Research Article
Health Care Waste Segregation Behavior among Health Workers in Uganda: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior
Table 1
Participants’ characteristics.
| Characteristic | | % |
| Sociodemographics | | | Gender | | | Male | 85 | 52.1 | Female | 78 | 47.9 | Professional characteristics | | | Type of training | | | Doctor | 4 | 2.5 | Lab technician | 24 | 17.2 | Nursing assistant | 32 | 19.6 | Clinical officer | 18 | 11.0 | Nurse/midwife | 83 | 50.9 | Others | 2 | 1.3 | Organizational characteristics | | | Level of HF | | | HC II | 39 | 23.9 | HC III | 74 | 45.4 | HC IV | 12 | 7.4 | Hospital | 38 | 23.3 | Ownership of the HF | | | Government | 95 | 58.3 | NGOs | 68 | 41.7 | Personal characteristics | | | Perceived risk | | | Yes | 130 | 78.9 | No | 33 | 20.2 | Knowledge on HCW segregation | | | Yes | 117 | 71.8 | No | 46 | 28.2 | Knowledge on color coded bins | | | Yes | 39 | 23.9 | No | 124 | 76.1 | Adequate training | | | Yes | 64 | 39.3 | No | 99 | 60.7 | Department worked in | | | OPD | 44 | 27.0 | Laboratory | 26 | 16.0 | Immunization | 6 | 3.7 | Wards | 43 | 26.4 | Others | 44 | 27.0 |
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HCF: Health Care Facility, HC: Health Center, NGO: Nongovernment Organization, OPD: Outpatient Department, HC II includes clinics.
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