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Dr. Worku Animaw Temesgen

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+251912272634

Worku.Animaw@bdu.edu.et

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Phone Number

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Academic Degree

PhD

Academic Rank

Associate Professor

At Bahir Dar University Since

2013

School

Nursing and Midwifery

Department

Adult Health Nursing

Field of Specialization

Menta Health Nursing

Research Interest

Mental Health, NCD, Chronic Illness, Nursing Leadership,  Nursing Education

Publication(s) [If any]+Link

  1. Temesgen W.A, Cheng HY, Chong YY. (2024) Cognitive function and its longitudinal  predictability by intensity of physical activity in Chinese middle-aged and older adults.  Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. doi:10.1177/13872877241305828 
  2. Chong, Y. Y., Temesgen, W. A., Chan, H., Wong, C. L., & Cheng, H. Y. (2024).  Psychosocial interventions for improving mental health and family functioning in families  with parental cancer: A systematic review. European Journal of Oncology Nursing,  102505. 
  3. Chong, Y. Y., Cheng, H. Y., Lam, S. K. K., Liu, X., Temesgen, W. A. & Chien, W. T.  Predictors of Posttraumatic Growth Among Individuals with and Without PTSD and  Complex Ptsd During an Infectious Disease Outbreak. Available at SSRN 4865319 (Pre Print). 
  4. Temesgen, W. A., Chien, W. T., Li, Y., Valimaki, M. A., & Bressington, D. (2023). Service  users' perceptions of recovery from recent-onset psychosis and their long journey to and  through psychiatric treatment. International journal of mental health nursing.
  5. Temesgen, W. A., Chien, W. T., & Bressington, D. (2020). Factors influencing subjective  recovery of people with recent-onset psychosis: A cross-sectional study in a low-income  Sub-Saharan country. Psychiatry research, 287, 112282. 
  6. Temesgen, W. A., Chien, W. T., Valimaki, M. A., & Bressington, D. (2020). Predictors of  subjective recovery from recent-onset psychosis in a developing country: a mixed-methods  study. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 55(9), 1187-1199. 
  7. Temesgen, W. A., Chien, W. T., & Bressington, D. (2019). Conceptualizations of subjective  recovery from recent onset psychosis and its associated factors: a systematic review. Early  Intervention in Psychiatry, 13(2), 181-193. 
  8. Temesgen, W. A., & Seyoum, Y. (2017). Increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus in a  developing country and its related factors. PloS one, 12(11), e0187670. 
  9. Temesgen, W. A., Taye, W., Merdekios, B., Tilahun, M., & Ayele, G. (2014). Expanded  program of immunization coverage and associated factors among children age 12–23  months in Arba Minch town and Zuria District, Southern Ethiopia, 2013. BMC public health, 14, 1-10. 
  10. Molla, F., Temesgen, W. A., Kerie, S., & Endeshaw, D. (2024). Nurses’ Documentation  Practice and Associated Factors in Eight Public Hospitals, Amhara Region, Ethiopia: A  Cross-Sectional Study. SAGE Open Nursing, 10, 23779608241227403. 
  11. Steinmetz, J. D., Seeher, K. M., Schiess, N., ... Temesgen, W. A.,... & Moberg, M. E.  (2024). Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system,  1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet  Neurology, 23(4), 344-381. 
  12. Brauer, M., Roth, G. A., Aravkin, A. Y., ... Temesgen, W. A. ..., & Abbasian, M. (2024).  Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811  subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease  Study 2021. The Lancet, 403(10440), 2162-2203. 
  13. Hiruy, E. G., Abate, T. W., Temesgen, W. A., Bantie, B., Yirga, G. K., Muhamed, A. N.,  Shiferaw, S. M., Kebede, W. M., Yitayew, F. M., & Dessalegn, N. W. (2024). Cognitive  Impairment and Associated Factors Among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Bahir  Dar City Referral Hospitals, 2021: Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Alzheimer's disease:  JAD, 100(1), 45-52. 
  14. Alemayohu, M. A., Zanolin, M. E., ... Temesgen, W. A.,... & Adesina, M. A. (2023).  Burden and risk factors of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Sub-Saharan African  countries, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of disease study 2019.  EClinicalMedicine, 64. 
  15. Ayele, G., Tilahune, M., Merdikyos, B., Temesgen, W. A., & Taye, W. (2015). Prevalence  and associated factors of home delivery in Arbaminch Zuria district, southern Ethiopia:  Community based cross sectional study. Science, 3(1), 6-9. 
  16. Berhane, Y., Worku, A., Demissie, M., Tesfaye, N., Asefa, N., Temesgen, W. A.,  Weldearegawi, B., Kebede, Y., Shiferaw, T., & Worku, A. (2014). Children who received  PCV-10 vaccine from a two-dose vial without preservative are not more likely to develop  injection site abscess compared with those who received pentavalent (DPT-HepB-Hib)  vaccine: a longitudinal multi-site study. PloS one, 9(6), e97376. 
  17. Bryazka, D., Reitsma, M. B., Griswold, M. G., ... Temesgen, W. A. ..., Abdollahi, M., &  Abdullah, A. Y. M. (2022). Population-level risks of alcohol consumption by amount, 
  18. geography, age, sex, and year: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study  2020. The Lancet, 400(10347), 185-235. 
