Perceptions of medical waste exposure prevention among medical waste handlers in Hadiya zone, Ethiopia: a mixed-methods study using the health belief model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical waste is material generated during health facilities that constitutes a serious health hazard to its handlers and the patients. However, medical waste handling has received less attention in practice, and existing research is inconclusive as well. Therefore, this study assessed the perception of medical waste exposure prevention among medical waste handlers in Hadiya Zone, Ethiopia.

Methods

A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted by using quantitative and qualitative methods among 325 medical waste handlers from May 5 to June 5, 2022. A pretested, structured questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data, and checklists were used to collect qualitative data from eight in-depth interview participants and later triangulated with quantitativ

SUBMITTER: Bubamo BF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11916940 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature