Introduction
Materials and methods
Study design and setting
Source and study population
Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Sample size determination and sampling procedure
Study variables
Dependent variable
Independent variables
Operational definition
Youth Friendly Reproductive Health Service
YFRHS utilization
Sexual experience
Knowledge of YFRHS
Youth reproductive health service utilization
Reproductive health problems
Attitude towards YFRHS utilization
Data collection and analysis
Results
Socio-demographic characteristics of participants
Variable | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 15-19 | 219 | 63.3 |
20-24 | 127 | 36.7 | |
Sex | Male | 180 | 52.0 |
Female | 166 | 48.0 | |
Marital status | Single | 286 | 82.7 |
Married | 60 | 17.34 | |
Educational level | Grade 9th
| 112 | 32.3 |
Grade 10th
| 114 | 33.0 | |
Grade 11th
| 94 | 27.2 | |
Grade 12th
| 26 | 7.5 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 313 | 90.5 |
Muslim | 33 | 9.5 | |
Residence | Urban | 142 | 41.0 |
Rural | 204 | 59.0 | |
Living arrangement | With families/other relatives | 290 | 83.8 |
Alone | 56 | 16.2 | |
Pocket money | No | 113 | 32.7 |
Yes | 233 | 67.3 | |
Mothers education | No education | 180 | 52.0 |
Primary | 86 | 24.9 | |
Secondary | 43 | 12.4 | |
Higher | 37 | 10.7 | |
Fathers education | unable to read and write | 117 | 33.8 |
Primary | 136 | 39.3 | |
Secondary | 43 | 12.4 | |
Higher | 50 | 14.5 | |
Mothers occupation | Housewife | 282 | 81.5 |
Other | 64 | 18.5 | |
Fathers occupation | Farmer | 272 | 78.6 |
Government employee | 29 | 8.4 | |
Private employee | 45 | 13.0 | |
sexual experience | Yes | 83 | 24.1 |
No | 262 | 75.9 | |
Availability | Not available | 247 | 71.4 |
Available | 99 | 28.6 | |
Privacy | not adequate | 262 | 75.7 |
Adequate | 84 | 24.3 | |
convenient time of service delivery | yes | 56 | 16.2 |
no | 290 | 83.8 | |
communication with parents | yes | 69 | 19.9 |
No | 277 | 80.1 | |
distance to health facility | <30 min | 96 | 27.8 |
>30 min | 250 | 72.2 | |
visited health facility with in the last 12 months | Yes | 146 | 42.2 |
No | 200 | 57.8 | |
Media exposure | yes | 134 | 38.7 |
No | 212 | 61.3 | |
participated in school clubs | Yes | 110 | 31.8 |
No | 236 | 68.2 | |
faced RH problems (unwanted pregnancy, STIs) | Yes | 36 | 10.4 |
No | 310 | 89.6 | |
Attitude | negative | 155 | 44.80 |
Positive | 191 | 55.20 |
Knowledge about Youth friendly Reproductive Health Services
Variable | Frequency | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Have you ever heard about Youth Friendly Reproductive Health services? | ||
Yes | 250 | 72.3 |
No | 96 | 27.8 |
If yes, where do you get the information | ||
Parent | 41 | 16.4 |
Friend | 29 | 11.6 |
Teacher | 58 | 23.2 |
Mass media | 31 | 12.4 |
Health professional | 91 | 36.4 |
Do you know where people get youth friendly reproductive health services? | ||
Yes | 154 | 61.6 |
No | 96 | 38.4 |
Do you know any health facility which gives YFRHS? | ||
Yes | 180 | 72.0 |
No | 70 | 28.0 |
If your answer is yes, which of those facilities do you know? | ||
Health center | 126 | 70.0 |
Hospital | 32 | 17.8 |
School | 22 | 12.2 |
Which of the following services do you think are being delivered in Reproductive | ||
General counseling services | 102 | 40.8 |
FP | 79 | 31.6 |
VCT | 34 | 13.6 |
Treatment of STIs | 21 | 8.4 |
Antenatal care services | 14 | 5.6 |
Magnitude of YFRHS utilization
Factors Associated with utilization of YFRHS
variable | category | YFRHS utilization | COR |
p-value | 95%CI (AOR) |
P-value | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
