Assessment of Health Care Providers Attitude and Associated Factors to Wards Safe Abortion at Public Hospitals, in Mekelle City, Tigray, Ethiopia; A Cross Sectional Study

Kalayou K Berhe; Zaid Tadesse; Alemayehu B Kahsay

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Kalayou K Berhe
Zaid Tadesse
Alemayehu B Kahsay

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abortion, health care providers, attitude, public hospital

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Assessment of Health Care Providers Attitude and Associated Factors to Wards Safe Abortion at Public Hospitals, in Mekelle City, Tigray, Ethiopia; A Cross Sectional Study. (2014). Global Journal of Medical Research, 14(30), 5-15. https://medicalresearchjournal.org/index.php/GJMR/article/view/

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Kalayou K Berhe

1. Kalayou K Berhe, et al. Assessment of Self Care Management and its Associated Factors among Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Mekelle Hospital and Ayder Referral Hospitals, Mekelle City, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2012/13 Global Journal of Medical Research ( F D ) Volume XVII Issue 1 Version I Year 2017 2. Kalayou Kidanu Berhe et al. Adherence to Diabetes Self-Management Practices among Type II Diabetic Patients in Ethiopia Greener Journal of Medical Sciences ISSN: 2276-7797 Vol. 3 (6), pp. 211-221, August 2013 3. Kalayou K Berhe et al Assessment of Diabetes Knowledge and its Associated Factors among Type 2 Diabetic Patients in Mekelle and Ayder Referral Hospitals, Ethiopia. J Diabetes Metab 2014, 5:5, 4. Kalayou K. Berhe, et al. Magnitude of depression and its associated factors among people diagnosed with type ii diabetes International Journal of Development Research Vol. 08, Issue, 08, pp. 22153-22159, August, 2018 5. Resom Tsegay, Alemseged Aregay, Kalayu Kidanu. et al. Determinant factors of home delivery among women in Northern Ethiopia: a case control study. BMC Public Health (2017) 17:289 6. Zeray Baraki, Fiseha Girmay,Kalayou Kidanu et al. on nursing process implementation and associated factors among nurses working in selected hospitals of Central and Northwest zones, Tigray Region, Ethiopia. Baraki et al. BMC Nursing (2017) 16:54 7. Eskedar Birhane, Kalayou Kidanu et al. Lifespan and associated factors of peripheral intravenous Cannula among infants admitted in public hospitals of Mekelle City, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2016. BMC Nursing (2017) 16:33 8. Gebrewahd Bezabh Gebremichael,Kalayou Kidanu Berhe et al. Uncontrolled hypertension and associated factors among adult hypertensive patients in Ayder comprehensive specialized hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018 BMC Cardiovascular Disorders (2019) 19:121 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-019-1091-6 9. Gebrewahd Bezabh Gebremichael, Kalayou Kidanu Berhe et al. Self-care practices and associated factors among adult hypertensive patients in Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018 BMC Res Notes (2019) 12:489 10. Gebreamlak Gebremedhn Gebremeskel, Kalayou Kidanu Berhe, et al. Magnitude of metabolic syndrome and its associated factors among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study BMC Res Notes (2019) 12:603 11. Sielu Alemayehu, Kalayou Kidanu, et al. Risk factors of acute respiratory infections among under five children attending public hospitals in southern Tigray, Ethiopia, 2016/2017 BMC Pediatr 19, 380 (2019)

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