Dr. Mitike, Getnet (MD,MPH, Ph.D.)Kebede, Adugna2021-08-102023-11-052021-08-102023-11-052010-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/27639Background: In 2005, the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) in Ethiopia realized that health service were not meeting the health needs at the community level. In response to this, the FMOH launched a new innovative program called the health Extension program(HEP).TheHEPfocusesonunderservedsuch as: mothers, neonates, children and rural communities and places, basically emphasis on preventive, promotive and selected curative health care practice. Utilization of healthcare services is a right of all citizens, an important determinant of health and has particular relevance as a public health and development issue in low income countries.en-USHealth Service ,Utilization , BarriersThesis