Knowledge, attitude, practices and their associated factors towards diabetes mellitus among non diabetes community members of Bale Zone administrative towns, South East Ethiopia. A cross-sectional study

Chanyalew Worku Kassahun; Alemayehu Gonie Mekonen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0170040

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Knowledge, attitude, practices and their associated factors towards diabetes mellitus among non diabetes community members of Bale Zone administrative towns, South East Ethiopia. A cross-sectional study

Chanyalew Worku Kassahun ,

* E-mail: chanyalewworku@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Madda Walabu University, Bale Goba, Ethiopia
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Alemayehu Gonie Mekonen

Affiliation Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Madda Walabu University, Bale Goba, Ethiopia
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Knowledge, attitude, practices and their associated factors towards diabetes mellitus among non diabetes community members of Bale Zone administrative towns, South East Ethiopia. A cross-sectional study

Chanyalew Worku Kassahun,
Alemayehu Gonie Mekonen

Published: February 2, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170040

About the Authors

Chanyalew Worku Kassahun

* E-mail: chanyalewworku@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Madda Walabu University, Bale Goba, Ethiopia

Alemayehu Gonie Mekonen

Affiliation Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Madda Walabu University, Bale Goba, Ethiopia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CWK AGM. Data curation: CWK AGM. Formal analysis: CWK AGM. Funding acquisition: CWK AGM. Investigation: CWK AGM. Methodology: CWK AGM. Project administration: CWK AGM. Resources: CWK AGM. Software: CWK AGM. Supervision: CWK AGM. Validation: CWK AGM. Visualization: CWK AGM. Writing – original draft: CWK AGM. Writing – review & editing: CWK AGM.

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Insulin
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