Predictors of Compliance to Biomedical Waste Segregation among Workers in Health Facilities in Jinja District, Uganda
Background: Compliance with biomedical waste segregation among healthcare workers, particularly in developing economies, is a major challenge. One of the main issues is establishing the predictors of compliance as a step toward addressing this challenge. Therefore, this study focused on establishin...
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| description | Background: Compliance with biomedical waste segregation among healthcare workers, particularly in developing economies, is a major challenge. One of the main issues is establishing the predictors of compliance as a step toward addressing this challenge. Therefore, this study focused on establishing the predictors of compliance to biomedical waste segregation among health workers in health facilities, focusing on the Jinja district in Uganda.
Method: This study utilized a cross-sectional study design that employed quantitative and qualitative methods using a questionnaire and key informant interview approaches.
Results: The results showed that most (54.7%) health workers were not compliant with biomedical waste segregation. Additionally, the study found that gender, education, cadre, and experience were not significantly associated with compliance with biomedical waste segregation (p> 0.05). It also revealed that health facility ownership and support supervision were significantly associated with compliance with biomedical waste segregation among health workers (p =0.001, p =0.000).
Conclusion: Health workers in the Jinja District do not generally comply with biomedical waste segregation. There is a need for the health system to increase efforts to support supervision and funding to reduce the effects of poor biomedical waste segregation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e6951e2d440e43d4ad714237a62bb7132025-08-20T02:14:11ZengAdventist University of AfricaPan-African Journal of Health and Environmental Science2789-61962789-620X2022-12-011211112810.56893/ajhes.2022-v1i2.252199Predictors of Compliance to Biomedical Waste Segregation among Workers in Health Facilities in Jinja District, UgandaDavid Mutekangahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6606-407XChristopher DdamuliraNathan Bagagirehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9728-3021Frederick Ndobolihttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3142-598XPaul Katambahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6502-0182Background: Compliance with biomedical waste segregation among healthcare workers, particularly in developing economies, is a major challenge. One of the main issues is establishing the predictors of compliance as a step toward addressing this challenge. Therefore, this study focused on establishing the predictors of compliance to biomedical waste segregation among health workers in health facilities, focusing on the Jinja district in Uganda. Method: This study utilized a cross-sectional study design that employed quantitative and qualitative methods using a questionnaire and key informant interview approaches. Results: The results showed that most (54.7%) health workers were not compliant with biomedical waste segregation. Additionally, the study found that gender, education, cadre, and experience were not significantly associated with compliance with biomedical waste segregation (p> 0.05). It also revealed that health facility ownership and support supervision were significantly associated with compliance with biomedical waste segregation among health workers (p =0.001, p =0.000). Conclusion: Health workers in the Jinja District do not generally comply with biomedical waste segregation. There is a need for the health system to increase efforts to support supervision and funding to reduce the effects of poor biomedical waste segregation.https://journals.aua.ke/ajhes/article/view/252biomedical wastesegregationhealth carewaste managementuganda |
| spellingShingle | David Mutekanga Christopher Ddamulira Nathan Bagagire Frederick Ndoboli Paul Katamba Predictors of Compliance to Biomedical Waste Segregation among Workers in Health Facilities in Jinja District, Uganda Pan-African Journal of Health and Environmental Science biomedical waste segregation health care waste management uganda |
| title | Predictors of Compliance to Biomedical Waste Segregation among Workers in Health Facilities in Jinja District, Uganda |
| title_full | Predictors of Compliance to Biomedical Waste Segregation among Workers in Health Facilities in Jinja District, Uganda |
| title_fullStr | Predictors of Compliance to Biomedical Waste Segregation among Workers in Health Facilities in Jinja District, Uganda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Predictors of Compliance to Biomedical Waste Segregation among Workers in Health Facilities in Jinja District, Uganda |
| title_short | Predictors of Compliance to Biomedical Waste Segregation among Workers in Health Facilities in Jinja District, Uganda |
| title_sort | predictors of compliance to biomedical waste segregation among workers in health facilities in jinja district uganda |
| topic | biomedical waste segregation health care waste management uganda |
| url | https://journals.aua.ke/ajhes/article/view/252 |
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