Browsing by Author "Bekele, Demissie"

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    Assessment of Emergency Contraceptive Utilization among Unmarried Eomen Working in Bole Lemi Industrial Park: Institutional based Cross Sectional Study Design.
    (Addis Abeba University, 2021-09) Bekele, Demissie; Mekonnin, Wubegzier(BA, MA, PhD); Assefa, Nigussie (BSC, MPH, MSc.)
    Background: Emergency contraception (EC) or post-coital contraception refers to any methods of contraception that can be used to prevent pregnancy in the first few days after exposure to unprotected sexual intercourse. Unwanted pregnancy and its potential life threatening complications could be avoided by using contraceptives, including emergency contraceptives, if these emergency contraceptives used within the recommended time period of exposure to unprotected sexual intercourse and it also provide a second chance of preventing the occurrence of unwanted pregnancy. Objectives: To measure the levels in emergency contraceptive utilization and factor associated with its use among unmarried women who work at Bole Lemi Industrial Park, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019/20. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among 812 randomly selected unmarried women working in Bole lemi industrial park from four (4) companies and self-administered structured questionnaire were used to collect the data. The collected data was entered into EPIdata software and exported to SPSS for analysis. Descriptive statistics was calculated for the prevalence of KAP on unmarried women who work in Bole Lemi industrial park and presented using texts, tables and figures. Besides, bivariate, multivariate logistic regression and negative binomial models were fitted to identify factors associated with the emergency contraceptive utilization and presented using tables. RESULT: Only 115 (30.9%) of sexually active, (31.5%) of those ever heard EC or (15.7%) of the study participants used emergency contraceptives after having unprotected sexual intercourse. However (21.4%) of them had a history of unintended pregnancy and (82.1%) of this pregnancy ended up with abortion. Religion, ever had sexual intercourse and contraceptive ever used have statistical significant association with EC utilization (p<0.01). CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION: This study showed that there is low level of emergency contraceptive utilization among unmarried women. Therefore, there is a need to emphasize on increasing awareness and accessibility of emergency contraception.
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    Studies on the Effect of Floriculture Industry on Honey Bee Productivity Around Sebeta Awas Woreda of Oromia Regional State, Awash Melka District.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2019-08-08) Bekele, Demissie; Getu, Emana (PhD)
    Ethiopia is one of the countries harboring many industrial and agricultural institutes like floriculture industry that work on production of flower in high level. Flower farms used to spray Neonicotinoids pesticide chemical to protect insect pests. Honey bees are highly sensitive to neonicotinomide chemical which is carcinogenic chemical that sprayed in floriculture industries. The research investigation conducted to study on the impact of floriculture on honey bee productivity. It assessed the status and average risk of floriculture industry on honey production and bee managements by determining the annual production of honey through time. Descriptive research method was used to describe the impact of floriculture industry on quality and quantities products of honey and honey bee health and reproduction. Acetamiprid and Lufenuron are the Neonicotinoid pesticides that were used to control insect pest including honey bee. About 53.54% of local farmers participating in this research keep honey bee. From the 8 respondents having modern hive, the maximum productivity was 10kg per year from one hive and at a minimum some of the respondent harvested only 4kg per year. The research resulted of the total respondent about 30% harvest honey once per a year from traditional hives and 4% from modern hives while only 8% of them harvest twice from traditional hives and 26% from modern hives. Similarly none of the respondents harvest three times per a year from traditional hives as 6% of the total sample respondent harvest their honey three times from modern hives. Chemical pesticide sprayed in floriculture was commonly neonicotinomide which includes poisonous family acetamiprid, Lufenuron, clothianidin, imidacloprin, of which acetamiprid, Lufenuron and imidacloprin were widely used insecticide and they cause high toxicity to insect than mammals. Impact of this class of insecticide on pollinating insect such as honey bee and native bees were a concern of work. It is recommended to spray pesticide pre or/ after flower bloom or other wise use bee less toxic and alternative method of pests control to take care of honey bee.