Introduction: trachoma is one of the neglected tropical diseases and the world’s leadinginfectious cause of preventable blindness. this preventable blindness is mainly reduced bypreventive measures affiliated with pre-existing knowledge about the disease’s nature,transmission, and prevention strategies. the extracted result will be an asset for integratedfuture intervention, which boosts knowledge of the community, and finally, put a cornerstonein reducing the burden of the disease.
Methods: a community-based cross-sectional study in the rural lemo district of southethiopia covering 552 households was conducted from 1st July–30th July 2021. We used amultistage sampling technique. seven kebeles were selected using a simple random samplingmethod. then, a systematic random sampling procedure with a five-interval size was appliedto select the household.our study assessed the association between the outcome variable and explanatory variablesusing binary and multivariate logistic regressions. the adjusted odds ratio was calculated andvariables with a p-value below 0.05 at the 95% confidence interval were considered statisticallysignificant.
Results: the study found that 58.5% (95% ci: 54.2–62.9%) of participants had good knowledgeregarding trachoma. Having good attitude towards trachoma (aor: 4.68, 95% ci: 3.09–7.10),and receiving health education (aor: 3.12, 95% ci: 2.04–4.77), were significantly associatedwith good knowledge of trachoma.
Conclusion: of the study participants, 58.5% had good knowledge towards trachoma. Healtheducation and good attitude were variables associated with good knowledge of trachoma. itis advisable to take action to make people aware of trachoma through health educationabout the disease’s nature, transmission, and prevention strategies.
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