Assessement of Knowledge Attitude and Associated Factor of Preparatory Students Towards Safe Abortion in Selected Govermental School, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2015
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2015-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Abortion law and policy liberalization could lead to dropping of unsafe abortion and related deaths
however, unsafe abortion is still major problem of the whole society. Many women want to seek
unsafe abortions practice due to inadequate access to safe abortion and other reproductive health
services that can help them to prevent complication. Therefore, assessing the knowledge and
attitude of high school student towards safe abortion care provision is important.
Objective: This study was to assess the knowledge and attitude of preparatory school student
toward safe abortion in selected governmental school in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2015.
Methodology: Institutional based cross sectional study design was employed and a total of 626
respondents were participated in the study. Data was collected by using self-administered pre-
tested and semi structured questionnaire of Amharic version. The data was cleaned, coded and
entered into EPi data 3.1 versions and transferred to SPSS version 21 windows for analyses.
Result: Out of all respondents 66 (27.3%) of males and 224 (57.3%) of females had adequate
knowledge related to safe abortion in general .From this female were 3.520 times more likely
knowledgeable on safe abortion care provision than male at AOR 3.520;95%:CI (2.471, 5.01)
among 626 students 319 (51) of them have favorable attitude from this 19.6% grade 11, 57.8%
grade 12 .from this Grade 11were 0.35 times less likely have favorable attitude than grade 12 at
AOR 0.35; 95% CI 0.35(0.25-0.50)
Conclusion: students had inadequate knowledge and unfavorable attitude towards safe abortion.
Sex, educational level and age were likely to had significant association towards knowledge and
attitude on safe abortion.
Recommendation From this study the investigator recommended that the Ministry of education
and Social welfare in partnership with other implementing partners to review their strategies and
focus in the school program.
Keyword: knowledge, attitude and safe abortion
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knowledge, Attitude and safe abortion