Wordofa, Berhanu(BSc, MSc, Assistant professor)Sr.Sineshaw, Worknesh(MSc)Tilahun, Selamawit2021-11-282023-11-062021-11-282023-11-062021-05http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/29002Background- Suicidal behaviors are one of the most common global burden of disease among women, with the exception of this in middle and low income countries few is studied about the frequency and associated factors. Suicidal behavior increase during the first year after delivery varying from 4% to 17.6% with three fold cause of maternal death in low-in- come countries.Correspondingly in Ethiopia suicidal behavior found to be high 14% among postpartum mothers. Suicidal behavior involves the deliberate attempt to take one’s own life. Objective - To assessprevalence and associated factorsof suicidal behavior among postpartum mothers attending at public health centers of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021. Methodology-A facility -based cross sectional study was conducted. The total sample size was 615.The study was conducted in ten randomly selected public health centers of Addis Ababa. After data collection, filled data were enter in statistical software Epi data 4.6 and were subjected to cleaning using simple frequency and tabulation to ensure its validity. Then, the analysis was done SPSS version 25 statistical software using a CI of 95%. To indicate the strength and statistical significance of the association of the selected independent and dependent variables, odds ratio,95% CI and p-value < 0.05were used. Results: The prevalence ofsuicidal behavioramong postnatal mothers attending at public health centers in Addis Ababa was 41.46%. Being mothers literate were (AOR=0.64, 95% CI: 0.42-0.97), verbal abuses were (AOR=2.18, 95% CI: 1.38-3.44), history of rape (AOR=3.03, 95% CI 1.14 -8.05),history of depression (AOR=4.12, 95% CI 1.21-14.03), women’s having sexually unfaithful husband were (AOR=0.34, 95% CI 0.14-0.81) and khat chewing were (AOR=8.48, 95% CI 2.52-28.50) were significantly associated with suicidal behavior. Conclusion and recommendation: Suicidal behavior was found to be the common mental health problem among postpartum women and was associated with educational status,verbal abuses, history of rape, history of depression, women’s having sexually unfaithful husband and khat chewing. Also recommend early diagnosis and intervention with possible screening of mothers for suicidal behavior during routine antenatal and postnatal care.en-USSuicidal behavior, risk factor, postpartum mothersThesis