Health Care Providers’ Knowledge and Practice Gap towards Joint Zoonotic Disease Surveillance System: Challenges and Opportunities, Gomma District, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of health service providers, Gomma district, Jimma Zone, 2015.

Variable		Number ()	Percent (100%)
Sex	Male	111	34.4
	Female	212	65.6
Age in years	20–30	178	55.1
	31–40	123	38.1
	41–50	18	5.6
	51–58	4	1.2
Profession	B.S. nurse	48	14.9
	Diploma nurse	75	23.2
	Developmental agents	9	2.8
	Health officer	22	6.8
	Laboratory technologist	111	34.4
	Pharmacist	10	3.1
	Health extension workers	28	8.7
	Environmental Health	3	.9
	Animal science practitioners	17	5.3
Institution	Human district office	21	6.5
	Animal district office	7	2.2
	Health centre	239	74.0
	Health post	37	11.5
	Veterinary clinic	19	5.8
Marital status	Married	114	35.3
	Single	203	62.8
	Widowed	4	1.2
	Other	2	.60
Education level	Certificate	8	2.5
	Diploma	117	36.2
	B.S. degree	182	56.3
	Other	16	4.9
Religion	Orthodox	79	24.5
	Catholic	1	.3
	Protestant	141	43.7
	Islam	102	31.6
Ethnicity	Amhara	25	7.7
	Oromo	253	78.3
	Other	45	13.9
Work experience (in months)	1–12	36	11.1
	13–24	23	7.1
	25–36	30	9.3
	37–48	27	8.4
	49–60	36	11.1
	≥61	171	52.9