yes | No | ||||||||||
Age | 15-19 | 67 | 112 | 1 | |||||||
20-24 | 33 | 94 | 1.26 | 0.362 | |||||||
Sex | male | 50 | 130 | 1 | |||||||
Female | 50 | 116 | 0.89 | 0.631 | |||||||
marital status | Single | 69 | 217 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Married | 31 | 29 | 0.29 | <0.001** | 0.27(0.14, 0.52)a
| <0.001 | |||||
Educational level | Grade 9th
| 31 | 81 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Grade 10th
| 42 | 72 | 0.66 | 0.142** | 0.96(0.42, 2.18) | 0.920 | |||||
Grade 11th
| 24 | 70 | 1.12 | 0.35 | 0.99(0.41, 2.38) | 0.977 | |||||
Grade 12th
| 3 | 23 | 2.93 | 0.097** | 3.35(0.92, 13.5) | 0.066 | |||||
Religion | Orthodox | 91 | 222 | 1 | |||||||
Muslim | 9 | 24 | 1.09 | 0.828 | |||||||
Residence | Urban | 34 | 108 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rural | 66 | 138 | 0.66 | 0.091** | 0.76(0.44, 1.34) | 0.352 | |||||
Living arrangement | With families/other relatives | 84 | 206 | 1 | |||||||
Alone | 16 | 40 | 1.02 | 0.953 | |||||||
Pocket money | No | 32 | 81 | 1 | |||||||
Yes | 68 | 165 | 0.96 | 0.868 | |||||||
sexual history | Yes | 28 | 55 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
No | 71 | 191 | 1.36 | 0.245** | 1.34 (0.72, 2.48) | 0.358 | |||||
Mothers educational status | No education (ref) | 51 | 129 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Primary | 22 | 64 | 1.15 | 0.638 | 1.21(0.61, 2.43) | 0.576 | |||||
Secondary | 10 | 33 | 1.30 | 0.503 | 0.65(0.23, 1.78) | 0.400 | |||||
Higher | 17 | 20 | 0.47 | 0.038** | 1.40(1.87, 4.95)a
| 0.038 | |||||
mothers occupation | Housewife (ref) | 85 | 197 | 1 | |||||||
Other | 15 | 49 | 1.41 | 0.287 | |||||||
Fathers education | unable to read and write | 43 | 74 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Primary | 30 | 106 | 2.05 | 0.011** | 1.72(0.92, 3.19) | 0.088 | |||||
Secondary | 10 | 33 | 1.92 | 0.111** | 1.71(0.63, 4.60) | 0.290 | |||||
Higher | 17 | 33 | 1.13 | 0.734 | 1.43(0.62, 3.29) | 0.398 | |||||
Fathers occupation | Farmer | 7 | 22 | 1 | |||||||
Government employee | 12 | 33 | 0.88 | 0.808 | |||||||
Private employee | 81 | 191 | 0.75 | 0.527 | |||||||
Availability | Not available | 82 | 165 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Available | 18 | 81 | 2.24 | 0.006** | 2.58(1.29, 5.16)a
| 0.007 | |||||
Privacy | not adequate | 75 | 187 | 1 | |||||||
Adequate | 25 | 59 | 0.95 | 0.842 | |||||||
convenient time of service delivery | Yes | 15 | 41 | 1 | |||||||
No | 85 | 205 | 0.88 | 0.703 | |||||||
communication with parents | Yes | 8 | 61 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
No | 92 | 185 | 0.26 | 0.001** | 0.18(0.07, 0.49)a
| 0.001 | |||||
Distance to the health facility | ≤30 min | 34 | 62 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
>30 min | 66 | 184 | 1.53 | 0.099** | 1.34(0.67, 2.66) | 0.406 | |||||
visited health facility with in the last 12 months | Yes | 31 | 115 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
No | 69 | 131 | 0.51 | 0.008** | 0.58(0.29, 1.14) | 0.117 | |||||
Media exposure | Yes | 40 | 94 | 1 | |||||||
No | 60 | 152 | 1.07 | 0.757 | |||||||
Participated in school clubs | Yes | 33 | 77 | 1 | |||||||
No | 67 | 169 | 1.08 | 0.758 | |||||||
faced RH problems (unwanted pregnancy, STIs) | Yes | 7 | 29 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
No | 93 | 217 | 0.56 | 0.191** | 0.44(0.14, 1.38) | 0.159 | |||||
attitude | Negative | 42 | 113 | 1 | |||||||
Positive | 58 | 133 | 1.28 | 0.547 | |||||||
Knowledge | Poor | 56 | 60 | 1 | |||||||
Good | 40 | 94 | 0.85 | 0.505 |