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Motivation and job satisfaction of community health workers in Ethiopia: a mixed-methods approach



Ejigu, Y., Abera, N., Haileselassie, W. et al. Motivation and job satisfaction of community health workers in Ethiopia: a mixed-methods approach. Hum Resour Health 21, 35 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-023-00818-4 

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National Assessment of the Health Extension Program in Ethiopia: Study Protocol and Key Outputs

   

Yibeltal Kiflie Alemayehu, Girmay Medhin, Alula M. Teklu. National Assessment of the Health Extension Program in Ethiopia: Study Protocol and Key Outputs. Ethiop J Health Sci. 2203;33(si1):3. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v33i1.2S.

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Does Combining Antenatal Care Visits at Health Posts and Health Centers Improve Antenatal Care Quality in Rural Ethiopia?

   

Mekdes Demissie, Netsanet Abera, Leake Gebremeskel, Daniel Tadesse, Tegene Legese Dadi, Tadele Zebere, Setegn Tigabu, Fasil Walelign, Yibeltal Kiflie Alemayehu, Alula M. Teklu, Gimay Medhin, Seleshi Zeleke. Does Combining Antenatal Care Visits at Health Posts and Health Centers Improve Antenatal Care Quality in Rural Ethiopia? Ethiop J Health Sci. 22023;33(si1):49. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v33i1.6S

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The Quality of the Logistics Management Information System and the Availability of Tracer Drugs at Health Posts in Rural Ethiopia

   

Bisrat Fantaye Denberu, Merga Belina, Mekdes Demissie, Netsanet Abera, Girmay Medhin, Alula M. Teklu, Melody Kelemu, Yibeltal Kiflie Alemayehu. The Quality of the Logistics Management Information System and the Availability of Tracer Drugs at Health Posts in Rural Ethiopia: A Mixed-Method Study. Ethiop J Health Sci. 22023;33(si1):25. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v33i1.4S.

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Does Combining Antenatal Care Visits at Health Posts and Health Centers Improve Antenatal Care Quality in Rural Ethiopia?

   

Habtamu Kebebe Kasaye, Tegene Legese Dadi, Mekdes Tigistu Yilma, Mulusew J. Gerbaba, Girmay Medhin, Getnet Mitike Kassie, Frehiwot Bekele, Frehiwot Nigatu, Alula M. Teklu. Does Combining Antenatal Care Visits at Health Posts and Health Centers Improve Antenatal Care Quality in Rural Ethiopia? Ethiop J Health Sci. 22023;33(si1):37. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v33i1.5S.

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Depression and Burnout among Health Extension Workers in Ethiopia: A Cross- Sectional Study

   

Rahel Birhane, Girmay Medhin, Mekdes Demissie, Berhan Tasew, Teklemichael Gebru, Biniyam Tadesse, Mulusew G. Jebena, Alula M. Teklu, Negussie Deyessa. Depression and Burnout among Health Extension Workers in Ethiopia: A Cross- Sectional Study Ethiop J Health Sci. 22023;33(si1):63. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v33i1.7S.

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Relevance of the Health Extension Program to the current Health Needs and Evolving demands of Rural Ethiopia

   

Wasihun Andualem Gobezie, Girmay Medhin, Mulusew G. Jebena, Mekdes Demissie, Yibeltal Kiflie Alemayehu, Alula M. Teklu, Girma Azene, Tegene Legese Dadi, Million Tesfaye. Relevance of the Health Extension Program to the current Health Needs and Evolving demands of Rural Ethiopia: A MixedMethod Analysis. Ethiop J Health Sci. 2203;33(si1):75. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v33i1.8S

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The Effect of Community Health Information System on Health Care Services Utilization in Rural Ethiopia

   

Setegn Tigabu, Girmay Medhin, Mulusew G. Jebena, Tegene Legese Dadi, Daniel Tadesse, Mekdes Demissie, Fasil Walelign, Zelalem Tazu, Shegaw Mulu, Yibeltal Kifle Alemayehu, Alula M. Teklu. The Effect of Community Health Information System on Health Care Services Utilization in Rural Ethiopia Ethiop J Health Sci. 2023;33(si1):15. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v33i1.3S.

