Postgraduate Project Topics, Thesis and Dissertation

15121 Assessment On Food Security Nutritional Status And Their Association With Haart Adherence Among Adult Plwha In Public Hospitals Of Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Background: Morbidity and mortality related to HIV/AIDS remain unacceptably high inrndeveloping countries, despite major advance in HIV therapy and increased internationalrnfunding on HIV/AIDS. Individual’s ability to obtain, consume and utilize food isrncompromised by HIV/AIDS. It causes...

15122 The Assessment Of Determinants Of Family Planning Use And Unmet Need Among Women Of Reproductive Age Group With Disabilities In Addis Ababa

Background: The 2007 Census of Ethiopia revealed 32630 of the 2739551 Addis Ababa population was persons with disability among which 7,835 are reproductive aged women. Persons with disabilities are the most marginalized groups concerning reproductive health services. Unmet need for family planning...

15123 Assessment Of Use Of Insecticide Treated Mosquito Nets And Factors Affecting It In Serbo Town

Background: Among malaria control measures, use of mosquito nets is the one that is getting morernacceptance and is being used in large scale worldwide. Despite on going distribution and use of netsrnin Ethiopia, the household level situation in utilizing them is by and large unknown.rnObjective:...

15124 Health Promotion And Non-communicable Disease Prevention And Control A Discourse Analysis Of Health Education Practices Of Health Workers At Axum Town

This thesis aimed to explore health promotive and non-communicable disease (NCD)rnpreventive discourses as enacted in the health education practices of health workers and their clients’ talks. Thus, the study sought to: (i) examine meanings attached to NCDs by community members of Axum town;...

15125 Determinants Of Occupational Injury Among The Condominium House Construction Workers Of Addis Ababa City Ethiopia. Unmatched Case Control Study

Back ground of the study: Occupational injuries constitute global public health burden from which millions of workers die each year from unintentional work related accidents causing economic loss. The construction industry has been identified as one of the hazardous industries in Ethiopia; a...

15126 Assessment Of The Prevalence Of Intestinal Parasitic Infections Among School Children And Their Knowledge And Practice Of Hygiene And Sanitation In Primary Second Cycle Schools Debirebrhan Town

Background: Poor sanitation in schools can cause parasitic infection among school children that can result in impaired children’s growth and development. It also increases student’s absenteeism from school and affects student’s academic performance. Due to poor sanitation,...

15127 Assessment Of Voluntary Counseling And Testing Utilization Among Preparatory Students In Hawassa Town Snnpr Ethiopia

Background:- HIV voluntary counseling and testing is an entry point to both preventionrnand treatment. Adolescents have to know their HIV sero status to enable them to seekrnappropriate treatment as well as to enable them to choose prevention strategies and adoptrnsafe sexual behavior. For...

15128 Descriptive Analysis Of Oromoo Personal Names And Naming Practices In Eastern Wollega Zone Of Oromia National Regional State

This dissertation describes personal names and naming practices of Oromoo people inrnEastern Wollega of Oromia National Regional state. The study was carried out at Naqamte Administrative town and Giddaa Ayyaanaa district in Eastern Wollega. The study describes how children are named and explores...

15129 Impact Of Land Use Land Cover Change On Land Surface

For the past decades, an increase 111 population pressure, policy, institutional andrneconomic development influences caused changes in LULC of city and periphery. Thisrnwas mainly due to urban expansion and densification. The effects of land use and landrncover changes have impacted the urban...

15130 Income Poverty Profiles And Level Of Households Social Deprivation In Tigray. The Case Of Tw O Tabias (villages) In Gulomekheda Wereda East Tigray North Ethiopia.

Tllis paper addresses a celltral ques tion: How is the welfare sill lntioll of /lIe socielyrnill eluding depth and lIlagnitude of poverty both in terllls of ill collle I1l1ri 1I01l-i1l COlllernilldimtors prevailillg at grassroots of the study nrea. This study prodll ces sOllie aggrega lernpoverty...

