Assessment of students’ attitude and level of community involvement in community-based education at training sites in Gedeo zone, South Ethiopia

Abstract

Abstract Objective This study was aimed to assess the students’ attitude towards community based education and the level of community involvement in community-based education. Result Among the 634 community members participated in this study, 64.4% were aware of the community-based education program and 86.5% of these participants have favorable attitude towards the program. The level of community involvement in the activities of students in this study is 40.9%. About 72% of the students have favorable attitude towards community based education. Female students were more likely to have favorable attitude toward the program [AOR: 7.64 (CI 1.80, 32.50)]. On the other hand, students who have low participation during group assignment [AOR: 0.07 (CI 0.01, 0.95)] and those with lower socially conscious attitude [AOR: 0.02 (0.01, 0.08)] were less likely to have favorable attitude.

Keywords

• Community-based education
• Students’ attitude
• Community involvement