Magnitude and risk factors of abortion among regular female students in Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia
Magnitude and risk factors of abortion among regular female students in Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia
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10.1186/1472-6874-14-50
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发表时间：
2014-03-26
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2.5
通讯作者：
Mekonen, Tesfa
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Gelaye, Amha Admasie;Taye, Kalemelekot Nigussie;Mekonen, Tesfa
背景：人工流产是我们这个时代最大的人权困境之一。然而，堕胎在每一种文化和社会中都是一种非常普遍的经历。根据世界卫生组织的资料，埃塞俄比亚在2005年的产妇死亡人数中居第五位，估计不安全堕胎占埃塞俄比亚所有产妇死亡人数的32%。不安全堕胎的后果对青年的影响尤为严重。本研究的目的是，因此，以确定的幅度和确定与女性Wolaita Sodo大学students.Methods之间的堕胎因素：一个描述性的，横断面研究，在Wolaita Sodo大学5月和2011年6月之间进行。数据收集从493随机选择的女学生使用结构化和预先测试的questionnaire.Results：学生中的堕胎率被发现是每1000名妇女65，使其三倍的全国堕胎率为埃塞俄比亚（23/1000年龄在15-44岁的妇女）。几乎所有的堕胎（96.9%）都是人工流产，只有一半（16）是安全的。有饮酒史的学生，一年级学生和那些没有10年级后自然科学背景的院系的学生比他们的同龄人有更高的堕胎风险。约23.7%的人报告有过性行为。不到一半的受访者（44%）听说过紧急避孕，只有35.9%的那些有性经验的人曾经使用过避孕套。结论：高堕胎率的女性Wolaita Sodo大学的学生和一半的堕胎发生/不安全的情况下启动。学生对法律的和安全堕胎服务的了解相当贫乏。必须改进性健康教育，重点是提供安全和法律的堕胎服务，并在大学和青年男女聚集的其他地方更广泛地提供对青年友好的计划生育服务。
Background: Induced abortion is one of the greatest human rights dilemmas of our time. Yet, abortion is a very common experience in every culture and society. According to the World Health Organization, Ethiopia had the fifth largest number of maternal deaths in 2005 and unsafe abortion was estimated to account for 32% of all maternal deaths in Ethiopia. Youth are disproportionately affected by the consequences of unsafe abortion. The objective of this study was, therefore, to determine the magnitude and identify factors associated with abortion among female Wolaita Sodo University students.Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in Wolaita Sodo University between May and June 2011. Data were collected from 493 randomly selected female students using structured and pre-tested questionnaires.Results: The rate of abortion among students was found to be 65 per 1000 women, making it three fold the national rate of abortion for Ethiopia (23/1000 women aged 15-44). Virtually all of the abortions (96.9%) were induced and only half (16) were reported to be safe. Students with history of alcohol use, who are first-year and those enrolled in faculties with no post-Grade 10 Natural Science background had higher risk of abortion than their counterparts. About 23.7% reported sexual experience. Less than half of the respondents (44%) ever heard of emergency contraception and only 35.9% of those who are sexually experienced ever used condom.Conclusions: High rate of abortion was detected among female Wolaita Sodo University students and half of the abortions took place/initiated under unsafe circumstances. Knowledge of students on legal and safe abortion services was found to be considerably poor. It is imperative that improved sexual health education, with focus on safe and legal abortion services is rendered and wider availability of Youth Friendly family planning services are realized in Universities and other places where young men and women congregate.