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  1. Article: Association between reasons for not working and reporting of major depression and anxiety symptoms among U.S. adult population during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Asfaw, Abay

    Journal of workplace behavioral health

    2023  Volume 38, Issue 3, Page(s) 293–320

    Abstract: COVID-19 continues to take a large toll on the mental health of the not working population, particularly of those who were unable to work. This study, using the Household Pulse Survey, estimated the association between reasons for not working and major ... ...

    Abstract COVID-19 continues to take a large toll on the mental health of the not working population, particularly of those who were unable to work. This study, using the Household Pulse Survey, estimated the association between reasons for not working and major depression and anxiety symptoms (MDAS). The lowest MDAS was reported by retirees. Individuals who were unable to work because of transportation problems, layoffs, COVID-19 concerns, and sickness or disability reported the highest MDAS. Mediation analysis showed that the direct and indirect effects of reasons for not working were much higher for those individuals who were unable to work than for individuals who were working or decided not to work.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-23
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1555-5240
    ISSN 1555-5240
    DOI 10.1080/15555240.2023.2181178
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  2. Article ; Online: Paid Sick Leave and Self-Reported Depression and Anxiety: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Longitudinal Survey.

    Asfaw, Abay

    American journal of preventive medicine

    2023  Volume 66, Issue 4, Page(s) 627–634

    Abstract: Introduction: The objective of this study was to explore the association between access to paid sick leave (AtPSL) and self-reported feelings of depression and anxiety in a nationally representative U.S. working population.: Methods: In 2023, this ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: The objective of this study was to explore the association between access to paid sick leave (AtPSL) and self-reported feelings of depression and anxiety in a nationally representative U.S. working population.
    Methods: In 2023, this study examined data from the 2019-2020 Longitudinal National Health Interview Survey. A Generalized Linear Latent and Mixed Model (GLLAMM) was used to analyze the longitudinal data.
    Results: The descriptive analysis of population averages showed that fewer workers with AtPSL reported daily feelings of depression (45%), anxiety (24%), and both depression and anxiety (52%) than workers without AtPSL. According to the GLLAMM analysis, the odds of workers with AtPSL self-reporting feelings of daily depression, anxiety, and both were 48%, 27%, and 51% lower, respectively, than workers without AtPSL. This analysis controlled for different demographic and socioeconomic variables. Robustness analysis demonstrated that these associations persisted when the outcome variables were measured in terms of self-reported feelings of weekly depression and anxiety.
    Conclusions: The role of mental health in improving overall well-being and the recognition of AtPSL as a social justice issue have reinforced the importance of providing paid sick leave to help protect the mental health status of workers. This study, using a unique longitudinal data set, found that AtPSL was associated with a lower prevalence of self-reported daily or weekly feelings of depression and anxiety.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Sick Leave ; Self Report ; Depression/epidemiology ; Longitudinal Studies ; Anxiety/epidemiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-17
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 632646-8
    ISSN 1873-2607 ; 0749-3797
    ISSN (online) 1873-2607
    ISSN 0749-3797
    DOI 10.1016/j.amepre.2023.11.012
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  3. Article ; Online: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Teleworking Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States: A Mediation Analysis.

    Asfaw, Abay

    International journal of environmental research and public health

    2022  Volume 19, Issue 8

    Abstract: A growing literature has pointed out disparities in teleworking among different racial and ethnic (hereafter racial) workers. This study estimated racial disparities in teleworking due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the extent to which these disparities ... ...

    Abstract A growing literature has pointed out disparities in teleworking among different racial and ethnic (hereafter racial) workers. This study estimated racial disparities in teleworking due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the extent to which these disparities were mediated by four-year college education and occupation in the United States. The data source for this study was the Current Population Survey, May 2020 through July 2021. The results showed that in the reduced model, the odds for Black and Hispanic workers to telework were 35% and 55% lower, respectively, and for Asian workers 44% higher than for White workers, controlling for covariates. When four-year college education and occupation were included as mediator variables in the model, the odds for Black and Hispanic workers to telework were reduced to 7% and 16%, respectively. Overall, disparities in four-year college education and occupation explained 83% and 78% of the variation in the odds of teleworking for Black and Hispanic workers, respectively. Between the mediators, occupation explained more than 60% of the total effect. The results of this study could not rule out the possibility of racial discrimination in teleworking. Ultimately, reducing racial disparities in four-year college education and in different occupations might be a long-term solution for reducing racial disparities in teleworking.
    MeSH term(s) COVID-19/epidemiology ; Humans ; Mediation Analysis ; Pandemics ; Racial Groups ; Teleworking ; United States/epidemiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-04-13
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2175195-X
    ISSN 1660-4601 ; 1661-7827
    ISSN (online) 1660-4601
    ISSN 1661-7827
    DOI 10.3390/ijerph19084680
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  4. Book ; Online: Report on Climate Smart Feed and Fodder Training for Experts, DAs and farmer, Bale Zone, Oromia

