Yohannes Kebede
Biographic Data
| ID | 109073 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yohannes Kebede |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yohannes |
| FAMILY NAME | Kebede |
| SIGNATURE | KEBEDE Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jimma University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2920-5862 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Understanding loss to follow up in HIV care
Loss to follow-up (LTFU) remains a persistent challenge in HIV care despite advances in antiretroviral therapy. Sociobehavioral factors, including individual beliefs, psychosocial dynamics and social context, strongly influence patient retention. This study explored determinants of LTFU among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Oromia, Ethiopia. A facility-based case-control study was conducted among 986 randomly selected PLHIV across 19 health fac…
Integrating social and behavior change communication into mass drug administration campaigns for neglected tropical diseases
Background: Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) remain a significant public health concern despite control efforts. Current control strategies rely heavily on mass drug administration (MDA), often overlooking complementary interventions like social and behavior change communication (SBCC). Given the complexity of behavior and its role in intervention uptake, this study explored experiences, best practices, and lessons learned from integrating a ta…
Insights to optimizing health extension workers’ time use and efficiency in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: The Health Extension Program (HEP) is Ethiopia's flagship program introduced in 2003 to ensure equitable access to primary healthcare services. Recently, inefficiency in the time use patterns of staff of the HEP, including absenteeism and non-productive engagements, has been reported as a major challenge. OBJECTIVE: This qualitative study explored what factors influenced their time use and efficiency. METHODS: This is a qualitative st…
Effectiveness of engaging religious leaders in maternal health education for improving maternal health service utilization in Ethiopia
Introduction High mortality rates for pregnant women and their new-borns are one of Africa’s most intractable public health issues today, and Ethiopia is one of the countries most afflicted. Behavioral interventions are needed to increase maternal health service utilizations to improve outcomes. Hence, this trial aimed to evaluate effectiveness of trained religious leaders’ engagement in maternal health education on maternal health service utiliz…
Implementation, experience, and challenges of urban health extension program in Addis Ababa
Although the program had a significant contribution to the health of community, it was affected by different challenges that underscore the need to develop different strategies and taking of actions. Therefore, the district health office, health centers and stakeholders from different sectors should have to support and motivate the HEPs and HDAs, and work together with them for successful implementation of the program
Primary school students’ poetic malaria messages from Jimma zone, Oromia, Ethiopia
The poetic analysis indicated that the students developed and disseminated rich malarial messages, especially on malarial knowledge, and perceptions, beliefs, norms and practices of the local community to prevent and control malaria. Therefore, primary school students can be a source of information and would effectively communicate knowledge, perceptions, and promote malaria related practices, particularly in rural settings
Acceptability and feasibility of the school-engaged social and behavior change communication approach on malaria prevention in Ethiopia
With a considerably high level of acceptability, the school-engaged SBCC strategy to enhance malaria preventive practices seems feasible. The SBCC strategy targeting personal factors such as malaria threat perceptions, knowledge and skills on the program, and contextual factors that include school social climate and community support would be fruitful to facilitate the implementation of the program. The result implicates the benefit of intensifyi…
Risk perceptions and attitudinal responses to Covid-19 pandemic
Understanding people's perceived health threat and efficacy is a critical step toward creating risk communication campaigns. Hence, this study provided an insight that has the potential to inform the COVID-19 risk communication campaigns targeting the educated section of the society, by ensuring a balanced combination of threat appeals and efficacy messages for improved self-protective responses
Perceived sustainability of the school-based social and behavior change communication (SBCC) approach on malaria prevention in rural Ethiopia
The study identified key predictive variables such as stakeholders' perceived risk to malaria, self-efficacy, perceived fidelity of implementation and degree of adoption that could help to improve the sustainment of the school-based SBCC approach on malaria prevention and control. Further longitudinal study should be conducted to examine the rate of decline in program components over time and how improved sustainability would contribute to the ef…
Messenger students’ engagement scale
A two-year school-based malaria education intervention was developed to engage students as implementers in malaria prevention and control in the Oromia region, Ethiopia. The current study aimed to validate messenger students' engagement scale (MSES) in malaria education. The scale development process was done stepwise. Multiple behavioural theories were examined to derive possible domains of engagement. Next, a pool of items was developed by link…
“I Can’t Answer What You’re Asking Me. Let Me Go, Please.”
Cognitive interviewing is a method to develop culturally appropriate survey questions and scale items. We conducted two rounds of cognitive interviews with 24 pregnant women in Ethiopia and Kenya to assess the appropriateness, acceptability, and comprehension of general and micronutrient supplement adherence-specific social support scales. We stopped the first round of cognitive interviews after receiving negative feedback from interviewers and p…
Does social connectedness influence risky sexual behaviours? finding from Ethiopian youths
Background: Various studies on risk sexual behaviours focus on personal factors. However, the influence of essential social factors needs a profound concern. Methods: An institutional based cross-sectional study triangulated with qualitative data was conducted at North Shewa Zone, from February to March 2016. Six hundred and thirty-five students were selected using a multi-stage sampling method. Self-administered questionnaire and focus group dis…
HIV preventive behavior and associated factors among mining workers in Sali traditional gold mining site bench maji zone, Southwest Ethiopia
The HIV preventive behavior of the mining worker was low. Being engaged in sexual intercourse with one sexual partner is very low, Consistent condom use among these mining workers was low. Income, educational status and self efficacy have significant effect on the HIV preventive behavior of mining workers. Thus this population group should be understood as at risk population at national level
Messenger students’ engagement scale
A two-year school-based malaria education intervention was developed to engage students as implementers in malaria prevention and control in the Oromia region, Ethiopia. The current study aimed to validate messenger students' engagement scale (MSES) in malaria education. The scale development process was done stepwise. Multiple behavioural theories were examined to derive possible domains of engagement. Next, a pool of items was developed by link…
HIV preventive behavior and associated factors among mining workers in Sali traditional gold mining site bench maji zone, Southwest Ethiopia
The HIV preventive behavior of the mining worker was low. Being engaged in sexual intercourse with one sexual partner is very low, Consistent condom use among these mining workers was low. Income, educational status and self efficacy have significant effect on the HIV preventive behavior of mining workers. Thus this population group should be understood as at risk population at national level
“I Can’t Answer What You’re Asking Me. Let Me Go, Please.”
