Back ground - contraceptive prevalence in Ethiopia increased from 8.1% of women ofrnreproductive age group in 2000 to 14.7% in 2005, but the prevalence of long acting andrnpermanent contraceptive use has remained very low. There is a high unmet need for spacingrnand limiting, which implies a substantial number of unwanted pregnancies that could bernavoided with the utilization of contraceptives especially long-acting and permanent methods.rnIntention to use a method of contraception is an important indicator of the potential demandrnfor family planning services.rnObjective- The objective of this study was to assess the magnitude of intention and factorsrnaffecting womenâ€™s intention to use long acting and permanent methods among familyrnplanning clients of public health facilities in Ambo town, West Shoa zone, Oromia NationalrnRegional State, Ethiopia.rnMethods-The study design was facility based both cross-sectional quantitative andrnqualitative method. A total of 519 family planning clients were selected from the three publicrnhealth facilities by using systematic random sampling. The sample size was assigned to eachrnhealth facility proportionally to their daily client flow for the quantitative part, and 22-womenrnwere selected purposively for the qualitative study by taking into consideration differentrnsocio demographic factors. Data entry& data analysis was done by Epi Info version 6 softrnware package and SPSS version 11. Bi-variate and multivariate logistic regression wasrnemployed.rnResults- The prevalence of intention to use LAPMs among clients of other modernrncontraceptive methods users was about 291(56.1%). Womenâ€™s knowledge on LAPMs,rnattitude on LAPMs and total number of alive children the women had were significantlyrnassociated with the intention to use LAPMs in the future at p