15131 Determinants Of Farmers Land Management Practices The Case Of Tole District South West Shewa Lone Oromia National Regional State

Land is the most important natural resource evenJWhere in the world and its importance for developingrncountries like Ethiopia is even 1110re critical due to their heavy dependency on land resources. However, thisrnvital resource is losing its productivih) due to land degradation.rnTIle overall...

15132 Rice Value Chain In Metema District North Gondar Ethiopia Challenges And Opportunities For Innovation

Rice is a new crop for the country in general and the study area, Metema, in particular. There isrnan immense potenlial rice produclion area and high consumer demand. However, Ihe rice sec/orrnis not jidly developed as compared /0 the potenlia!. Many institutional, organizational...

15133 Premarital Sexual Behavior Pregnancy Incidence And Its Resolutions In Bahir Dar Town

A study was conducted on premarital sexual behaviour, pregnancy incidences andrnresolutions among the youth population in Bahir Dar Town, Ethiopia. The Eligiblernpopulation for the study was defined as never marriedfemales between the ages of 15-24. Thernsample was designed to be drawn from a...

15134 Determinants Of Food Security In The Vulnerable Areas Of Ethiopia The Case Of Ahferom Wereda In Region Tigray

The drought-prone areas of the country are largely areas of chronic food insecurity.rnProduction-based entitlements supplemented by creation of mechanisms of food access isrnconsidered as the major instruments of attaining food security in the rural developmentrnand food security strategies of the...

15135 Knowledge Attitude And Behavior (kab) On Mvaidsstds Among Workers In The Lnformal Sector Ill Addis Ababa

This study targeted to assess knowledge, attitude and behavior (KAB) on HIV/AlDS/STDsrnamong workers in the informal sector in Addis Ababa. The study is based on the sample ofrnJ J 77 respondents.rnThe eli gibi li ty criterion for the selection of respondents is based on the definition of...

15136 Rural Household Vulnerability To Climate Change And Adaptation Options Of North Shoa Zone Oromia Region

The study assess es the extent of rural household vulnerability to climate change by applyingrnVulnerability as Expected Pover ty (VEP) approach and analyses adaptation options used byrnapplying multinomiallogit model. The VEP approach is based on estimating the probability thatrna given shock or...

15137 The Role Of Rural Community Training In Agricultural Production And Household Food Security The Experience Of A Gri-ser Vice Ethiopia (ngo) In Bale Zone Oromia Regional State

This paper comprises all rounded analysis of literature mId empirical results of the impact ofrncommunity training on household food security. The study is based on Bale zone threernworedas-Gassera Gololcha, Ginir and Goro. These woredas are preferred because Agri-servicernEthiopia, local NGO, has...

15138 Assessment Of The Performance Of Health Service Extension Program And The Factors Affecting It The Case Of Kembata Tembaro Zone. Snnpr

This brief sunm1ary repre sents an overview of the key research findings discussed atrnlength in the main body of the report. In KTZ, the HSEP that ha s been underway as partrnof national program since 2006 was designed to improve the und erserved majorities'rnaccess to basic health care services,...

15139 Gender Power Relations In Reproductive Decision-making The Case Of Migrant Weavers Of Addis Ababa

Reproductive decision-making is strongly associated with gender power relatiolls be/weenrncouples. In mOllY developing counlries mOSI of reproduclive decisions are made by mell althoughrnil is, as well, Ihe cOllcern of Vomell. Helice, Ihis study was undertaken wilh Ihe objective ofrnassessing lite...

15140 Assessment Of Rural-urban Economic Linkage The Case Of Hosanna Town And Its Hinterland

Rural and urban peoples are becoming increasingly multidimensional and mull i-local inrnpresent times and rural-urban linkages are receiving beller altention in the regional andrnlocal economic development discourse. However, Ethiopia is characterized w ith weakrnrural - urban linkage due to...

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