Cognitive interviewing is a method to develop culturally appropriate survey questions and scale items. We conducted two rounds of cognitive interviews with 24 pregnant women in Ethiopia and Kenya to assess the appropriateness, acceptability, and comprehension of general and micronutrient supplement adherence-specific social support scales. We stopped the first round of cognitive interviews after receiving negative feedback from interviewers and p…
Does social connectedness influence risky sexual behaviours? finding from Ethiopian youths
Background: Various studies on risk sexual behaviours focus on personal factors. However, the influence of essential social factors needs a profound concern. Methods: An institutional based cross-sectional study triangulated with qualitative data was conducted at North Shewa Zone, from February to March 2016. Six hundred and thirty-five students were selected using a multi-stage sampling method. Self-administered questionnaire and focus group dis…
Messenger students’ engagement scale
A two-year school-based malaria education intervention was developed to engage students as implementers in malaria prevention and control in the Oromia region, Ethiopia. The current study aimed to validate messenger students' engagement scale (MSES) in malaria education. The scale development process was done stepwise. Multiple behavioural theories were examined to derive possible domains of engagement. Next, a pool of items was developed by link…
Implementation, experience, and challenges of urban health extension program in Addis Ababa
Although the program had a significant contribution to the health of community, it was affected by different challenges that underscore the need to develop different strategies and taking of actions. Therefore, the district health office, health centers and stakeholders from different sectors should have to support and motivate the HEPs and HDAs, and work together with them for successful implementation of the program
Primary school students’ poetic malaria messages from Jimma zone, Oromia, Ethiopia
The poetic analysis indicated that the students developed and disseminated rich malarial messages, especially on malarial knowledge, and perceptions, beliefs, norms and practices of the local community to prevent and control malaria. Therefore, primary school students can be a source of information and would effectively communicate knowledge, perceptions, and promote malaria related practices, particularly in rural settings
Acceptability and feasibility of the school-engaged social and behavior change communication approach on malaria prevention in Ethiopia
With a considerably high level of acceptability, the school-engaged SBCC strategy to enhance malaria preventive practices seems feasible. The SBCC strategy targeting personal factors such as malaria threat perceptions, knowledge and skills on the program, and contextual factors that include school social climate and community support would be fruitful to facilitate the implementation of the program. The result implicates the benefit of intensifyi…
Risk perceptions and attitudinal responses to Covid-19 pandemic
Understanding people's perceived health threat and efficacy is a critical step toward creating risk communication campaigns. Hence, this study provided an insight that has the potential to inform the COVID-19 risk communication campaigns targeting the educated section of the society, by ensuring a balanced combination of threat appeals and efficacy messages for improved self-protective responses
Perceived sustainability of the school-based social and behavior change communication (SBCC) approach on malaria prevention in rural Ethiopia
The study identified key predictive variables such as stakeholders' perceived risk to malaria, self-efficacy, perceived fidelity of implementation and degree of adoption that could help to improve the sustainment of the school-based SBCC approach on malaria prevention and control. Further longitudinal study should be conducted to examine the rate of decline in program components over time and how improved sustainability would contribute to the ef…
Effectiveness of engaging religious leaders in maternal health education for improving maternal health service utilization in Ethiopia
Introduction High mortality rates for pregnant women and their new-borns are one of Africa’s most intractable public health issues today, and Ethiopia is one of the countries most afflicted. Behavioral interventions are needed to increase maternal health service utilizations to improve outcomes. Hence, this trial aimed to evaluate effectiveness of trained religious leaders’ engagement in maternal health education on maternal health service utiliz…
Integrating social and behavior change communication into mass drug administration campaigns for neglected tropical diseases
Background: Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) remain a significant public health concern despite control efforts. Current control strategies rely heavily on mass drug administration (MDA), often overlooking complementary interventions like social and behavior change communication (SBCC). Given the complexity of behavior and its role in intervention uptake, this study explored experiences, best practices, and lessons learned from integrating a ta…
Insights to optimizing health extension workers’ time use and efficiency in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: The Health Extension Program (HEP) is Ethiopia's flagship program introduced in 2003 to ensure equitable access to primary healthcare services. Recently, inefficiency in the time use patterns of staff of the HEP, including absenteeism and non-productive engagements, has been reported as a major challenge. OBJECTIVE: This qualitative study explored what factors influenced their time use and efficiency. METHODS: This is a qualitative st…
Understanding loss to follow up in HIV care
Loss to follow-up (LTFU) remains a persistent challenge in HIV care despite advances in antiretroviral therapy. Sociobehavioral factors, including individual beliefs, psychosocial dynamics and social context, strongly influence patient retention. This study explored determinants of LTFU among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Oromia, Ethiopia. A facility-based case-control study was conducted among 986 randomly selected PLHIV across 19 health fac…
Medicine (10 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (8 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Public health (6 works) · Biostatistics (5 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · Malaria (4 works)