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Abstract

Background: Communicable diseases are responsible for a heavy burden on human health. Health workers were the front line in preventing these diseases. Wrong or positive attitudes of health workers can reflect negatively or positively on infection control efforts. The primary objective of study evaluating attitudes levels between health care workers towards transferable diseases. The secondary objective, assessing association with social-demographic characteristics of health workers. Materials and Methods: The data from Al-Sadr Hospital, by use a frequency study started from the 1st of December 2021 to the 30th of May in 2022. The sample from 384 health care workers by using a self-survey administration, the data collected randomly sample, then collected then analyzed via a statistical program. Results: The current study showed that (58.1%) of health workers had positive attitudes. Also, the result indicated that (66.1%) of the participants are females, half of them were hold a bachelor's degree and married, the majority (51.5%) of them a young age group, (35.9%) of sample receive a training courses, (66.4%) have less than five years of experience, and in relations profession, (27.3) % from sample a nurses. In addition, showed no significant relationship between attitudes and socio-demographic characteristics of health workers. Conclusion: The study said that half or more half of the health care workers possesses positive attitudes, then these attitudes levels requirement to be raised up through by making a training developments on infection diseases control by health director. Maximum sample are young and have fewer than five years of experience in the profession, educational level a statistically significant with courses.

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