    Asfaw, Addisu

    2023  

    Keywords intensification ; mixed farming ; livestock ; farming systems
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-31T11:31:05Z
    Publisher International Livestock Research Institute
    Publishing country fr
    Document type Book ; Online
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  5. Article ; Online: Racial Disparity in Potential Occupational Exposure to COVID-19.

    Asfaw, Abay

    Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities

    2021  Volume 9, Issue 5, Page(s) 1726–1739

    Abstract: Background: Nationwide, as of 20 June 2021, COVID-19 has claimed more than 599,000 lives and infected nearly 33 million people. Studies have shown that COVID-19 disproportionately affects some racial and ethnic minority groups. This study examined ... ...

    Abstract Background: Nationwide, as of 20 June 2021, COVID-19 has claimed more than 599,000 lives and infected nearly 33 million people. Studies have shown that COVID-19 disproportionately affects some racial and ethnic minority groups. This study examined whether certain racial and ethnic groups were overrepresented in occupations with potentially high COVID-19 exposure risks, relative to their share in the total workforce. The study incorporates white collar workers, who to date have not gotten as much attention in terms of workers safety.
    Methods: Using the March and April 2020 Current Population Survey and O*Net data, this study examined whether certain racial and ethnic groups were overrepresented in occupations with potentially high risk of exposure to COVID-19 (exposure to disease and infection at work, inability to maintain physical distancing at work, and inability to work from home) relative to their share in the total workforce.
    Results: The results showed that Black workers were overrepresented in occupations with high potential risk of exposure to disease and infection at work and inability to maintain physical distancing at work. Hispanic workers were overrepresented in occupations where potential risk of inability to work from home was the highest.
    Conclusion: Occupation can be one of the risk factors for the current disproportionately high COVID-19 infection rates among Black and Hispanic workers. COVID-19-related prevention measures at high risk occupations, including providing adequate personal protective equipment, training, working space, and vaccinations, could help to reduce not only the spread of COVID-19 and infectious diseases but also their disproportionately high impact in certain minority racial and ethnic groups.
    MeSH term(s) COVID-19 ; Ethnicity ; Humans ; Minority Groups ; Occupational Exposure ; Racial Groups
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-08-05
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2760524-3
    ISSN 2196-8837 ; 2197-3792
    ISSN (online) 2196-8837
    ISSN 2197-3792
    DOI 10.1007/s40615-021-01110-8
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  6. Article ; Online: Cost of lost work hours associated with the COVID-19 pandemic-United States, March 2020 through February 2021.

    Asfaw, Abay

    American journal of industrial medicine

    2021  Volume 65, Issue 1, Page(s) 20–29

    Abstract: Introduction: Of the 22.8 million coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases recorded in the United States as of March 21, 2021 with age information, three-fourths were in the workingage group, indicating the potentially high economic impact of the ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: Of the 22.8 million coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases recorded in the United States as of March 21, 2021 with age information, three-fourths were in the workingage group, indicating the potentially high economic impact of the pandemic. This study estimates the cost of lost work hours associated with the COVID-19 pandemic between March 2020 through February 2021.
    Method: I used a before-and-after analysis of data from the 2017-2021 Current Population Survey to estimate the costs of lost work hours due to economic, workers' own health, and other reasons, from the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Results: Across March 2020 through February 2021 (a year since the start of the pandemic in the United States), the estimated cost of lost work hours associated with the COVID-19 pandemic among US full-time workers was $138 billion (95% confidence interval [CI]: $73.4 billion-$202.46 billion). Shares of the costs attributed to economic, workers' own health, and other reasons were 33.7%, 13.7%, and 52.6%, respectively.
    Conclusion: The $138 billion cost of lost work hours associated with the COVID-19 pandemic during March 2020 through February 2021 highlights the economic consequences of the pandemic, as well as indicating the potential benefit of public health and safety interventions used to mitigate COVID-19 spread.
    MeSH term(s) COVID-19 ; Data Collection ; Humans ; Pandemics ; Public Health ; SARS-CoV-2 ; United States/epidemiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-11-04
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 604538-8
    ISSN 1097-0274 ; 0271-3586
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    ISSN 0271-3586
    DOI 10.1002/ajim.23307
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  7. Article: Manual tracking for solar parabolic concentrator - For the case of solar injera baking, Ethiopia.