  19. Endalamaw, A., Assefa, Y., Geremew, D., Belete, H., Dachew, B. A., Belachew, A.,  Temesgen, W. A., Habtewold, T. D., & Wilson, R. (2021). Disclosure of HIV seropositivity  to sexual partner in Ethiopia: A systematic review. Women's health, 17,  
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  21. Ewunetu, M., Temesgen, W. A., Zewdu, D., Andargie, A., Kebede, M., & Lidetu, T. (2023).  Patients’ perception of patient-centered care and associated factors among patients admitted  in private and public hospitals: a comparative cross-sectional study. Patient preference and  adherence, 1035-1047. 
  22. Fekede, L., Temesgen, W. A., Gedamu, H., Kindie, S., Bekele, T. G., Abebaw, A., Baymot,  A., & Difer, M. (2023). Nurses’ pain management practices for admitted patients at the  Comprehensive specialized hospitals and its associated factors, a multi-center study. BMC  nursing, 22(1), 366. 
  23. Kasa, A. S., Dagget, T., Beyene, Y., Dessie, G., Endalamaw, A., Workineh, Y., Ayalew, E.,  Zeleke, B., Kerie, S., & Mulat, G, Temesgen, W. A.. (2021). Precancerous cervical lesion in  Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews, 10, 1-10. 
  24. Kasa, A. S., Temesgen, W. A., Workineh, Y., Tesfaye, T. D., Kerie, S., Amsalu, E., &  Awoke, S. E. (2020). Knowledge towards standard precautions among healthcare providers  of hospitals in Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2017: a cross sectional study. Archives of Public  Health, 78, 1-8. 
  25. Kasa, A. S., Tesfaye, T. D., & Temesgen, W. A. (2018). Knowledge, attitude and practice  towards cervical cancer among women in Finote Selam city administration, West Gojjam  Zone, Amhara Region, North West Ethiopia, 2017. African health sciences, 18(3), 623-636. 
  26. Kasa, A. S., Workineh, Y., Ayalew, E., & Temesgen, W. A.. (2020). Low back pain among  nurses working in clinical settings of Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis of 19  years of studies. BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 21, 1-11. 
  27. Legesse, W. T., Temesgen, W. A., Mekonen, T., & Nigus, D. M. (2015). Prevalence of  needle sticks injury and its associated factors among health care workers in Bahir Dar city  health centers, Northwest Ethiopia. International Journal of Infection Control, 11(2). 
  28. Mekonnen, T., Temesgen, W. A., & Seyum, Y. (2018). Overweight/obesity among adults in  North-Western Ethiopia: a community-based cross sectional study. Archives of Public  Health, 76, 1-6. 
  29. Ong, K. L., Stafford, L. K., McLaughlin, S. A., ... Temesgen, W. A., ... & Hagins, H. (2023).  Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of  prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The  Lancet, 402(10397), 203-234. 
  30. Semachew, A., Dagget, T., Beyene, Y., Dessie, G., Endalamaw, A., Workineh, Y., Ayalew,  E., Zeleke, B., & Animaw, W. (2019). Burden of cervical lesion in Ethiopia: Systematic  review and meta-analysis. 
  31. Teferi, M., Temesgen, W. A., & Yeshaneh, S. (2018). Overweight/obesity among adults in  North-Western Ethiopia: a community-based cross sectional study. Archives of Public  Health, 76(18). 
  32. Tesfaye, T. D., Temesgen, W. A., & Kasa, A. S. (2018). Vaccination coverage and  associated factors among children aged 12–23 months in Northwest Ethiopia. Human  vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 14(10), 2348-2354.
  33. Tesfaye, T. D., Temesgen, W. A., Kasa, A. S., & Yismaw, Y. S. (2019). Prevalence and  associated factors of hypertension in Amhara regional state city and its’ surrounding rural  districts: a community-based cross-sectional study. African health sciences, 19(3), 2580- 2590. 
  34. Workineh, Y., Semachew, A., Ayalew, E.,Temesgen, W. A., Tirfie, M., & Birhanu, M.  (2020). Prevalence of perinatal asphyxia in East and Central Africa: systematic review and  meta-analysis. Heliyon, 6(4). 
  35. Workineh, Y., Semachew, A., Ayalew, E., & Temesgen, W. A. (2019). Compliance to iron‐ folic acid supplementation and its association with the number of ANC visits in Ethiopia:  systematic review and meta‐analysis. Advances in Preventive Medicine, 2019(1), 3602585. 
  36. Wubneh, M., Emishaw, S., & Temesgen, W. A. (2020). Level of nurses to patients  communication and perceived barriers in government hospitals of Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia,  2020. Clinical Journal of Nursing Care and Practice, 4(1), 012-026. 
  37. Temesgen, W. A.,, & Bogale, B. (2014). Abortion in university and college female students  of Arba Minch town, Ethiopia, 2011. Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare, 5(1), 17-22. 36. Temesgen, W. A.,, & Bogale, B. (2014). Awareness and attitude to liberalized safe abortion  services among female students in University and Colleges of Arba Minch Town, Ethiopia.  Science, 2(5), 440-446. 
  38. Temesgen, W. A. (2013). Patients’ attitude towards medical students involvement in their  health care at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2010. Ethiopian  journal of health sciences, 23(2), 158-164. 

 

Mega Research, Role [If any]

2024: Co-I of BDU LCM mega-project team (Over 2 mill Et Birr)

Project(s), Role [If any]

2018: Recovery from recent-onset psychosis (30,000.00 Et Birr)

2015: EPI coverage survey, Research Grant (34,714.00 Et Birr) 

2014: Magnitude of adult cardiovascular and metabolic disorders, a community-based survey,  Research Grant (122,880.00 Et Birr) 

2014: Infection prevention in public hospitals, institution-based survey (57,780.00 Et Birr)