Background: - even though sexual activity put adolescents at risk of various reproductivernhealth (RH) challenges, many adolescent lack strong stable relation ships with parents orrnother adults with whom they talk to get information about their RH concern.rnObjectives: - The general objective of the study is to identify factors affecting parents inrndiscussing reproductive health issues with their adolescent.rnMethod: - Community based cross-sectional study was designed to determine factorsrnaffecting parents in discussing RH issue with their adolescents among families who hadrnchildren aged 10 years and above living in Shambo town conducted in May 2009. A totalrnof 262 house holds were selected using systematic sampling technique. Data wasrncollected using structured questionnaire by six data collectors from resident of Shamboorntown. Data was analyzed by SPSS soft ware version 15.0. Descriptive statistics wasrnemployed to describe the study population in relation to relevant variables. Odds ratiornwith 95% confidence intervals and regression was employed to describe the strength ofrnassociation between the selected study variables by controlling for the effect of possiblernconfoundersrnResult and discussion: - The study showed that most respondent 84.6% were found to bernknowledgeable about reproductive health and also the majority 90% had positive attituderntowards discussing the RH issue with their adolescent. However, small proportionsrn38.2% have communicated to their adolescent on reproductive health issue. Educationalrnlevel, knowledge, and attitude of parents had significant association with discussion ofrnparents with their adolescents on RH issues.rnConclusion and recommendation: - It can be concluded that, even though parents hadrnbasic information on RH, they did not practice in discussing RH issue with theirrnadolescent. It is recommended that health workers in helping parents to become effectiverncommunicator to their adolescent as well as considering their role of educator should be considered