Womens Health (Lond)
December 2024
Background: Women's empowerment is essential for achieving sustainable development goals. It involves enabling women to take control of their lives by giving them the agency, resources, and opportunities they need to make their own choices and reach their full potential. If more women are empowered to use modern contraceptives, greater reductions in maternal mortality will follow.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA growing body of evidence suggests that adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the healthcare system. Fifteen to twenty-five percent of patients with epilepsy discontinued antiseizure drugs (ASDs) within 6 months of therapy owing to intolerable adverse drug reactions. In Ethiopia, the prevalence of antiseizure adverse drug reactions and associated factors was not extensively conducted in advanced settings like Jimma Medical Centers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Because of the rapidly rising cultural diversity, the ability to recognize cultural diversity is extremely important to all healthcare professionals, especially to nurses. However, there is a paucity of information regarding the cultural sensitivity of nurses in Ethiopia. Hence, this study aimed to assess cultural sensitivity and associated factors among nurses working at Jimma Medical Center, Oromia Regional State, Southwest Ethiopia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEvid Based Complement Alternat Med
October 2023
Objective: This study is designed to assess the pattern of nonadherence, and associated factors among ambulatory patients with epilepsy at Jimma Medical Center, Southwestern Ethiopia, from November 2020 to April 2021.
Methods: A hospital-based prospective observational study was employed. A consecutive sampling method was used to recruit study participants.