Department of Reproductive Health, College of Health Sciences, Aksum University, Aksum, Ethiopia.
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Health Sciences, Aksum University, Aksum, Ethiopia.
Front Public Health. 2022 May 20;10:860650. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.860650. eCollection 2022.
Reproductive health rights in Africa are unknown. According to international studies, reproductive health rights of young people particularly university students, are violated, and most of these violations go unreported due to a lack of information and awareness of these rights. The aim of this study was to assess the level of knowledge and associated factors on sexual and reproductive health rights in Ethiopia.
Institution-based cross-sectional study using an interviewer-administered and structured questionnaire was conducted. The study population consisted of students of the selected department between November, 2018 and June, 2019. A simple random sampling method technique was used to select 420 students. Bi-variate and multi-variate logistic regression analysis was performed.
The knowledge level of the respondents was 16.4%. The majority of students 205 (51%) were in the age group < 20 years. Male [: 1.46, 95% : 1.09-1.95]; coming from urban areas [: 2.11, 95% : (1.02-4.37)]; provision of sexuality education or lecture in departments [: 1.39, 95% : 1.02-1.91] and discussion about reproductive health with anyone else [: 2.31, 95% : 1.48-3.62] were significant association for the knowledge of sexual and reproductive health rights.
Respondents' knowledge level was found to be very low. Therefore, strengthening students' lectures or education on reproductive health in the curricula of high school, encouraging discussions with parents, and anyone might improve the knowledge toward sexual and reproductive health rights.
非洲的生殖健康权利不为人知。根据国际研究，年轻人的生殖健康权利受到侵犯，尤其是大学生，由于缺乏信息和对这些权利的认识，大多数侵犯行为没有得到报告。本研究旨在评估埃塞俄比亚年轻人对性和生殖健康权利的认识水平及其相关因素。
采用基于机构的横断面研究，使用访谈者管理和结构化问卷进行。研究人群为 2018 年 11 月至 2019 年 6 月期间选定系的学生。采用简单随机抽样方法选择了 420 名学生。进行了双变量和多变量逻辑回归分析。
受访者的知识水平为 16.4%。大多数学生（205 名，占 51%）年龄在<20 岁。男性[比值比（OR）：1.46，95%置信区间（CI）：1.09-1.95]；来自城市地区[OR：2.11，95%CI：（1.02-4.37)]；系内提供性教育或讲座[OR：1.39，95%CI：1.02-1.91]以及与其他人讨论生殖健康[OR：2.31，95%CI：1.48-3.62]与性和生殖健康权利的知识有显著关联。
研究对象的知识水平非常低。因此，在高中课程中加强对生殖健康的学生讲座或教育，鼓励与父母和其他人讨论，可能会提高对性和生殖健康权利的认识。
