Knowledge Attitude And Practice Of Modern Contraceptives Among Street Girls Of Bole Sub-city Addis Ababa

The general objective of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and Practice of modernrncontraceptives among street girls of the Bole sub-city, Addis Ababa. A cross sectionalrnquantitative survey was conducted, on 84 street girls in the Bole sub-city, Addis Ababa.rnParticipants were recruited from “cluster” sites such as main road sides, isolated slum areas,rnaround Churches and/or Mosques (in the mornings on Sundays and other religious feast days)rnand streets where street girls usually reside and/or sleep.The primary Data were collected usingrna structured interview questionnaire in local language (Amharic) after informed verbal consent.rnTo analyze the data Data were then entered into SPSS version 20.0 for analysis, logisticrnregression models were fitted to assess associations. Associations were measured by the Oddsrnratio and its 95% confidence interval.The study revealed that more than 57% street girls havernheard of modern contraceptives and have knowledge of at least one contraceptive. The threernmost commonly identified modern contraceptives among the respondents were 22.6% condom,rn10.7% injectable and 9.5% pills age of 20–25 years (AOR=3.71), income per month greater thanrn1,000 ETB (AOR =6.71) and education level, who attend high school (AOR=4.25) and abovernhigh school (AOR=6.31) were associated with modern contraceptive use. Most of 79.8%, thernstudy subjects have interest to know more about modern contraceptives Moreover, 81% of thernrespondent consider modern contraceptive method do not have harmful effects on health andrn58% recommend modern contraceptive methods to be used by others In general about 73.8%rnhave a favorable or a positive attitude towards modern contraceptive. About 97% of street girlsrnwho had sexual intercourse, has more than one sexual partner and first time sexual intercoursernwas at the mean age of 15 years. Nearly 78% of the street girls had a chance to be pregnant,rn42.8% gave birth in their stay at street and 78% ever used contraceptive methods. Despite theirrnKnowledge about the methods significant number of respondents were associated with positivernattitude towards modern contraceptive. There is critical need to teach with consideration ofrnstreet girls context about the modern contraceptive practice to overcome the reproductive healthrnproblems

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