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The impact of community-based health insurance on health service utilization and financial risk protection in Ethiopia

    Alemayehu, Y.K., Dessie, E., Medhin, G. et al. The impact of community-based health insurance on health service utilization and financial risk protection in Ethiopia.
 
BMC Health Serv Res 23, 67 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-09019-6



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Disparities in the implementation of the Health Extension Program in Ethiopia: Doing more and better towards universal health coverage.

 

   

Haregu T. N., Alemayehu YK, Alemu YA , Medhin G, Woldegiorgis MA , Fentaye FW, Gerbaba MJ, Teklu AT. (2022). Disparities in the implementation of the Health Extension Program in Ethiopia: Doing more and better towards universal health coverage.

Dialogues in Health. Volume 1 (2022): September 19, 2022, 100047   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dialog.2022.100047   

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USAID-funded obstetric ultrasound service interventions on maternal and perinatal health outcomes at primary healthcare facilities in Ethiopia: a propensity score matching analysis.

 

   

Yitbarek K, Tuji A, Alemayehu YK, Tadesse D, Tadele A, Tsegaye S, Abera Y, Abrar M, Ibrahim A, Esmael S, Belete M, Mohammed A, Shekabdulahi M, Olani H, Selamu A, Medhin G, Gerbaba MJ.

BMJ Open. 2022 Oct 11;12(10):e065351. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065351.


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Sexual and reproductive health service utilization of young girls in rural Ethiopia: What are the roles of health extension workers? Community-based cross-sectional study

   

Meskerem Jisso ,1 Merga Belina Feyasa ,2 Girmay Medhin,3,4 Tegene Legese Dadi ,1,4 Yilkal Simachew,1 Bisrat Denberu,5 Mulusew Gerbaba Jebena,6 Yibeltal Kiflie Alemayehun,4,6 Alula M Teklu4

 

BMJ Open 2022;12:e056639. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056639

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Barriers and facilitators of maternal health care services use among pastoralist women in Ethiopia: Systems thinking perspective

 

 
 

 

Mulusew G. Jebena1*, Million Tesfaye2, Gudina Abashula3, Sena Balina4, Ruth Jackson5, Yibeltal Assefa6, Yibeltal Kifle7,8, Chala Tesfaye9, Melaku Yilma9, Abiy Hiruy9, Alula Teklu8, Bezawit Adugna Bahru10, Esubalew Assefa11,12,13, Mekdes Demissie14, Getnet Mitike15 and Kora Tushune7 

 

Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice (2022) 12:27   

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13570-022-00236-6

 

Exploring complementary and competetive relations between non-communicable disease services and other health extension programme services in Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis

 

 

 

Azeb Gebresilassie Tesema, David Peiris, Rohina Joshi, Seye Abimbola, Fasil Walelign Fentaye, Alula M Teklu, Yohannes Kinfu

https://gh.bmj.com/content/7/6/e009025.full

 

Understanding the factors affecting attrition and intention to leave of health extension workers: a mixed methods study in Ethiopia 

 

 
 

 

Merhawi Gebremedhin Tekle, Habtamu Milkias Wolde, Girmay Medhin, Alula M. Teklu, Yibeltal Kiflie Alemayehu, Esie Gebrewahd Gebre, Frehiwot Bekele & Nikita Arora  

Human Resources for Health volume 20, Article number: 20 (2022) 

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-022-00716-1 

 

Unmet need for family planning among rural married women in Ethiopia: What is the role of the health extension program in reducing

unmet need?  

 

 
 

 

Daniel Tadesse1*, Girmay Medhin1,2, Getnet M. Kassie3 , Tegene Legese Dadi4 , Setegn Tigabu1 , Mekdes Demissie5,6, Mussie Alemayehu7 , Mulusew J. Gerbaba8 , Bisrat F. Denberu9 and Alula M. Teklu1

Reprod Health 19, 15 (2022).  

