Browsing by Author "Kassahun, Mahlet"

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    Exclusive Breastfeeding Practices and Associated Factors Among Working Mothers In Qera Meberat Hayel Condeminium,Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2019-06) Kassahun, Mahlet; Gurmu PhD, Eshetu
    Exclusive breastfeeding is the infant receives only breast milk. WHO & UNICEF recommend that every infant should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months. Globally, the rate of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) was 41% in 2018, while in East Africa it was 56%, in Ethiopia 58% in 2016. Over two-thirds of deaths occurring worldwide during the first year of life is often associated with inappropriate feeding practices, especially due to poor exclusive breastfeeding practice. Other aggravating factor and the key reason is that working women in the formal and informal sectors around the world face challenges combining work with breastfeeding. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess exclusive breastfeeding practices and associated factors among working mothers of children 7 to 23 months old. The study was conducted in Qera Meberat Hayle Condominium. Community based both quantitative and qualitative cross-sectional study was conducted. Study participants were randomly selected; data were collected from 422 working mothers of children 7 to 23 months old. The collected data were coded and entered in to SPSS version 20 for analysis. Factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding were determined using binary logistic regression. Out of the 422 working mothers 148 (35.1%) were practices exclusive breastfeeding and 274 (64.9 %) of respondents did not practice of exclusive breastfeeding at the time of the survey. Adjusted odds ratios of exclusive breastfeeding were Age of the mothers was significantly associated with exclusive breastfeeding practice. Mothers who had access to feed breast milk at work place were 16 times [AOR=17.174(6.256, 47.143)] more likely to practice exclusive BF than mothers didn’t have access. The study concludes that a large proportion of children were not exclusively breastfed by working mothers. The duration of EBF was below the WHO recommendation and the target of the Ethiopian health sector development plan.
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    Utilization of Post Abortion Family Planning and Associated Factors among Women Coming to Abortion Service in Selected Abortion Clinics at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa Universty, 2017-12) Kassahun, Mahlet; Taye, Girma(Dr.)
    Introduction: Abortion is one of the top leading causes of maternal death in the world especially in developing countries. Unwanted pregnancies which end up in abortion occur due to contraception method of nonuse or misuse. To decrease unintended pregnancies and avoid repeated abortions advancing immediate post abortion contraception is crucial. Objective: To assess utilization of post abortion family planning and associated factors among women who came for abortion service at selected abortion clinics at Addis Ababa, 2017. Methods: Cross sectional study was conducted among a total of 459 women who came to abortion service at selected clinics using pre tested structured questionnaire from January 2017 to April 2017.A total of 5 clinics were selected purposely based on their history of abortion management. And the study participants were selected by using systematic random sampling technique. Data entry and cleaning was done with Epiinfo 3.51 then exported to SPSS software for analysis. Binary and multiple logistic regression was applied to see the association between independent variables with Post abortion family planning practice using Odds ratio, 95% confidence interval (CI) and p value ≤ 0.05 and P < 0.2 for multiple and binary logistic analysis respectively. Results: Among 459 study subjects 316 (68.8%) of respondents have utilized post abortion family planning (PAFP). Single women were five times (AOR=5.389, CI (2.413-12.034) more likely to utilize PAFP than the divorce/widowed women and also married women were found three times (AOR = 3.329, CI (1.462-7.583) more likely to accept PAFP than divorced/widowed. In this study women who did not get counseling were 99.5% (AOR = 0.005, 95%CI (0.001-0.036)) less to accept PAFP compared with women had been counseled. Conclusion: More than 68.8% of women who came for abortion care service accepted post abortion family planning. Marital status, income, PAFP information, abortion history and counseling were found to be determinant factors. As most of the clients are young, providing focused RH, youth and friendly service and family planning awareness creation activities in schools by integration of efforts among teachers, parents and MOH (RHB) and other stake holders will enable them of prevent un wanted pregnancy and abortion.
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    Utilization of Post Abortion Family Planning and Associated Factors among Women Coming to Abortion Service in Selected Abortion Clinics at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    (2017) Kassahun, Mahlet
    Introduction: Abortion is one of the top leading causes of maternal death in the world especially in developing countries. Unwanted pregnancies which end up in abortion occur due to contraception method of nonuse or misuse. To decrease unintended pregnancies and avoid repeated abortions advancing immediate post abortion contraception is crucial. Objective: To assess utilization of post abortion family planning and associated factors among women who came for abortion service at selected abortion clinics at Addis Ababa, 2017. Methods: Cross sectional study was conducted among a total of 459 women who came to abortion service at selected clinics using pre tested structured questionnaire from January 2017 to April 2017.A total of 5 clinics were selected purposely based on their history of abortion management. And the study participants were selected by using systematic random sampling technique. Data entry and cleaning was done with Epiinfo 3.51 then exported to SPSS software for analysis. Binary and multiple logistic regression was applied to see the association between independent variables with Post abortion family planning practice using Odds ratio, 95% confidence interval (CI) and p value ≤ 0.05 and P < 0.2 for multiple and binary logistic analysis respectively. Results: Among 459 study subjects 316 (68.8%) of respondents have utilized post abortion family planning (PAFP). Single women were five times (AOR=5.389, CI (2.413-12.034) more likely to utilize PAFP than the divorce/widowed women and also married women were found three times (AOR = 3.329, CI (1.462-7.583) more likely to accept PAFP than divorced/widowed. In this study women who did not get counseling were 99.5% (AOR = 0.005, 95%CI (0.001-0.036)) less to accept PAFP compared with women had been counseled. Conclusion: More than 68.8% of women who came for abortion care service accepted post abortion family planning. Marital status, income, PAFP information, abortion history and counseling were found to be determinant factors. As most of the clients are young, providing focused RH, youth and friendly service and family planning awareness creation activities in schools by integration of efforts among teachers, parents and MOH (RHB) and other stake holders will enable them of prevent un wanted pregnancy and abortion.