Serawit, Elias (2017) Ethiopian Field Epidemiology Training Program (EFETP) Compiled Body of Works in Field Epidemiology. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
This document contains the whole outputs that are expected from an Ethiopian Field Epidemiology Training Program resident in the two years period. These outputs include reports of outbreak investigation, surveillance data analysis, evaluation of surveillance system, health profile description, scientific manuscript for peer reviewed journals, abstract for scientific presentation, narrative summary of disaster situation visited, proposal for epidemiologic study and others. It is composed of nine chapters. Following chapter nine questionnaires and checklists have been annexed that were used as tools to accomplish field activities. Chapter one deals with two outbreak investigation reports-rubella outbreak investigation report in Chena district, Keffa zone and scabies outbreak investigation in Halaba special woreda. Chapter two explains findings of five year’s (2011-2015) surveillance data analysis on malnutrition using surveillance database of regional public health emergency management core process. Chapter three addresses evaluation of typhoid fever surveillance system in Gedeo zone, SNNPR. Typhoid fever is one of weekly reportable disease under surveillance. Chapter four depicts health profile description report of kochere woreda, Gedeo zone. Chapter five and six mainly focus on communication that is abstract for scientific presentation and scientific manuscript for peer reviewed journals. These are derived from outputs already found in this body of work. Chapter seven, eight and nine elaborate narrative summary of disaster situation visited, proposal for epidemiologic research project and additional output (sample of weekly bulletin of surveillance), respectively. Epidemiologic research project is planned to be conducted in wonago district, Gedeo zone, SNNPR the place where highest population density have been observed. The area is also has problem of malnutrition as evidenced by weekly report of surveillance. Hence, this study will try to determine prevalence of malnutrition and factors associated with it focusing on the effectiveness of preventive nutrition interventions. Finally, annexes were added that have been used as a tool while field work was carried out.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Emmanuel Ndorimana |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Nov 2018 10:42 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Nov 2018 10:42 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/7977 |
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