Author : Ghouth asba*, break asb, bamossa aab, baamer aba and melkat aa
Keyword : Common diseases; phc; mukalla
Subject : Public health
Article Type : Original article (research)
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Abstract : Background: What are the common diseases in any community? And who will decide this csoncept? The community the health facility registers? Or family members (parents for example) health workers from their daily observation? These questions were not yet addressed by academia or health professionals in Yemen. Aim: to assess the common diseases in PHC urban settings in Mukalla city in Hadramout at Eastern Yemen. Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted in Mukalla city in Yemen in 8 PHC centers. Three data sources were investigated in this study. A questionnaire and checklist were prepared to collected data by trained medical students. All health workers in the PHC centers were interviewed and 240 family members were interviewed as well as author’s review the patient registers of the selected centers for one month before the study. Results: A total of 17 diseases were identified as common diseases in PHC out of them six diseases were identified from all the three sources , they are: Fever, respiratory tract infection, diarrhea, hypertension, DM and Tonsillitis & Pharyngitis, in group two only GIT problems identified in two data sources while another 10 diseases identified in at least one source. Diarrhea, respiratory tract infections and fever are the most common diseases among children under 5 years of age that were reported both by community members and health workers. Both family members and health workers reported hypertension as the first common disease in male adults while family ,members reported fever (31%) as a second common diseases followed by DM (21%). Health workers reported that the second common diseases in male adults is DM (50%) followed by fever (47%). Conclusion: A total of 17 diseases were identified as the common diseases presented in primary health care settings in Mukalla city
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Article add date : 2020-10-15
How to cite : Ghouth asba*, break asb, bamossa aab, baamer aba and melkat aa. (2020-October-15). Common diseases presenting in primary health care in yemen: investigation of three data sources in phc setting. retrieved from https://www.openacessjournal.com/abstract/289