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    KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, PRACTICE OF INDUCED ABORTION AND ATTITUDE ABOUT ITS LEGALIZATION AMONG FEMALE STUDENTS OF AGENA HIGH SHOOL AND PREPARATORY SHOOL. GURAGE ZONE, CENTERAL ETIOPIA,2025 G.C
    (wolkite universty, 2025-05) BEREKET TESFAYE; DEMEKE GETANEH; TESFAYE BEZABH
    Background: Unsafe abortion is one of the three leading causes of maternal mortality globally. In Africa unsafe abortion accounts for more than a quarter causes for maternal death. Ethiopia is one of the east African countries with highest incidence of unsafe abortion.. However lots of things remain to be done to address this major public health problem; this stems from high number of unwanted pregnancy which is a result of low contraceptive usage. Objective: To assess knowledge, attitude and practice of women on induced abortion and their attitude about its legalization at Agena High school and Preparatory School in Agena town, Ezha woreda, Guraghe zone ,central Ethiopia from 24 December -6 January,2025 Method: Institutional based cross sectional study design was conducted among 298 regular female students of Agena High school and Preparatory School and data was collected by using structured questionnaire. A simple random sampling technique was carried out. Collected data were cleaned, edited, and it was analyzed using SPSS computer programmed version 25. After analyzing of collected data results was summarized and presented in texts, tables, charts and graphs as necessary. Result: Out of 184 participants, 180 completed the provided questionnaire, resulting in an impressive response rate of 97.8%. However, only 18.9% demonstrated good knowledge on the topic. Regarding attitudes towards induced abortion, only 17.8% held a positive view, while most of the study participants, 60%, expressed an unfavorable attitude toward the legalization of abortion in Ethiopia. Conclusion and recommendation The study found that participants had limited knowledge about induced abortion and held negative views on the subject. Many students engaged in unprotected sex, leading some to attempt self-induced abortions using local herbs due to fear of family member’ s reactions. The study recommends offering education on modern contraceptives, the dangers of unsafe abortion, and pregnancy prevention. It also suggests making health information in schools and modern contraceptives accessible where it is possible for the needs to be used in Agena town.
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    KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, PRACTICE AND THEIR PREDICTORS TOWARDS PREVENTION OF DIABETIC FOOT ULCER AMONG ADULT DIABETIC PATIENTS ATTENDING AT DIABETIC FOLLOW UP CLINIC AT GURAGE ZONE, SOUTHERN, ETHIOPIA, 2022
    (Wolkite University, 2022-06) HENOK TEKLE; MAHLET ALEMU; METI KINFU
    Background: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic and complex metabolic disorder that results into many complications. Diabetic foot ulcer is one of its complication and that affects life quality of diabetic patient. Despite its great negative impact on life quality, only few studies have been done so far to assess its determinants. Objective: To assess patients’ knowledge, attitude, practice on prevention of diabetic foot ulcer and their predictors among adult diabetic patients at selected hospitals in Gurage zone. Methodology: Institution-based cross-sectional study design was conducted among 380patients selected by simple random sampling in three selected hospitals from Feb to June 2022.Data was collected using pretested and semi structured self-administered questionnaire. Collected data was entered in EPI and exported to SPSS version 25 for analysis. Descriptive analysis for frequency and percentage, and binary logistic regression for association was done. Results: Out of the 380 study participants, 374 were completed the study giving the response rate of 97.4%. The mean age of participants is 46.06 (13.5) years. From total, 148 (39.6%) had poor knowledge and 226 (60.4%) of participants had good knowledge towards prevention of diabetic foot ulcer. Nearly three fourth, 283 (78.8%) patients had positive attitude but only 185 (56.4%%) patients had good foot care practice. Socio-demographic variables such as residence, age group, educational status, religion, marital status, and history of diagnosed foot problem are found to be significantly associated with knowledge on prevention of diabetic foot ulcer. Attitude and practice of the patient also significantly associated with the age and educational status onclusionNearly half of the study participants had good knowledge and good practice. Age, educational status, occupation, residence, marital status and history foot problem are associated factors. Recommendation: The researches recommends that health care providers and responsible bodies like, health professionals, policy makers should create strategy to give quality health education to enhance the knowledge on prevention of diabetic foot ulcer