Youth Reprod uctive Health Problems and Service Preferences Lalibela Town, North Wollo Administ,"ative Zone, Amhara Region
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2007-07
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Addis Ababauniversity
Abstract
The reproductive health of youlhs in Ethiopia is multiphase and interrelaled Poor socioeconomic
and environmenl, limiled access to reproductive health information and services and
lack of youth .ji-iendly reproductive health services aggravated Ihe risk ofyourh reproducli ve
heallh problems. The main objective of the study is to assess youth reproductive health problems
in Lalibela town, North Wollo, Amhara region Across-sectional based descriplive study on 400
randomly selected youths using structured questionnaire"has been conducted The collected
dala were computed with chi-square tests and binary logistic regression analysis. The Findings
of the study indicated that, Out of the total 400 respondents, 213 (53.3 percenr) were females
with female to male ratio of 1:0.88 Among the study participants, 195 (488 percenl) belong to
the age 15-18 From the totai, 26 (6.5 percent) of the respondents were married, oul of which
26(100 percent) of them married before reaching age 18 From the youlhs under Ihe sludy.
199(49.8 percent) were sexually active, out of which 95.5 percenl exercised firsl sexual
inlercourse before reaching age 18 and out of Ihe total sexually aclive youlhs 61.3 percenl
responded rhat their first sexual intercourse were unsafe (no condom use). There "'ere 70
pregnant youths in the study and j-om those. 886 percent exposed to unwanted pregnancy, of
those, 31. 4 percent gave birth and 68.8 percent aborted From chi-square result il was found
out that sex, age marital status. a/lending religious program, member of the youth RJ-J and am i
A1DS club, attending school youth RJ-J and anti J-JIVIAIDS program, currently going 10 school,
having pocket money. currently living with father and mother, educalional level and
occupational slalUs have shown significant association with youth reproductive heallh problem.
Logistic regression indicates that, being younger age, living wilh theji-iends and gelting pockel
money were found 10 be the factors thai resulled in youth reproduclive health problem. 0" Ihe
contrwy, attending Ihe school youth RJ-J and anti HIVIAJDS club that disseminate in/ormalion
regarding youth RJ-J matters contributed a lot for not being aflected by youth reproductive
health problem. From this study it was concluded that youths in the study area were
experiencing high youth reproductive health probler;m. Thus there is a need to collaborale
different sectors and the community to jclcilitate youlh fi'iendly health services to promole youlh
heallh
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Service Preferences Lalibela