Abraham Degarege

Biographic Data

ID7107706
NAMEAbraham Degarege
GIVEN NAMESAbraham
FAMILY NAMEDegarege
SIGNATUREDEGAREGE A
AFFILIATIONSAddis Ababa University
ORCID0000-0002-1537-6639
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Knowledge and practices of parents of school age children towards Helminthiasis and malaria in northwestern Ethiopia

    Open AccessAbebe Animut, Berhanu Erko et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    In general female responding parent, higher household income, and washing with soap after toilet or eating washed cabbage/fruit were associated with decreased risk of intestinal helminthiasis infection in children. In addition, higher income and participation in enviroinmental management based vector contol were associated with decreased malaria infection risk in children

  • Polysubstance use and adherence to antiretroviral treatment in the Miami Adult Studies on HIV (Mash) cohort

    Abraham Degarege, Karl Krupp et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2022

    Evidence for a relationship between polysubstance use, depression, and adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is limited. The objectives of this study were to examine the associations of depression, illicit drug, and alcohol use with adherence to ART. People living with HIV (PLHIV) from the Miami Adult Studies on HIV cohort were asked about the number of doses of their ART medication missed to assess ART adherence. Harmful alcohol drinking was…

  • Social disorganization and new HIV diagnoses, 2013‐2017, Florida

    Open AccessMary Jo Trepka, Rahel Dawit et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2022

    PURPOSE: To compare the role of neighborhood social disorganization factors on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnosis rates in urban and rural areas in Florida, we conducted an ecologic study of HIV diagnosis rates during 2013-2017 and social disorganization components, including concentrated disadvantage, ethnic heterogeneity, and residential instability. METHODS: Indices of social disorganization components were obtained from principal co…

  • Undernutrition and associated risk factors among school age children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Open AccessDawit Degarege, Abraham Degarege et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    Undernutrition is prevalent among school age children living in Lideta sub city, Addis Ababa. Policy makers should consider school age children in their nutrition policy documents and implement screening program and intervention strategy

  • Age-related factors influencing the occurrence of undernutrition in northeastern Ethiopia

    Open AccessAbraham Degarege, Elifaged Hailemeskel et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    Prevalence of undernutrition was higher in children than in adults and the association of sex and socioeconomic factors with undernutrition showed variation with age. However, helminth infection was not related with undernutrition in all age groups

  • Community knowledge, attitude and practice about malaria in a low endemic setting of Shewa Robit Town, northeastern Ethiopia

    Open AccessAndargie Abate, Abraham Degarege et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    A high level of knowledge about the cause, transmission and preventive methods of malaria was detected among the community in Shewa Robit Town. However, a considerable proportion had misconception about the cause and transmission of malaria suggesting the necessity of health education to raise the community's awareness about the disease