• OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD EXPOSURES AND HEALTH OUTCOMES AMONG SANITARY WORKERS IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS, ETHIOPIA 

  SINA TEMESGEN TOLERA; Dr Tesfaye Gobena (Ph.D., Asso. Professor),; Nega Assefa (Ph.D., Professor) (Haramaya University, 2025-08)

  Background: Occupational hazards often jeopardize the health and safety of hospital staff, particularly sanitary workers (SWs) due to their working conditions, which are common problems in low-middle -income countries. ...
• SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND THE ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMOG WASTE COLLECTORS IN JIGJIGA CITY, SOMALI REGIONAL STATE, EASTERN ETHIOPIA. 

  Ali Awduale Obsiye (BSc); Dr. Roba Argaw (PhD, Assistant Professor); Dr.Sina Temesgen (PhD, Assistant Professor,) (Haramaya University, 2025-12)

  Background: Solid waste management is a critical public health and environmental issue, particularly in low-income countries where waste collectors face high occupational risks due to direct exposure to hazardous ...
• HAND HYGIENE COMPLIANCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN HEALTH FACILITIES OF BEDENO AND GOLA ODA DISTRICT OROMIA REGIONAL STATE, EASTERN ETHIOPIA 

  JEMAL ABDI MOHAMMED (BSC); Mr. Dechasa Adare Mengistu (Assistant Professor); Dr. Tesfaye Gobena (PhD, Associate Professor) (Haramaya University, 2025-12)

  Background: Healthcare workers are frequently exposed to pathogens through contact with patients, body fluids, contaminated surfaces, waste, mucous membranes, and even their own skin, making their hands a major vehicle ...
• USER SATISFACTION AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN SEPTIC TANK BASED WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT AMONG CONDOMINIUM HOUSEHOLDS IN HARAR AND DIRE DAWA CITIES, EASTERN ETHIOPIA 

  WUBET MEKURIA (BSC); Dr. Abraham G. (PhD, Associate professor); Mr. Yohannes M. (Assistant Professor) (Haramaya University, 2025-12)

  Background: - User satisfaction is the condition at which perceived performance of service meet users’ expectation. Whereas, Septic tank-based wastewater management is management of liquid waste collecting in a ...
• MICROBIAL INDOOR AIR QUALITY, ASSOCIATED FACTORS, AND ADVERSE BIRTH OUTCOMES IN HARARGHE HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEILLANCE SITE (HHDSS), EASTERN ETHIOPIA 

  TEGBARU NIBRAT (BSC); Yohannes Mulugeta (MPH, Assistant professor); Abraham Geremew (PhD, Associate professor) (Haramaya University, 2025-12)

  Background: Microbial contaminants in indoor environments, including bacteria, fungi, viruses, and their by products, pose a significant risk to human health, particularly for vulnerable populations. These microbes ...
• ASSESSMENT OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AT HOUSEHOLD LEVEL IN HARAMAYA SUB-CITY, MAYA CITY, EASTERN, ETHIOPIA 

  SIRAJ ABDELA MOHAMMED (BSc); MR. YOHANNES MULUGETA (ASSISTANT PROFESSOR); DR. TESFAYE GOBENA (PHD, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR) (Haramaya University, 2025-09)

  Background: With increasing urbanization and population growth, solid waste management become a significant challenge globally, especially in developing countries like Ethiopia. Despite efforts to address this issue, ...
• UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN HARARGE HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, KERSA WOREDA, ETHIOPIA 

  NARDOS DEBEBE TUFA; ABRAHAM GEREMEW (PhDASSOCIATE PROFESSOR); DR. ROBA ARGAW (ASSISTANT PROFESSOR) (Haramaya University, 2025-12)

  Background: Climate change is a growing global threat to human health and ecological systems. Fluctuations in key climate variables such as average temperature, rainfall, and humidity significantly impact the transmission ...
• OCCUPATIONAL INJURY AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG NATIONAL CEMENT SHARE COMPANY WORKERS AT DIRE DAWA, EASTERN ETHIOPIA. 

  LEYLA USMAN(BSC); Mr. Negga Baraki (Assistant Professor); Dr. Sina Tamesgen (Haramaya University, 2025-11)

  Back ground:Throughout the world, occupational exposure to cement dust and noise continue to cause serious public health problems and are leading cause of disability and disease among workers. There are 2 million ...
• OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG SECONDERY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN HARARIREGIONAL STATE, EASTERN ETHIOPIA. 

