Assessment Of Reproductive Health Service Utlization And Associated Factors Among High School Youths In Addis Ababa Ethiopia 2015

Background: According to WHO, youths is between 15-24 years of age. Reproductive healthrn(RH) is critical for youths and adults because it does not only set the stage for health beyond thernreproductive years; it also affects the health of the next generation.rnObjective: The purpose of this study is to determine factors affecting reproductive health servicernutilization among high school youths in Addis Ababa.rnMethodology: School-based quantitative cross sectional study was carried out among selectedrnsecondary and preparatory students, in Addis Ababa city. Using the random sampling a total ofrn694 school youths (aged 15-24 years) were proportionally allocated and interviewed. Total ofrnTen facilitators and a nurse supervisor was recruited to assist the data collection process. Arnpretested structured questionnaire was employed to obtain the necessary information after gettingrnboth written and verbal consent from the concerned bodies. The collected data was interred in tornEpidata and analysed using SPSS version 20 statistical package and the degree of associationrnbetween dependent and independent variables were assessed using bivariate and multivariaternanalysis.rnResult: From the total of 694 school youths responded, 199(28.7%) of the respondents utilizedrnreproductive health services in the past one year. Voluntary counselling testing of HIV andrnFamily planning were utilized by 127(18.3%) and 124 (17.9%) of youths respectively. The likelyrnhood of RH service utilization was 2.04 times higher among male‟s than female‟s [AOR=2.04rn(1.41, 3.00)]. Youths with age of 15 to 17, youth who prefer to get service during usual workingrnhour and who prefer getting service by any provider were 0.60[AOR 0.60(0.41,0.89)], 0.61rn[AOR 0.61(0.41, 0.90)] and 0.39 [AOR= 0.39(0.20,0.76)] times less likely to utilize RH servicesrnrespectivelyrnConclusion: Proportion of youths reporting RH services were generally low, slight higher thanrnone fourth. Sex, Age, preference of the same sex service provider and convenience of servicerntime were significant predictors of youth RH services.

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