Tejineh, Solomon (2014) Awareness, Utilization and Barriers to Family Planning Services among Female Youth Students at Assella Preparatory School. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
Background: Currently contraceptive use is lower among young women in Ethiopia. According to EDHS2011 report out of sexually active 5% of all women age 15-19 and 7% of age 20-24 reported current use of any contraceptive method. Currently there is a growing interest in adolescent reproductive health because teen age pregnancy in particular is associated with high maternal, fetal and neonatal problems which makes it is an important public health issue internationally and nationally. There is growing evidence that teen age girls who get pregnant are likely to drop out of school and if become teen age parents are likely to face social and economic problems. There is a low rate of use of sexual reproductive health service in the study area. Objective: To assess the level of awareness, attitude of contraceptives and utilization of family planning services among female youth students and barriers that hinders effective use of the services. Method: Institutional based cross sectional study was conducted in Oromia regional state Arsi zone Assella town, Assella preparatory school. Systematic random sampling was used to select study subjects for survey while purposive sampling was used to select study subjects for qualitative study. A pre-tested structured questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data and interviewer topic guide was used for qualitative. The survey data was entered in to Epi, Info version 3.5.4 and exported, cleaned and analyzed using SPSS version 21. Factors associated with utilization of family planning were identified using logistic regression and content analysis of qualitative data Result: Of 296 female youth students 288(97.3%) have heard about contraceptive methods. The first common source of information about family planning was mass-media180 (62.5%) and the least source of information (8.3%) was internet. Out of sexually active respondents, (61%) with (95%CI 55.5-66.5) currently using a contraceptive methods. Those who reside in urban and those who were satisfied with family planning service were found to use contraceptive AOR=4.60, 95%CI 1.06-19.96 and AOR=9.75, 95%CI1.62-58.71respectively. Conclusion: Relationship with parents in terms of sexual health among female youth were low , family life education program in school and elsewhere should provide female youth with essential information how to guide them and refrain from unnecessary sexual practice ,STI and HIV/AIDS.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Emmanuel Ndorimana |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jul 2018 09:59 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jul 2018 09:59 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/8066 |
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