Assessment of Reproductive Health Service Utlization and Associated Factors Among High School Youths in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2015
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2015-02
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Addis Ababa University
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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 thereproductive years; it also affects the health of the next generation.
Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine factors affecting reproductive health serviceutilization among high school youths in Addis Ababa.
Methodology: School-based quantitative cross sectional study was carried out among selectedsecondary and preparatory students, in Addis Ababa city. Using the random sampling a total of694 school youths (aged 15-24 years) were proportionally allocated and interviewed. Total ofTen facilitators and a nurse supervisor was recruited to assist the data collection process. Apretested structured questionnaire was employed to obtain the necessary information after gettingboth written and verbal consent from the concerned bodies. The collected data was interred in toEpidata and analysed using SPSS version 20 statistical package and the degree of associationbetween dependent and independent variables were assessed using bivariate and multivariateanalysis.
Result: From the total of 694 school youths responded, 199(28.7%) of the respondents utilizedreproductive health services in the past one year. Voluntary counselling testing of HIV andFamily planning were utilized by 127(18.3%) and 124 (17.9%) of youths respectively. The likelyhood 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 workinghour 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 servicesrespectively
Conclusion: Proportion of youths reporting RH services were generally low, slight higher thanone fourth. Sex, Age, preference of the same sex service provider and convenience of service time were significant predictors of youth RH services.
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Health Service High School Utlization