Tefera, Tigist (2015) Assessment of Reproductive Health Service Utilization and Associated Factors among High School Youths in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2015. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
Background: According to WHO, youths is between 15-24 years of age. Reproductive health (RH) is critical for youths and adults because it does not only set the stage for health beyond the reproductive years; it also affects the health of the next generation. Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine factors affecting reproductive health service utilization among high school youths in Addis Ababa. Methodology: School-based quantitative cross sectional study was carried out among selected secondary and preparatory students, in Addis Ababa city. Using the random sampling a total of 694 school youths (aged 15-24 years) were proportionally allocated and interviewed. Total of Ten facilitators and a nurse supervisor was recruited to assist the data collection process. A pretested structured questionnaire was employed to obtain the necessary information after getting both written and verbal consent from the concerned bodies. The collected data was interred in to Epidata and analysed using SPSS version 20 statistical package and the degree of association between dependent and independent variables were assessed using bivariate and multivariate analysis. Result: From the total of 694 school youths responded, 199(28.7%) of the respondents utilized reproductive health services in the past one year. Voluntary counselling testing of HIV and Family planning were utilized by 127(18.3%) and 124 (17.9%) of youths respectively. The likely hood of RH service utilization was 2.04 times higher among male‟s than female‟s [AOR=2.04 (1.41, 3.00)]. Youths with age of 15 to 17, youth who prefer to get service during usual working hour and who prefer getting service by any provider were 0.60[AOR 0.60(0.41,0.89)], 0.61 [AOR 0.61(0.41, 0.90)] and 0.39 [AOR= 0.39(0.20,0.76)] times less likely to utilize RH services respectively Conclusion: Proportion of youths reporting RH services were generally low, slight higher than one fourth. Sex, Age, preference of the same sex service provider and convenience of service time were significant predictors of youth RH services.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services R Medicine > RT Nursing |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Emmanuel Ndorimana |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2018 12:58 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Jul 2018 12:58 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/8292 |
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