96 (1.98–4.45)^b	2.46 (1.52–3.99)^b
Attitude	Negative	138	33	1	1
	Positive	89	161	7.56 (4.77– 11.98)^b	5.88 (3.52–9.80)^b

Notes: ^aSingle, divorced and widowed, ^bSignificant at p-value<0.001, ^csignificant at p-value<0.05. Hosmer Lemeshow goodness of model fit p-value=0.215.

Abbreviations: COR, crude odds ratio; AOR, Adjusted odds ratio.