XXXX - gaps in knowledge and practice among healthcare workers in Lagos, August 2014.

@entity1 @entity12767 @entity2598
OBJECTIVE: @entity12767 ( @entity12767 ) play pivotal roles in outbreak responses. @entity2598 ( @entity2598 ) outbreak spread to Lagos, Nigeria, in July 2014, infecting 11 @entity12767 (case fatality rate of 45%). This study was conducted during the outbreak to assess @entity12767 ' @entity2598 -related knowledge and practices. METHODS: A health facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted among @entity12767 across Lagos State using stratified sampling technique. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was administered to elicit respondents' socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge and practices. A checklist assessing health facility's level of preparedness and @entity12767 ' @entity2598 -related training was employed. @entity12767 ' knowledge and practices were scored and classified as either good or poor. Multivariate analysis was performed with confidence interval set at 95%. RESULTS: A total of 112 health facilities with 637 @entity12767 were recruited. Mean age of respondents was 40.1      10.9  years. Overall, 72.5% had good knowledge; doctors knew most. However, only 4.6% of @entity12767 reported good practices. 16.6% reported having been trained in identifying suspected @entity2598 @entity1 (s); 12.2% had a triaging area for febrile @entity1 in their facilities. Higher proportions of @entity12767 with good knowledge and training reported good practices. @entity12767 with @entity2598 -related training were three times more likely to adopt good practices. CONCLUSION: Lagos State @entity12767 had good knowledge of @entity2598 without a corresponding level of good practices. Training was a predictor of good practices.
