{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,1]],"date-time":"2026-09-01T23:06:35Z","timestamp":1788303995488,"version":"build-2803163510"},"update-to":[{"DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pntd.0013838","type":"new_version","label":"New version","source":"publisher","updated":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,27]],"date-time":"2026-01-27T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1769472000000}}],"reference-count":36,"publisher":"Public Library of Science (PLoS)","issue":"1","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,5]],"date-time":"2026-01-05T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1767571200000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["www.plosntds.org"],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["PLoS Negl Trop Dis"],"abstract":"\n Background<\/jats:title>\n Cutaneous leishmaniasis is the most prevalent clinical form of leishmaniasis and remains a significant public health problem, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where it disproportionately affects disadvantaged populations. The disease causes a far-reaching impact to the community where community-level awareness of its transmission, prevention, and treatment often remains low and less studied. Therefore, the present study aimed to assess community knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to CL in the Kambata Zone of Central Ethiopia.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n Ethics statement: Ethical approval was granted by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Jimma University with the reference number JUIH\/IRB\/684\/23. Authorization was also obtained from the Kambata zone Health Bureau to proceed with the study. All participants provided written informed consent in accordance with the principles outlined in the Helsinki Declaration. To uphold confidentiality, participant identities were anonymized, and data was securely stored in a separate location at the Principal Investigator\u2019s office. Community-based cross-sectional study design was employed from February 2024 to August 2024 in Kambata zone to assess knowledge, attitude, and practice of community toward cutaneous leishmaniasis. Systematic sampling technique was used to select individuals. A pretested structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the household head. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to determine the relationship between the participants\u2019 knowledge, attitude, and practice toward cutaneous leishmaniasis and socio demographic characteristics. The association between the independent and outcome variables was presented in the form of a table showing the adjusted odds ratio (AOR) along with their 95% confidence interval (CI). The level of statistical significance was declared at P-value\u2009<\u20090.05.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n Out of 387 participants, 72.9% were male and 66.1% resided in rural areas. Only 18.1% had good knowledge, 13.2% a positive attitude, and 11.6% good practices toward cutaneous leishmaniasis. Good knowledge of cutaneous leishmaniasis was significantly associated with age 18\u201340 years (AOR\u2009=\u20094.47; 95% CI: 2.07\u20139.67), male sex (AOR\u2009=\u20090.25; 95% CI: 0.11\u20130.56), formal education (AOR\u2009=\u20093.7; 95% CI: 2.18\u20138.75), family history of CL (AOR\u2009=\u20090.22; 95% CI: 0.11\u20130.44), and crack-filling habits (AOR\u2009=\u20090.20; 95% CI: 0.10\u20130.42). Positive attitude was associated with age 18\u201340 years (AOR\u2009=\u20092.43; 95% CI: 1.14\u20135.16), formal education (AOR\u2009=\u20090.67; 95% CI: 0.33\u20131.36), absence of open defecation (AOR\u2009=\u20090.12; 95% CI: 0.06\u20130.23), and crack-filling habits (AOR\u2009=\u20090.02; 95% CI: 0.01\u20130.05).Good practices were associated with age 18\u201340 years (AOR\u2009=\u20094.30; 95% CI: 1.64\u201311.10), formal education (AOR\u2009=\u20092.34; 95% CI: 1.31\u20136.70.), family history of CL (AOR\u2009=\u20090.17; 95% CI: 0.09\u20130.32), and crack-filling (AOR\u2009=\u20090.14; 95% CI: 0.74\u20130.28).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n The level of knowledge, attitude and practices towards CL in the study area is very low. Good knowledge, positive attitude and good practice were associated with younger age, formal education, absence of open defecation, and crack-filling behavior. 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