Background: Cervical cancer is the second most prevalent cancer among women in the developing countries including Ethiopia. Identifying the factors associated with cervical precancerous lesion may help us to address the cervical cancer related problem. Studies on the issues of factors associated...
Back ground: Low birth weight is a public health problem in almost all countries of the world ofrnwhich Ethiopia is one. The empirical literature provides mixed results on the relationship betweenrnmany of these factors and LBW. Some of the variables that are found to be predicator of LBW inrnone...
Background information: Adolescence is the transitional period from childhood to adulthood characterized by significant physiological, psychological and social changes. It is during this period that the biosocial transition is experienced, including intention and desire for future individual and...
Background: Understanding demand for improved sanitation in the local context is critical if sanitation facilities are to be continually used. The drivers of demand for sanitation are different for different slum areas, so context specific study is better to know the real factors and demand for...
Youth constitute the population within the age range of 15 up to 24 years. They make up about 30% ofrnthe world population. Even though youth constitute 30% of the population they harbor about half thernburden due to HIV/AIDS. Out of school youth are at a much higher risk for HIV/AIDS.rnThis study...
Background: In 2012 the second highest estimated proportion of adolescents (age 10-19 years) living with HIV/AIDS in 12 selected high burden countries is Nigeria with 8%. The prevalence of HIV within the age group of 15-24 years in Nigeria is 4.33%. In Enugu state the place for this study, the...
Back ground: Podoconiosis is non-infective, usually crystalline Blockage of the limbrnlymphatic, almost always affecting the lower limbs. In Ethiopia Podoconiosis is an importantrnpublic health problem in endemic areas like Wolaita zone. Podoconiosis has a serious socialrnand psychological burden....
Background: Stable circadian rhythm is important for proper functioning of the physiologicalrnactivities of the body. Shift work, including night work, has been hypothesized to increase thernrisk of chronic diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular disease (CVD), metabolic syndromernand diabetes....
Background: Globally, diarrheal diseases remain a leading cause of death. It is estimated for 1.87 million deaths each year, accounting for approximately 19% among children of under- five. Most of these deaths are due to dehydration and mismanagement or delayed management of the disease....
Background: Globally there were 249 million children under the age of five years who were at risk of poor development in 2010. Ethiopia is one of the top ten countries with children at high risk of developmental problems. To assess and monitor the developmental status of children, there is a need...
Background: Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) is one of the most serious acute complications of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and the leading cause of morbidity andrn9rnmortality in children with type 1 diabetes. The mortality rate for DKA ranges from 2 to 5 % in developed countries and 6 to 24% in developing...
Background: Adult mortality rate is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60. Levels andrntrends in overall adult mortality have important implications for health and social program. Globally,rnadult mortality rate has been declining in the period of 1990 and 2012 though countries in...
Background: In order to attain contraceptive security in the country which is the guarantee that allrnpeople have continuous access to the quality contraceptives they need for family planning requiresrnthe presence of efficient contraceptive logistics system. The existence of a successful...
Household food consumption patterns of farm worker familiesrn(rural) and agro-industry worker families (urban) of SidamornAgricultural Development Enterprise were studied. The objectivesrnwere: to determine the types of food eaten and calories availablernto the families relative to calories needed;...
This is a community-based cross-sectional comparative study conducted in Bahir-Dar townrnand periurban area in December 2002, North west Ethiopia with the purpose of assessingrndeterminants related to modern contraceptive preference and KAP study among women ofrnreproductive age group. A multistage...
Background: Breast cancer is a major life-threatening public health problem of great concern, with more than one million cases occurringworldwide annually. In Ethiopia breast cancer is the second most often occurring cancer among women. Even though there were studies that were done on risk factors...
Back-ground: Fee waiver system is one component of health care financing reform; it is a system for granting access to health services for those who are unable to pay. Evidence shows that the implementation of fee waiver system have slower progress rates, and lack sufficient information on the...
Background: Malaria and under-nutrition are the two major causes of childhood mortality in sub-rnSaharan Africa. More than half of child mortality related to major infectious diseases is attributedrnat least in part to under nutrition. In Ethiopia both under nutrition and malaria are very...
Abuse by an intimate partner (marital or spousal abuse) and coercion are the two most globallyrnprevalent forms of violence against women. However community based studies on this subject isrnlimited. In Ethiopia there is also little research work in the area of physical partner violence....
Background: Studies have demonstrated that high vaccination coverage rates do not necessarily imply valid dose vaccinations. The timely start of vaccination is important in light of the rapid waning of trans-placental immunity in the first year of life against vaccine-preventable diseases. Delayed...