Conference Abstract | Volume 8, Abstract ELIC202527 (Oral 137) | Published: 18 Aug 2025
Yusuf Mohamed Yusuf1, Abdulmajid Said Siad2, Abdirizak Mohamud Yusuf1,&
1Public Health Department, Ministry of Health Development, Hargeisa Somaliland, 2Department of Family Health, Federal Ministry of Health, Mogadishu, Somalia, 3Department of Family Health, Federal Ministry of Health, Mogadishu, Somalia
&Corresponding author: Abdirizak Mohamud Yusuf, Department of Family Health, Federal Ministry of Health, Mogadishu, Somalia. Email: abdirizak.moh20@gmail.com
Received: 19 May 2025, Accepted: 09 Jul 2025, Published: 18 Aug 2025
Domain: Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Keywords: One health, knowledge, perceptions and health professionals, Somaliland
©Yusuf Mohamed Yusuf et al. Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health (ISSN: 2664-2824). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Cite this article: Yusuf Mohamed Yusuf et al., Assessment of knowledge and perceptions of health professionals towards one health program in Somaliland. Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health. 2025;8(ConfProc5):00037. https://doi.org/10.37432/jieph-confpro5-00037
A descriptive cross-sectional design was employed, involving 422 participants from diverse health fields including doctors, nurse midwives, public health workers, lab technicians, veterinary doctors, environmental health specialists, and health administrators. Data were gathered using self-administered questionnaires and analyzed with SPSS version 23.0.
The study shows health professionals mainly from Maroodi-jeex (34.8%) and Togdheer (23%), with smaller proportions from Awdal, Saaxil, Sanaag, and Sool. Females made up 59.7% of participants, with a mean age of 29 years and 5.2 years of experience. Educationally, 56.2% held a Bachelor’s degree, 27.7% a Diploma, 15.6% a Master’s, and 0.5% a PhD. Knowledge of One Health was significantly higher among those over 34 years (P < 0.001) and males (OR = 2.06, P = 0.001). Medical doctors demonstrated higher knowledge and perception scores compared to other professionals. Nurses, nutritionists, and lab technicians had significantly lower odds of positive perceptions (P < 0.01). Multivariate analysis indicated that higher education levels improved perceptions of One Health.
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