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-022-01324-x 
 
https://reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12978-022-01324-x 

Continuum of maternity care among rural women in Ethiopia: does place and frequency of antenatal care visit matter?  

 

 
 

 

Tegene Legese Dadi1,2* , Girmay Medhin2,3, Habtamu Kebebe Kasaye4 , Getnet Mitike Kassie5 , Mulusew Gerbaba Jebena6 , Wasihun Adualem Gobezie2,7, Yibeltal Kifie Alemayehu2,6 and Alula Meresa Teklu2 
 
Reprod Health 18, 220 (2021).  
 
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01265-x 


https://reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12978-021-01265-x 

 

Economic evaluation of Health Extension Program packages in Ethiopia.  

 

 
 

 

Lelisa Fekadu AssebeID1,2,3*, Wondesen Nigatu Belete1,2,3, Senait Alemayehu3,4, Elias Asfaw3,5, Kora Tushune Godana6 , Yibeltal Kiflie Alemayehu3,6,7, Alula M. Teklu3 , Amanuel Yigezu3,4 

 
 
(2021) PLoS ONE 16(2): e0246207.  
 
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246207 

 

Qualitative formative implementation research to inform introduction of a new essential medicine

 

 
 

 

Oliver, V. L., Tolera, M., Teklu, A. M., Minaye, A., Lambert, P., & McIntosh, M. P. (2019). Qualitative formative implementation research to inform introduction of a new essential medicine. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. doi:10.1016/j.sapharm.2019.07.011 

 
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1551741119301603?via%3Dihub= 

 

Exploring barriers to reproductive, maternal, child and neonatal (RMNCH) health-seeking behaviors in Somali region, Ethiopia. 

 

 
 

 

Jalu MT, Ahmed A, Hashi A, Tekilu A. Exploring barriers to reproductive, maternal, child and neonatal (RMNCH) health-seeking behaviors in Somali region, Ethiopia. PLoS One. 2019;14(3):e0212227. Published 2019 Mar 15. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0212227 

 
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0212227 

 

 Knowledge, perception and practice towards oxytocin stability and quality 

 

 
 

 

Oliver VL, Lambert PA, Than KK, Mohamed Y, Luchters S, Verma S, Yadav R, Kumar V, Teklu AM, Tolera M, Minaye A, McIntosh MP. Knowledge, perception and practice towards oxytocin stability and quality: A qualitative study of stakeholders in three resource-limited countries. PLoS One. 2018 Sep 25;13(9):e0203810. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203810. PMID: 30252860; PMCID: PMC6156023. 

 
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0203810 

 

Use of a qualitative case study to learn lessons from severe preeclampsia causing a maternal near-miss: a case report 

 

 
 

 

Tolera, M., Teklu, A.M., Ahmed, A. et al. Use of a qualitative case study to learn lessons from severe preeclampsia causing a maternal near-miss: a case report. J Med Case Reports 12, 277 (2018) doi:10.1186/s13256-018-1821-x 

 
https://jmedicalcasereports.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13256-018-1821-x 

 

Establishing a Multicenter Longitudinal Clinical Cohort Study in Ethiopia: Advanced Clinical Monitoring of Antiretroviral Treatment Project 

 

 
 

 

Teklu AM, Tsegaye E, Fekade D, Hailemelak A, Weiss W, Hassen E, Simmons N, Zewdu S, Berhan Y, Getachew A, Hagos T, Alebachew A, Damena M, Sitotaw Y, Assefa Y, Medhin G, Ruff A. Establishing a Multicenter Longitudinal Clinical Cohort Study in Ethiopia: Advanced Clinical Monitoring of Antiretroviral Treatment Project. Ethiop J Health Sci. 2017 Feb;27(Suppl 1):3-16. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v27i1.2s. PMID: 28465649; PMCID: PMC5402804. 
 
