Habtamu Sewunet Mekonnen
About
Grants and Awards
- Assessment of Community Responses during the early phase of the COVID-19 epidemic in Gondar City: risk perception, information exposure, and preventive measures: a Mixed approach (Megaproject). Award in May 2020 at University of Gondar, Ethiopia - Satisfaction, health condition, and life situation of elderly people in Metropolitan cities of northwest Ethiopia (Mega Research Grant). Award in November 2020 at University of Gondar
Supervision
Primary supervisor (Master students) 1. Chilot Kassa Mekonnen:. Knowledge and Associated Factors of Blood Pressure Control Among Hypertensive Patients Attending Chronic Illness Follow-Up Clinic at University of Gondar, Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest, Ethiopia 2. Dessie Alemnew Shiferaw: House-hold contact tuberculosis screening adherence and associated factors among tuberculosis patients attending at Health facilities in Gondar town, Northwest, Ethiopia 3. Tigist Bezabih: Isoniazid Preventive Therapy Adherence and Associated Factors among Adult HIV Positive Patients in Dessie Referral Hospital, 2020 4. Firomsa Fita: Knowledge, attitude, and associated factors towards older people care among nurses working at public hospitals in West Shoa zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia 5. Atsede Tadesse: Intestinal Obstruction Surgery Outcome and Associated Factors in University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019 6. Anteneh Hunegnaw: Prevalence and Associated Factors of Chronic Kidney Disease among Adult Hypertensive Patients at Northwest Amhara Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020 7. Thomas Fikade: Medication adherence and its associated factors among chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients at selected public hospitals, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia., 2022 8. Tsion Wagnew: Assessment of Knowledge and perception of nurses towards enteral nutrition and associated factors in University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Referral Hospital Northwest Ethiopia,2022. Co-supervisor (Master students) 1. Aster Desalew Kassie: Self-medication practice and associated factors among adult household members in Meket district, Northeast Ethiopia, 2017 2. Mesfin Shiferaw: Preterm birth determinants among newborns at six public hospitals in Northeast Amhara, Ethiopia: unmatched case-control study
Publication
1. Mekonnen, H. S., Gebrie, M. H., Eyasu, K. H., & Gelagay, A. A. (2017). Drug adherence for antihypertensive medications and its determinants among adult hypertensive patients attending in chronic clinics of referral hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia. BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, 18(27). doi:10.1186/s40360-017-0134-9 2. Kassie, A. D., Bifftu, B. B., & Mekonnen, H. S. (2018). Self-medication practice and associated factors among adult household members in Meket district, Northeast Ethiopia, 2017. BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, 19(15). doi:10.1186/s40360-018-0205-6 3. Molla, A. A., Gelagay, A. A., Mekonnen, H. S., & Teshome, D. F. (2018). Adherence to antiretroviral therapy and associated factors among HIV positive adults attending care and treatment in University of Gondar Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia. BMC Infectious Diseases, 18(266). doi:10.1186/s12879-018-3176-8 4. Mekonnen, H. S., & Azagew, A. W. (2018). Non-adherence to anti-tuberculosis treatment, reasons and associated factors among TB patients attending at Gondar town health centers, Northwest Ethiopia. BMC Research Notes, 11(1).doi:10.1186/s13104-018-3789-4 5. Mekonnen, H.S. A Critical Analysis of Care of a Patient with Heart Failure, Focusing on the Rehabilitation Process. (2018) J Heart Cardiology 5(1): 1- 5. 6. Habtamu S M. Rehabilitative Care of Adult with Diabetes Mellitus. JOJ Case Stud. 2018; 9(2): 555758. DOI: 10.19080/ JOJCS.2018.09.555758. 7. Ekubagewargies, D. T., Mekonnen, H.S., & Siyoum, T. M. (2019). Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of HIV Positive Mothers on Antiretroviral Treatment towards Infant Feeding in Gondar Town Health Institutions, North West Ethiopia, 2017. International Journal of Pediatrics, 2019, 1–9.doi:10.1155/2019/9107989 8. Mekonnen, H. S., & Ekubagewargies, D. T. (2019). Prevalence and factors associated with intestinal parasites among under-five children attending Woreta Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia. BMC Infectious Diseases, 19(256).doi:10.1186/s12879-019-3884-8 9. Shiferaw, D.A., Mekonnen, H.S. & Abate, A.T. House-hold contact tuberculosis screening adherence and associated factors among tuberculosis patients attending at health facilities in Gondar town, northwest, Ethiopia. BMC Infect Dis 19, 1063 (2019) doi:10.1186/s12879-019-4695-7 10. Mekonnen CK, Mekonnen BY, and Mekonnen HS. Knowledge and Associated Factors of Blood Pressure Control Among Hypertensive Patients Attending Chronic Illness Follow-Up Clinic at University of Gondar, Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest, Ethiopia. Vascular Health and risk Management, Dove press, (2019):15, 551—55. doi: https://doi.org/10.2147/VHRM.S225910 11. Tamiru AT, Rade BK, Taye EB, Azene ZN, Merid MW, Muluneh AG, Molla GM, Yenit MK, Taddese AA, Gelaye KA, Geberu DM, Tilahun SY, Mekonnen HS, Azagew AW, Wubneh CA, Belay GM, Assimamaw NT, Agegnehu CD, Azale T, Andualem Z, Dagne H, Gashaye KT, Kabito GG, Mekonnen TH, Daba S, Azanaw J, Adane T, Alemayehu M. Community Level of COVID-19 Information Exposure and Influencing Factors in Northwest Ethiopia. Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2020; 13:2635-2644. https://doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S280346 12. Kabito, G. G., Alemayehu, M., Mekonnen, T. H., Daba Wami, S., Azanaw, J., Adane, T., Azene, Z. N., Merid, M. W., Muluneh, A. G., Geberu, D. M., Kassa, G. M., Yenit, M. K., Tilahun, S. Y., Gelaye, K. A., Mekonnen, H.S., Azagew, A. W., Wubneh, C. A., Belay, G. M., Assimamaw, N. T., Agegnehu, C. D., … Gashaye, K. T. (2020). Community's perceived high risk of coronavirus infections during early phase of epidemics are significantly influenced by socio-demographic background, in Gondar City, Northwest Ethiopia: A cross-sectional -study. PloS one, 15(11), e0242654. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242654 13. Mekonnen, H.S., Azagew, A. W., Wubneh, C. A., Belay, G. M., Assimamaw, N. T., Agegnehu, C. D., Azale, T., Azene, Z. N., Merid, M. W., Muluneh, A. G., Geberu, D. M., Kassa, G. M., Yenit, M. K., Tilahun, S. Y., Gelaye, K. A., Tamiru, A. T., Rade, B. K., Taye, E. B., Taddese, A. A., Andualem, Z., … Alemayehu, M. (2020). Community’s misconception about COVID-19 and its associated factors among Gondar town residents, Northwest Ethiopia. Tropical Medicine and Health, 48, 99. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-020-00279-8 14. Taddese AA, Azene ZN, Merid MW, Muluneh AG, Geberu DM, Kassa GM, et al. (2021) Knowledge and attitude of the communities towards COVID-19 and associated factors among Gondar City residents, northwest Ethiopia: A community based cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE 16(4): e0248821. https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0248821 15. Azene ZN, Merid MW, Muluneh AG, Geberu DM, Kassa GM, et al. (2021) Correction: Adherence towards COVID-19 mitigation measures and its associated factors among Gondar City residents: A community-based cross-sectional study in Northwest Ethiopia. PLOS ONE 16(8): e0256954. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256954 16. Kerstin Erlandsson, Helena Lindgren, Lena Wettergren, Alemayehu Mekuriaw, Marta Berta, Mengstu Melkamu, Tewodros Seyoum, Solomon Hailemeskel, Abebaw Jember, Mohammed Hassen, Mignote Gebrie, Biftu Geda, Kassahun Gelaye, Sewunet Habtamu Mekonnen, Salomon Mekonnen Abebe & Kyllike Christensson (2021) Half-time evaluation of a new 4-year Ph.D. program in nursing and midwifery at the University of Gondar, Ethiopia, Global Health Action, 14:1, 1905304, DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2021.1905304 17. Fita, F., Mekonnen, H.S., Endalew, H.L. et al. Knowledge, attitude, and associated factors towards older people care among nurses working at public hospitals in West Shoa zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia. BMC Nurs 20, 248 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-021-00774-1 18. Mekonnen, H.S.; Lindgren, H.; Geda, B.; Azale, T.; Erlandsson, K. Translation, Cultural Adaptation, and Psychometric Properties of the Life Satisfaction Index for the Third Age—Short Form (LSITA-SF12) for Use among Ethiopian Elders. Nurs. Rep. 2021, 11, 981–996. https:// doi.org/10.3390/nursrep11040089 19. Anteneh Hunegnaw, Habtamu Sewunet Mekonnen, Masresha Asmare Techane, Chilot Desta Agegnehu, "Prevalence and Associated Factors of Chronic Kidney Disease among Adult Hypertensive Patients at Northwest Amhara Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020", International Journal of Hypertension, vol. 2021, Article ID 5515832, 8 pages, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/5515832