Data management practice of health extension workers and associated factors in Central Gondar Zone, northwest Ethiopia

Of the 383 health extension workers enrolled, all responded to the questionnaire with a response rate of 100%. Furthermore, 54.7% of the respondents had good data management practices. In the multivariable logistic regression analysis, being a married woman, having good data management knowledge, having a good attitude toward data management, having 1-5 years of working experience, and having a salary ranging from 5,358 to 8,013 Ethiopian Birr were the factors significantly associated with good data management practices among health extension workers. The overall data management practice was poor with only five health extension workers out of ten having good data management practices.