Awrajaw Dessie Zeleke
About
Grants and Awards
• Co-PI, Occupational Health Risk Mitigation (HRM) Methods for Sanitation Workers: Assessment of Barriers of Access and Practice of Safe Sanitation Work (SSW) in Ethiopia, 2021 • Economic and Health Burden of Poor Water And Sanitation and its Spatio-Temporal Trend of Risk Factors: An Approach to Implement Cost Effective Environmental Interventions, 2017/19 (PI) • Sustainability and Inclusion of WASH programs and hazard mapping in HDSS sites of University of Gondar (Co-investigator) • Level of indoor air pollution and its respiratory health impact on under five children and mothers in North Gondar zone, Ethiopia (Co-investigator)
Supervision
Primary Supervisor (Masters) 1. Getasew Yirdaw: Removal and Optimization of Lead (II) From Aqueous Solution using Noug (GuizotiaAbyssinica Cass.) Stalk Activated Carbon, Kokeb paint industry, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 2021 2. Nardos Hussen: Chronic respiratory Symptoms among roadside shopkeepers exposed to traffic-related air pollution in Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021: a comparative cross sectional study. 3. Mastewal Endalew: Acute pesticide intoxication and associated factors among Floriculture workers in Bahirdar City Area, North West Ethiopia: a comparative cross sectional study, 2020 4. Innawu Dalju: Prevalence of respiratory symptoms and associated factors among workers in tannery industries, Mojo town, Southeast Ethiopia, 2018. 5. Berihu Kiros: Prevalence of intestinal parasites among schoolchildren in rural area junior school, Glomekeda , Tigray, Northen Ethiopia, 2015 6. Minale Tesfa: Home Management of Acute Diarrhea and Associated Factors in Under five Children in Jabi Tehnan woreda, West Gojam, North West Ethiopia, 2013 Co-supervisor (Masters) 1. Kiros Werede: Assessment of dietary practice and associated factors among pregnant women in Yeka Sub city, Addis Ababa, 2019 2. Tsegaye Adane: Removal of Chromium (VI) From Aqueous Solution using Teff (Eragrostis Teff) Husk Based Activated Carbon, 2018 3. Mulugeta Gebreyohanes: Stunting and its associated factors among children aged 6-59 months in Dubti district of Afar Region, northeastern Ethiopia. 2018: Across-sectional study 4. Berhanu Derbew: Dietary diversity and associated factors among high School late adolescent girls in Tegede district, North West Ethiopia, 2018. 5. Solomon Tesfa: Assessment of safety practices and associated factors among employees of Dashen Brewery Share Company: Gondar, North West Ethiopia, 2016 6. Fentahun Adane: Computer Vision Syndrome and Associated Factors among Computer Users in Debre Tabor Town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016 7. Yemisrach Kefelew: Factors affecting the acceptance of an Electronic Medical Record System among health workers in public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2012
Publication
Journal Articles 1. Endalew M, Gebrehiwot M, Dessie A. Pesticide Use Knowledge, Attitude, Practices and Practices Associated Factors Among Floriculture Workers in Bahirdar City, North West, Ethiopia, 2020. Environmental Health Insights. 2022 Feb; 16:11786302221076250. 2. Gebreayohanes M, Dessie A. Prevalence of stunting and its associated factors among children 6–59 months of age in pastoralist community, Northeast Ethiopia: A community-based cross-sectional study. PloS one. 2022 Feb 3; 17(2):e0256722. 3. Tegegne E, Alemu Gelaye K, Dessie A, Shimelash A, Asmare B, Deml YA, Lamore Y, Temesgen T, Demissie B, Teym A. Spatio-Temporal Variation of Malaria Incidence and Risk Factors in West Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia. Environ Health Insights. 2022 Apr 28;16:11786302221095702. doi: 10.1177/11786302221095702. PMID: 35558819; PMCID: PMC9087229. 4. Mekonnen TH, Dessie A, Tesfaye AH. Respiratory symptoms related to flour dust exposure are significantly high among small and medium scale flour mill workers in Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional survey. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine. 2021 Dec; 26(1):1-0. 5. Adane, T., Dessie, A. Adaptability of Teff husk activated carbon for removal of hexavalent chromium from tannery wastewater at optimized process condition. Appl Water Sci 10, 199 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-020-01269-1 6. Andualem Z, Azene ZN, Dessie A, Dagne H, Dagnew B. Acute respiratory infections among under-five children from households using biomass fuel in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis. Multidisciplinary respiratory medicine. 2020 Jan 28;15(1). 7. Adane T, Haile D, Dessie A, Abebe Y, Dagne H. Response surface methodology as a statistical tool for optimization of removal of chromium (VI) from aqueous solution by Teff (Eragrostis teff) husk activated carbon. Applied Water Science. 2020 Jan;10(1):1-3. 8. Wami SD, Dessie A, Chercos DH. The impact of work-related risk factors on the development of neck and upper limb pain among low wage hotel housekeepers in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia: institution-based cross-sectional study. Environmental health and preventive medicine. 2019;24(1):27. 9. Dalju I, Dessie A, Bogale L, Mekonnen TH. Occupational risk factors associated with respiratory symptoms among tannery workers in Mojo town, Southeast Ethiopia, 2018: a comparative cross-sectional study. Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. 2019;14(1):1-10. 10. Wami SD, Abere G, Dessie A, Getachew D. Work-related risk factors and the prevalence of low back pain among low wage workers: results from a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2019;19(1):1-9. 11. Dagne H, Dessie A, Destaw B, Yallew WW, Gizaw Z. Prevalence and associated factors of scabies among schoolchildren in Dabat district, northwest Ethiopia, 2018. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine. 2019 Dec 1;24(1):67. 12. Dessie A, Gebrehiwot TG, Kiros B, Wami SD, Chercos DH. Intestinal parasitic infections and determinant factors among school-age children in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study. BMC research notes. 2019 Dec 1;12(1):777. 13. Chercos DH, Dessie A, Wami SD: Hospital Waste Handler’s Knowledge of Health care Waste Management at Gondar University Hospital: An institutional-based cross-sectional study. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development 2018, 32(4). 14. Dessie A, Adane F, Nega A, Wami SD, Chercos DH. Computer Vision Syndrome and Associated Factors among Computer Users in Debre Tabor Town, Northwest Ethiopia. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2018;2018. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/4107590 15. Wami SD, Chercos DH, Dessie A, Gizaw Z, Getachew A, Hambisa T, et al. Cotton dust exposure and self-reported respiratory symptoms among textile factory workers in Northwest Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study. Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology. 2018;13(1):13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12995-018-0194-9 16. Tezera ST, Chercos DH, Dessie A. Self-reported safety practices and associated factors among employees of Dashen brewery share company, Gondar, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology. 2017;12(1):22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12995-017-0169-2 17. Dessie A, Alemayehu E , Mekonen S, Legesse W, Kloos H, & Ambelu A. (2014). Solar Disinfection: An Approach for Low-Cost Household Water Treatment Technology in Southwestern Ethiopia. Journal Of Environmental Health Science And Engineering, 12(1), 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/2052-336X-12-25
