Compiled Body of Works with Thesis

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Executive Summary This document contains a two years Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program outputs which is Submitted to St, Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College in Partial Fulfillment for the Degree of Master of Public Health in Field Epidemiology. It includes reports of disease outbreak investigation, surveillance data analysis, surveillance system evaluation, health profile report and manuscripts and full thesis report on factors associated with early sex initiation among preparatory student in Addis Ababa. The report contains abstract, introduction, methods, discussions, conclusion, recommendations, and acknowledgement and references separately. Accordingly the document is organized to five chapters; chapter one contains diseases outbreak investigations. We conducted AWD outbreak investigations in Lideta Sub city. We identified that common risk factors of the epidemic were eating vegetable, raw meat and common tap water were contributed for AWD outbreak in the Sub city. Chapter two contains report of surveillance data analysis which was conducted on dysentery case in Lideta Sub city. In data analysis three years data were used. Trends and seasonality of dysentery were also determined. And also the incidence rates for three consecutive years were identified. Similarly chapter three addresses surveillance system evaluation entitled “An Evaluation of Measles Surveillance system in Lideta Sub city”. This chapter clearly presents the purpose and objectives of the measles surveillance and it’s Progress towards its objectives. Measles surveillance attributes: simplicity, flexibility, stability, acceptability, representativeness, timeliness, data quality, sensitivity and Predictive positive value were also assessed in the chapter. Chapter four contains assessment of Lideta Sub city health profile. In the chapter health and health related data of the Sub city populations were evidently presented which is very imperative for prioritizing high-flying problems. It is basic for planning and undertaking appropriate public health interventions; and is entry point for operational public health researches. Stake holders of health and health related issues will access evidence based information for health planning from this chapter. Chapter five contains Scientific Manuscripts for Peer reviewed Journals. In his chapter one manuscripts on outbreak investigation was presented. Chapter six continue full thesis report on factors associated with early sex initiation among preparatory student in Addis Ababa