Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and health sciences, Oromia, Ethiopia
Research Article
Knowledge and preventive practice towards Non - communicable diseases risk factors among civil servants of Kellem Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia in January, 2019
Author(s): Hamba Fida*, Firafan Shuma and Wa kgari Mosisa
Background
According to WHO international report, more than 38% millions people die annually from Non-communicable diseases (63% of global deaths), including 16 million people who die before the age of 70. The objective of this study: Assessment of knowledge and practicing prevention of Non-communicable diseases’ risk factors among the civil servants in Kellem Wollega Zone, Oromia region, Western Ethiopia, January, 2019.
Methods
Government office based Cross-sectional study was conducted in three selected woredas of Kellem Wollega Zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia from January 1-30/. Administered structured questionnaire were used for data collection. The collected data were sorted manually, entered in to Computer and cleaned by using Epi-data version 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 23.0 for analysis. Descriptive stati.. View More»