Department of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia.
BMC Womens Health. 2022 Aug 18;22(1):351. doi: 10.1186/s12905-022-01935-3.
Around 73 million induced abortions take place worldwide each year. Six out of 10 (61%) of all unintended pregnancies, and 3 out of 10 (29%) of all pregnancies, end in induced abortion. In Africa, nearly half of all abortions occur under the least safe circumstances. In Ethiopia 35% of women obtaining induced abortions service. Therefore, thisstudy aims to assess knowledge, attitude, and associated factors towards induced abortion serviceamong female students of private Colleges in Ambo town, Ethiopia, 2022.
An Institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from January 15, 2022, to February 15, 2022, among college students in Ambo, Ethiopia. Data were collected from 631 female students using semi-structured self-administered questionnaires by a systematic sampling method. We collected data on demographics, Institutional factors: facility policy and regulation, sexual experience, knowledge, and attitude. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were done to identify the association of dependent and independent variables using SPSS, version 26, at 95% of confidence interval by adjusting for confounding factors. Finally, variables with p-value ≤ 0.05 were taken as factors associated.
All the participants gave their responses.Among the participants 279 (44.2) have good knowledge while the majority 352 (55.8%) of the students had poor knowledge about induced abortion. Age [AOR = 4.64, 95% CI (2.95,7.30)], Marital status [AOR = 5.24, 95% CI (3.16, 8.69)], religion [AOR = 0.48, 95% CI (0.26,0.81)], Year of study [AOR = 4.51, 95% CI (2.88,7.08)], Monthly earn/income [AOR = 2.07, 95% (CI 1.40,3.07)], Ever had sex [AOR = 1.92, 95% CI (1.26,2.92)] and urban residence [AOR = 1.87, 95% CI (1.26, 4.35)] were factors associated with knowledge of students towards induced abortion. Regarding attitude, 377 (59.7%) of students had good attitude towards induced abortion. Marital status [AOR = 2.30, 95% CI (1.30, 4.0)], and Religion [AOR = 0.47, 95% CI (0.10, 2.23)] were factors significantly associated with attitude towards induced abortion.
More than half of the participants have poor knowledge while majority of the students have a good attitude toward induced abortion. Since majority of the students (55.8%) have poor knowledge about induced abortion: health education, short course training, panel discussions and communication programs for youth on induction of abortion services is crucial.
全球每年约有 7300 万例人工流产。所有意外怀孕中，有 61%（6 成 1）和 29%（3 成）的怀孕以人工流产而告终。在非洲，几乎一半的堕胎都是在最不安全的情况下进行的。在埃塞俄比亚，有 35%的妇女接受人工流产服务。因此，本研究旨在评估埃塞俄比亚安博镇私立学院女学生对人工流产服务的知识、态度和相关因素，2022 年。
2022 年 1 月 15 日至 2 月 15 日，在埃塞俄比亚安博镇，采用基于机构的横断面研究方法，对女大学生进行了调查。采用系统抽样法，从 631 名女学生中收集了半结构式自我管理问卷的数据。我们收集了有关人口统计学、机构因素（设施政策和规定）、性经验、知识和态度的数据。使用 SPSS 版本 26，在 95%置信区间内，通过调整混杂因素，进行单变量和多变量逻辑回归分析，以确定依赖变量和独立变量之间的关联。最后，选取 p 值≤0.05 的变量作为相关因素。
所有参与者都做出了回应。在参与者中，有 279 人（44.2%）对人工流产有良好的认识，而大多数 352 人（55.8%）对人工流产的认识较差。年龄 [AOR=4.64，95%CI（2.95，7.30）]、婚姻状况 [AOR=5.24，95%CI（3.16，8.69）]、宗教 [AOR=0.48，95%CI（0.26，0.81）]、学习年限 [AOR=4.51，95%CI（2.88，7.08）]、月收入/收入 [AOR=2.07，95%CI（1.40，3.07）]、有过性行为 [AOR=1.92，95%CI（1.26，2.92）]和城市居住 [AOR=1.87，95%CI（1.26，4.35）]是与学生对人工流产知识相关的因素。关于态度，377 名（59.7%）学生对人工流产持良好态度。婚姻状况 [AOR=2.30，95%CI（1.30，4.0）]和宗教 [AOR=0.47，95%CI（0.10，2.23）]是与对人工流产态度显著相关的因素。
超过一半的参与者对人工流产的认识较差，而大多数学生对人工流产的态度较好。由于大多数学生（55.8%）对人工流产的认识较差：因此，对青年进行关于人工流产服务的健康教育、短期课程培训、小组讨论和宣传计划至关重要。
