Assessment of Community Awareness towards Common Zoonotic Diseases and Attitude to one Health Approach in Shalla District, West Arsi Zone, Ethiopia

摘要

A total of 404 study participants, selected purposively, cross-sectional questionnaire survey was performed from a period, September 2019 to March 2020. Farmers, students, butchers, restaurant workers, medical professionals and veterinarians were included. The study was undertaken to evaluate community`s awareness towards common zoonotic diseases and their attitude to One Health approach in and around Shalla District, West Arsi Zone, Ethiopia. 92.07% (372/404) of study respondents were heard about zoonosis. Diseases mentioned were rabies (80.9%), anthrax (48.5%), taeniasis (37.1%), corona virus (27.7%), bovine tuberculosis (26.2%),ebola virus (25.2%), brucellosis (21.02%) and echinococcosis (20.04%). 92.8% and 24.35%of respondents aware the transmission of the disease from animal to human and human to animal, respectively. Modes of transmissions mentioned includes, dog bite (89.1%), ingestion (70.5%), inhalation (38.6%), contact (26.2%), and vector born (17.8%). 81.7% of participants know that the disease could be acquired from diseased animal food products such as meat (70.8%) and milk (32.7%). 20.04% of participants aware about echinococcosis, which was low compared to other disease.80.7% and19.3% of participants had positive and negative attitude on One Health approach, respectively. Statistically insignificant difference in the level of awareness about One Health approach in age classifications (P=0.232) was recorded. However, statistically significant difference (P<0.05) in sex (P=0.013), education level (P=0.001) and profession (P=0.001) were recorded. Education through awareness creation and inter-disciplinary one health approach among veterinarians, public health practitioners and policy makers should be undertaken in order to improve recent low level of public awareness about zoonotic diseases.