Email: ayalnehdemissis@gmail.com/ayalneh.d@arsiun.edu.et

Phone: +251911840713

Academic Rank: Assistant Professor

Field of Specialization: PhD in Public Health, Maternal Health

                                       : MSc in Public Health Monitoring & Evaluation

Research Interest Area:

  • Maternal and child health services, Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology, Maternal nutrition, Child nutrition, Health care quality
  • Nutrition in Health and disease, reproductive and perinatal health,  violence perpetration and victimization, gender based violence
  • Intimate partners violence, peer/school violence, adolescent bullying, health services research, health care service utilization,
  • Health service process & outcome assessment, health care system and services policy analysis, health economics analysis and evaluation
  • Time serious and Trend analysis, survival analysis, longitudinal and paneled data analysis, infectious diseases +HIV/AIDS, STI including HPV,
  •  Diarrheal diseases, Malaria, Leishmaniasis and tuberculosis, chronic diseases +DM, HTN & cardiac problems linked to life style modification.

Publications:

1. Ayalneh Demissie et al. (2020) Effect of Implementing a Free Delivery Service Policy on Women’s Utilization of Facility-Based Delivery in Central Ethiopia: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis; Vol.2020 pp 1—7.

2. Demissie A, Worku A, Berhane Y (2022) Predictors of facility-based delivery, utilization in Central Ethiopia: A case-control study. PLoS ONE 17(1) pp 1—15: e0261360. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0261360

3. Demissie A. (2023): Survival analysis of highly active antiretroviral therapy related sever toxicity and associated factors at Adama hospital: a retrospective cohort study

4. Demissie A. (2023): Competing Risk Survival analysis of time to in-hospital mortality or Recovery among Covid-19 Patients In South-East Ethiopia

5. Demissie A. (2023): Knowledge of Human Papilloma virus and attitude to HPV vaccination among Asella High School students, cross-sectional survey

6. Demissie A. (2023): Prevalence of pregnancy induced hypertension and its associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care service in Asella town public health facilities, South East Ethiopia

7. Gender-based Violence in the Lives of Somali Women with Refugee Status: A Framework for Analysis and Action: Advances in Nursing Science 2024

8. Demissie A. (2012): Assessment of health care seeking behavior at household Level in Asella town, Oromia, submitted to the college earlier in 2012

9. Demissie a. (2009): process evaluation of HIV counceling and testing of prevention of mother to child transmission of hiv program against the national guideline in arsi zone, oromia.

10. Demissie A. (2003): Prevalence of Trachoma in Under 5 children at Jimma Zone, Western Ethiopia in 2004

11. Demissie A. (2004): Knowledge of HIV/AIDS and Behavioural changes among High School Students in Gursum Town, Eastern Ethiopia 2004;