  HAWI AHMED (BSc); Dr. Roba Argaw (Ph.D, Assistant Professor); Dr. SinaTemesgen (Ph.D, Assistant Professor) (Haramaya University, 2025-12)

  Background: Occupational stress, stemming from excessive workloads and work-related pressures, has a detrimental effect on employees' health and performance, often leading to anxiety and burnout.However, there is limited ...
• OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTORS IN DIRE DAWA CITY, EASTERN ETHIOPIA 

  JABER ABDUREHMAN EBRO (BSc); Dr. Roba Argaw (PhD, Assistant Professor); Mr. Negga Baraki (MPH, Assistant Professor) (Haramaya University, 2025-12)

  Background: Globaly, there are 2.3 million deaths each year that are related to the Solid waste workplaces. The largest portion 2.0 million is related to occupational diseases and 0.3 million to occupational injuries ...
• CUSTOMERS’ SATISFACTION AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS ON SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE IN HARAR CITY, EASTERN ETHIOPIA 

  Ermiyas Worku Wegayehu; (PhD, ) Abreham Geremew; (Assis Prof) Negga Baraki (Haramaya University, 2024-04)

  Solid waste collection and disposal practices had a serious human health related problem. Community satisfaction on the practice of solid waste collection plays significant role for the success of the collection process. ...
• MAGNITUDE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH NEEDLE STICK AND SHARP INJURIES AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN REFERRAL HOSPITALS IN JIGJIGA TOWN, EASTERN ETHIOPIA,2023. 

  ABDINEJIB MAHAMUD (BSc); Mr. Sina Temesgen (PhD Fellow, Assistant Professor); Mr. Negga Baraki (MPH, Assistant Professor) (Haramaya University Harar, 2024-06)

  Background: Needle stick injuries are common among healthcare workers who come into contact with patient blood and body fluids, posing a risk of morbidity and mortality. Limited studies have been conducted on the ...
• PREVALENCE OF DIARRHEA AMONG UNDER FIVE CHILDREN AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH FOOD HYGIENE PRACTICE AMONG HOUSEHOLDS OF RURAL KEBELES OF HARARI REGION, ETHIOPIA 2023. 

  BETHLEHEM DENEKE ABOYE(BSc); NEGGA BARAKI (ASSISTANT PROFESSOR); DR.TESFAYE GOBENA (PHD, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR) (Haramaya University, 2024-02)

  Introduction: Diarrhea is the second most prevalent cause of death in children under the age of five and affects around 1.7 billion children worldwide every year, killing an estimated 525 000 people. Similar to this, ...
• HOUSEHOLDS PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG HOUSHOLDS IN HARAR TOWN, EASTERN ETHIOPIA 

  Biruk Tesfaye; Dr. Abraham Geremew; Dr. Tesfaye Gobena (Haramaya University, 2023-12)

  Plastic wastes impose serious environmental pollutions and health problems in humans and animals. These problems are worsened in low-income countries like Ethiopia. Evidence on how households plastic wate management, ...
• Occupational Injuries and Associated Factors among Small Scale Industry Workers in Harar Town, Eastern Ethiopia 

  Desi Debelu Balemie; Mr. Sina Temesgen; Mr. Negga Baraki (Haramaya University, 2023-10)

  Background: Small-scale enterprises are among the highest ranked industry in terms of risks for occupational injuries. The rate of the injuries is high in middle and low-income countries, including Ethiopia. In Harar town, ...
• RURAL WATER SUPPLY SCHEMES FUNCTIONALITY STATUS AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN GURSUM WOREDA, EAST HARARGHE ZONE, EASTERN ETHIOPIA, 2023 

  Yared Gashaw (BSc.); Abraham Geremew (PhD, Assistant Professor); Sina Temesgen (PhD Candidate, Assistant Professor) (Haramaya University, 2023-10)

  Background: A high rate of non-functionality status of the water supply schemes developed has been observed both at the national and regional levels, implying a negative impact on the country’s water supply and sanitation ...
• COMPLIANCE WITH INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL PRACTICE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS OF HARAR TOWN, EASTERN ETHIOPIA 

  Muaz Mohammed(BSc); Mr. Sina Temesgen (Assistant Professor, PhD Fellow); Mr. Negga Baraki (MPH, Assistant Professor) (Haramaya University, 2023-10)

  Background: Infection in healthcare facilities is a major public health problem in most developing countries like Ethiopia. Currently, the overall incidence of health care associated infectionsand the burden of the ...
• HYGIENE BEHAVIOR AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN HARAMAYA DISTRICT, EAST HARARGHE ZONE, EASTERN ETHIOPIA 

  Ahmed Kelifa; Dr. Abraham Geremew; Dr. Tesfaye Gobena (Haramaya University, 2023-12)

  Background: Poor hygiene behaviors create a serious public health threat to school children. Infectious diseases, one of the major problems faced by school children, are most commonly associated with poor personal hygiene. ...
• PESTICIDES HANDLING PRACTICE AND THE ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG FARMERS WORKING IN IRRIGATION IN ZUWAY DUGDA DISTRICT OF ARSI ZONE, SOUTH EAST, ETHIOPIA 

  Ibrahim Hashim Edao; Dr. Tesfaye Gobana; (Assis Profe) Negga Baraki (Haramaya University, 2023-10)

  Pesticides have critical effects on human health. Because of the high amount of pesticides used, individual exposure is almost inevitable. In developing countries, pesticides are widely used for a variety of purposes. ...
• EXISTING SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE, HOUSEHOLDS’ WILLINGNESS TO PAY TO SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN HARAR CITY, EASTERN ETHIOPIA: A CONTINGENT VALUATION STUDY 

  Haileyesus Girma (Haramaya University, 2022-06)

  Background: In Ethiopia, inappropriate handling and disposal of solid waste is common in major cities where waste is dumped along roadsides and in the open spaces. Consequently, solid waste is seriously endangering the ...

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