Young peoples specific needs of sexual and reproductive information and service remainedrnpoorly understood or served in most of the countries of the world. These days; however, sincernyoung people SRH problems are becoming serious public health issues in many countries thernneeds of specific youth friendly SRH services for young people have gained attention.rnA cross sectional descriptive survey through a self administered anonymous and structuredrnquestionnaire was conducted from March 2007- April 2007 in randomly selected preparatoryrnschools found in Addis Ababa. Students who are in grade 11 and 12 were included to determinerntheir knowledge, attitude and practice with regard to AIDS hotline counseling service.rnIn this study 805 participants filled out a structured and pre tested questionnaire. Focus grouprndiscussion also conducted with two groups (male and female) students selected from Anti AIDSrnclub members both in governmental and non governmental schools prior to the quantitative datarncollection in order to know any information which may be essential for the preparation of thernquestionnaire as well to supplement the findings of quantitative result.rnAmong the respondents 424 (52.8%) were male and the mean age (+SD) of respondents wasrn16.98 (+1.2) years. Six hundred ninety seven (86.7%) of the participants reported that theyrnknew about the existence of AIDS hotline counseling services and 211 (30.2 %) used thernservice of whom 118 (56.0%) were males and 93 (44.0%) were females and the major reasonrnfor calling was facts such as ways of HIV/AIDS transmission and related facts.