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ejhs/article/view/152417 

 

Patients who restart antiretroviral medication after interruption remain at high risk of unfavorable outcomes in Ethiopia 

 

 
 

 

Teklu AM, Yirdaw KD. Patients who restart antiretroviral medication after interruption remain at high risk of unfavorable outcomes in Ethiopia. BMC Health Serv Res. 2017 Apr 4;17(1):247. doi: 10.1186/s12913-017-2172-9. PMID: 28376805; PMCID: PMC5379766. 

 
https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-017-2172-9 

 

Factors Associated with Mortality of TB/HIV Co-infected Patients in Ethiopia 

 

 
 

 

Teklu AM, Nega A, Mamuye AT, Sitotaw Y, Kassa D, Mesfin G, Belayihun B, Medhin G, Yirdaw K. Factors Associated with Mortality of TB/HIV Co-infected Patients in Ethiopia. Ethiop J Health Sci. 2017 Feb;27(Suppl 1):29-38. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v27i1.4s. PMID: 28465651; PMCID: PMC5402803. 

 
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ejhs/article/view/152419 

 

Factors promoting and inhibiting sustained impact of a mental health task-shifting program for HIV providers in Ethiopia 

 

 
 

 

Jerene D, Biru M, Teklu A, Rehman T, Ruff A, Wissow L. Factors promoting and inhibiting sustained impact of a mental health task-shifting program for HIV providers in Ethiopia. Glob Ment Health (Camb). 2017 Dec 4;4:e24. doi: 10.1017/gmh.2017.21. PMID: 29230320; PMCID: PMC5719476. 

 
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/global-mental-health/article/factors-promoting-and-inhibiting-sustained-impact-of-a-mental-health-taskshifting-program-for-hiv-providers-in-ethiopia/309266808C8D4E867DA5ED7F2264C8B3 

 

Predictors of Hospitalization among Children on ART in Ethiopia: a Cohort study 

 

 
 

 

Haileamlak A, Hagos T, Abebe W, Abraham L, Asefa H, Teklu AM. Predictors of Hospitalization among Children on ART in Ethiopia: a Cohort study. Ethiop J Health Sci. 2017 Feb;27(Suppl 1):53-62. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v27i1.6s. PMID: 28465653; PMCID: PMC5402799. 

 
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ejhs/article/view/152421 

 

Establishing a Multicenter Longitudinal Clinical Cohort Study in Ethiopia: Advanced Clinical Monitoring of Antiretroviral Treatment Project 

 

 
 

 

Teklu AM, Tsegaye E, Fekade D, Hailemelak A, Weiss W, Hassen E, Simmons N, Zewdu S, Berhan Y, Getachew A, Hagos T, Alebachew A, Damena M, Sitotaw Y, Assefa Y, Medhin G, Ruff A. Establishing a Multicenter Longitudinal Clinical Cohort Study in Ethiopia: Advanced Clinical Monitoring of Antiretroviral Treatment Project. Ethiop J Health Sci. 2017 Feb;27(Suppl 1):3-16. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v27i1.2s. PMID: 28465649; PMCID: PMC5402804. 

 
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ejhs/article/view/152417 

 

Factors Associated with Mortality of TB/HIV Co-infected Patients in Ethiopia 

 

 
 

 

Teklu AM, Nega A, Mamuye AT, Sitotaw Y, Kassa D, Mesfin G, Belayihun B, Medhin G, Yirdaw K. Factors Associated with Mortality of TB/HIV Co-infected Patients in Ethiopia. Ethiop J Health Sci. 2017 Feb;27(Suppl 1):29-38. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v27i1.4s. PMID: 28465651; PMCID: PMC5402803. 
 
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ejhs/article/view/152419 

 

Patients who restart antiretroviral medication after interruption remain at high risk of unfavorable outcomes in Ethiopia 

 
 

 

Teklu AM, Yirdaw KD. Patients who restart antiretroviral medication after interruption remain at high risk of unfavorable outcomes in Ethiopia. BMC Health Serv Res. 2017 Apr 4;17(1):247. doi: 10.1186/s12913-017-2172-9. PMID: 28376805; PMCID: PMC5379766. 
 
https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-017-2172-9 

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