2023/11/26 by Kabeta, Tadele, Duguma, Misgana, Abera, Zelalem +1
#Anthrax #Attitude #Awareness #Knowledge #Practice #Questionnaire #West Wollega
paper · doi:10.20372/star.v7i1.02
Anthrax is zoonotic disease of public health importance. The disease negatively impacts the livestock production and causes worldwide concern because of its potential use as a biological weapon. A cross-sectional study was conducted from December, 2017 to June, 2018 in selected districts of west Wollega zone to assess knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of community on anthrax. The study was conducted through face to face interview by structured and pre-test questionnaires. The KAP variables were scored and pooled together. The mean score was computed to determine the overall knowledge, attitude and practice of the respondents; respondents who score greater than or equal to mean value are grouped as good Knowledge, attitude and practice, while that less than the mean value was poor for each. In this study, a total of 200 individuals were interviewed from two districts. Majority of participants stated that they had heard the disease called anthrax. More of respondents indicated they know about the transmission of disease from animal to human. The respondents were showed that, the disease can be occurred throughout of the year; the disease was affecting all breed (local, cross and pure exotic); many species (bovine, equine and small ruminants); both sex and all age of the animals. There were statically significant association was observed between knowledge and attitude score; and sex of participants at (P=0.00). The practice score was statically significant associated (P<0.05) with sex, age, and occupation of the study participants. The findings indicated that, majority of the respondent had good knowledge; good attitude and good practice with 67.2%, 78.6% and 71.6% a respondent respectively. The KAP score of current finding conclude that respondents had good knowledge, attitude and practice. Therefore, based on the conclusion, still awareness creation on all aspect in one- health concept is strongly recommended.