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    ATTITUDE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS TOWARDS CESAREAN SECTION AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTE NATAL CARE UNIT AT WOLKITE UNIVERSITY SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL AND WOLKITE TOWN HEALTH CENTER, GURAGE ZONE, SNNPR, ETHIOPIA, 2022
    (WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2022-06) AMSALU YOHANNES; ZULEYKA SHEMSU; ABDI TAMIRAT
    Background Cesarean section (CS) delivery is the delivery of the fetus(es), placenta and membranes through an incision on the abdominal and uterine wall at or after 28 weeks of gestation. Cesarean section is a lifesaving surgical procedure. Its recommended level of WHO is 5%-15%. There were no study conducted in Ethiopia previously in this topic, despite of the increasing rate of Cesarean section as a country. Objective to assess attitude and associated factors towards Cesarean section among pregnant women attending ante natal care unit at wolkite university specialized hospital and wolkite town health center, gurage zone, SNNP, Ethiopia, Methods Cross sectional study design was implemented to assess attitude of pregnant women attending antenatal care unit of Wolkite university specialized hospital and Wolkite health center. The Data was collected by using interviewer administered semi-structured questioner. The data analysis was done by using ordinal logistic regression were implemented and bivariate and multi variable analysis was done P-value 0.2 and 0.05 was used to determine significant association respectively. Result: In our study 13.74% of mothers has positive attitude towards Cesarean section 93.8% mothers have positive attitude towards Cesarean section if it is mandatory and majority of the women has moderate knowledge level, 39.8% of mothers have good knowledge level. Maternal knowledge AOR=0.845 CI(0.768,0.930), occupational status AOR=0.749 CI(0.607.0.923), and number of living child AOR=0.752 CI(0.595,0.950) are significantly associated with attitude. Conclusion: We concluded that mother's attitude towards C-section is neutral in general. mothers who were employed, one with good knowledge and living child between 1 and 2 had more likely to have positive attitude towards cesarean section. There fore we recommend regular education on ANC about CS as a mode of delivery