Assessment of modern contraceptive use and associated factors among regular undergraduate students, wachemo university, snnpr, ethiopia: institution based survey
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2017
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Background: the global population estimated to be increased by 2.5 billion over the next 43 years, from the current 6.7 billion to 9.2 billion in 2050[1] . And Young people aged between 15 and 24 years make up1.2 billion of the world’s population [26]. Also Ethiopia is at rapid population growth, of 2.6% per year. Adolescents and young adults may experience undesirable health consequences from early unprotected sexual activity, such as unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortion, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, and pregnancy-related mortality and morbidity. [4] Objective of the study: To Asses modern contraceptive use and associated factors among undergraduate students. Methods: Across-sectional institution based study design to assess modern contraceptive use and associated factors among regular undergraduate students in Wachemo University during the 2009 E.C.From A total of 11742 students 383 students are participated in the study using stratified random sampling method. A self-administered pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect the data and data analysis was performed using statistical package for social science version 16.0 and Epi-info version 3.5.3 .Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the data An odds ratio of 95% confidence interval for factors associated with modern contraceptive use was computed using multiple logistic regression models. A p-value of ≤ 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Result: The overall utilization of modern contraceptive in this study was 62.6% oral contraceptive pills 65.7%, followed by condom 17.6% condom and injectable 16.5%.being in age group 20-24Year [AOR 9.347(9.509, 19.377)], discussion with friends [AOR 4.099(2.010, 8.359)], exposure for contraceptive method messages [AOR 3.753(1.848,7.618)], having boy/girlfriend [AOR 2.138(1.042, 4.387)] showed significant positive association with modern contraceptive use. Conclusion and Recommendation: More than a third of the respondents have history of sexual activity among which only 62.6% were ever using contraceptive method. Health providers particularly working in university clinic should give detail information about the contraceptive methods; possible side effects because respondents in this study mentioned them as reason for not intended to use contraceptive method in the future. The government and NGO`s should work on the area of disseminating reproductive health information by Establishing and promoting sexual and reproductive clubs at schools in order to increase awareness and knowledge on contraceptive methods and enhance discussion with friends which has positive impact on contraceptive use. Further studies with both qualitative and quantitative method of data collection are recommended for researchers.
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rapid population growth