Routine health information utilization and associated factors among health care professionals who work in public health institution North Gondar Public health institution, Amhara regional state, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017

Abstract

Introduction: Routine health information utilization is very important generates data collected from public health institution; the system is very important for measuring and improving the quality and coverage of health services at all level for doing the evidence-based decision making. Appropriate and well-designed health information flow to each of the health system backbone, information quality determinants and utilization remain weak with health institutions. Objective: To assess routine health information utilization and associated factor among health care professionals work in public health institution in North Gondar zone, Amhara regional state, Northwest Ethiopia. 2017.Methods:An institutional base cross-sectional study was conducted. The multi-stage simple random sampling technique was used to gate 720 health care professionals’. Structured & pretested questioners were used for data collection. The Data interred into Epi-Info version 7 using prepared data entry template. After editing data using the Epi-Info, it was exported to SPSS version 20 software for further cleaning and analysis purpose. The frequencies, proportion, and summary of statistical methods used to describe the study population in relation to the relevant variables. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression applied to see the effect of each independent variable on the dependent variable. Result: North Gondar administration overall current RHI utilization in public health facility was78.5% (565/720) and RHIU in the institutional variation was 84.9% (422/497) and 64.1% (143/223) health center. Sex (AOR=2.193, 95% CI: 1.471, 3.268***), Type of institution (AOR=3.566, 95% CI: 2.390, 5.320***), Standard indicator (AOR=3.279, 95% CI: 1.904, 5.647*), Information processing (AOR=1.905, 95% CI: 1.123, 3.230***) and Governance (AOR= 1.966 95% CI: 1.312, 2.947***). Conclusion: level of RHIU by health professionals’ was adequate but not satisfied. Sex, Type of institution, Standard indicator, Information processing and Governance were factors that affect the level of routine health information utilization.