    Hailu Asfaw, Arkbom

    Heliyon

    2023  Volume 9, Issue 1, Page(s) e12884

    Abstract: The efficiency of renewable energy equipment is highly reliant on the mechanism for properly capturing the resource and the equipment's performance. For any solar-powered device tracking mechanism is critical; it must be able to follow the pattern of the ...

    Abstract The efficiency of renewable energy equipment is highly reliant on the mechanism for properly capturing the resource and the equipment's performance. For any solar-powered device tracking mechanism is critical; it must be able to follow the pattern of the sun's path. This research created a manual tracking mechanism for a solar-powered steam injera stove. The design of the tracking mechanism tracks the path of the sun seasonally and daily for 5 h, half in the morning and a half in the afternoon, beginning at solar noon, it tracks the sun's path every 10 min. It investigates the relationship between solar intensity and receiver surface temperature. There were two experimental tests, one with one receiver surface data point and the other with three data points. The correlation coefficient of solar intensity with heat temperature on the receiver surface was r = 0.726 at the first data point. And, for the three points where data was collected for one and a half hours in the afternoon, on three-point of the receiver surface lower points, the correlation of solar intensity and average heat temperate of those three points is r = 0.766. For both of the experiment, the relationship of the solar intensity pattern shows there is a strong positive correlation with the temperature on the surface of the receiver which indicates the manual tracking system move with the proper path of the sun and concentrates the sun on the point receiver of the solar injera stove.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-10
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2835763-2
    ISSN 2405-8440
    ISSN 2405-8440
    DOI 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e12884
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  8. Article ; Online: Highly informative SNP marker panels in yam (Dioscorea rotundata) for genomic selection and prediction

    Agre, A.P. / Asfaw, A.

    2023  

    Keywords food security ; yams ; food production ; food quality ; single nucleotide polymorphisms
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-09-13T15:03:48Z
    Publishing country fr
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  9. Conference proceedings ; Online: Brief overview of the Africa RISING project in the Ethiopian Highlands

    Asfaw, A.

    Pre-scaling and scaling initiatives in 2017/2018

    2018  

    Keywords farming systems ; intensification ; mixed farming
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-05-02T18:55:55Z
    Publisher International Livestock Research Institute
    Publishing country fr
    Document type Conference proceedings ; Online
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  10. Article ; Online: Determinants of undernutrition among khat chewing and non-khat chewing male adults in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study.

    Hailesellasie, Genene / Oumer, Abdu / Asfaw, Agize

    Scientific reports

    2024  Volume 14, Issue 1, Page(s) 4679

    Abstract: Khat chewing is a deep-rooted socio-cultural tradition that affects appetite, gastric emptying, and food intake, ultimately influencing nutritional status. Moreover, there is significant variation in lifestyles and ways of living among khat chewing and ... ...

    Abstract Khat chewing is a deep-rooted socio-cultural tradition that affects appetite, gastric emptying, and food intake, ultimately influencing nutritional status. Moreover, there is significant variation in lifestyles and ways of living among khat chewing and non-chewing people. However, there is limited evidence on the disaggregated determinants of undernutrition among khat chewers and non-chewers in Ethiopia. A community-based comparative cross-sectional study was conducted with 253 Khat-chewing and 249 non-chewing male adults in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Weight and height were measured under standard procedure and used to calculate the body mass index (BMI < 18.5 kg/m
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Humans ; Male ; Catha/adverse effects ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Ethiopia/epidemiology ; Mastication ; Malnutrition/epidemiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-26
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2615211-3
    ISSN 2045-2322 ; 2045-2322
    ISSN (online) 2045-2322
    ISSN 2045-2322
    DOI 10.1038/s41598-024-54471-5
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