ArticleInternational journal of women's health2021
Magnitude of Unintended Pregnancy and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women in Debre Markos Town, East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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- Intention to use future contraception after abortion and associated factors among women visiting health facilities in Debre Markos town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2024.SAGE open medicine · 2026Article
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- Machine learning to predict unintended pregnancy among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia: evidence from EDHS 2016.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Reasons and prevention strategies of unintended pregnancy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a phenomenological qualitative study.BMJ open · 2023Article
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- Association between unintended pregnancy and maternal antenatal care services use in Ethiopia: analysis of Ethiopian demographic and health survey 2016.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Magnitude of unintended pregnancy and its determinants among childbearing age women in low and middle-income countries: evidence from 61 low and middle income countries.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2023Article
- Unintended Pregnancy and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Unit in Public Health Facilities of Dire Dawa City, Eastern Ethiopia, 2021.Obstetrics and gynecology international · 2023Article
- Utilization of long acting and permanent contraceptive methods and associated factor among women of reproductive age in west Guji zone, Southwest Ethiopia.Reproductive health · 2022Article
- Unintended pregnancy and associated factors during COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia: Community-based cross-sectional study.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
backgroundUnintended pregnancy is an important public health concern in both developing and developed countries due to its serious consequences for women, infants, families and communities, including the risk of unsafe abortion, delayed prenatal care, poor maternal mental health, poor child health outcomes and unemployment.
objectiveThe aim of the study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of unintended pregnancy among pregnant women in the town of Debre Markos in 2019.
methodsThe magnitude and associated factors of unintended pregnancy were assessed using a community-based cross-sectional study design. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select five Kebeles (basic administrative units), and households were selected from the selected Kebeles using simple random sampling. A total of 580 samples were collected through standardized pretested questionnaires. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression were used to analyze the relationship between the UP and independent variables.
resultsOf the pregnant women, 202 (34.8%) (95% CI: 30.9-38.7) participants had an unintended current pregnancy; of those 144 (24.8%) were mistimed pregnancies. Women aged 24 years were three times more likely to have an unintended pregnancy than those aged 35 years. Divorced and widowed women were four times more likely than women who were currently married to experience an unintended pregnancy. Gravidity 1-2 and 3-4 were 94% and 86% less likely than gravidity > 5 to experience an unintended pregnancy, and women who made family planning decisions on their own were less likely to have an unintended pregnancy.
conclusionAccording to this study, the prevalence of unintended pregnancy was 34.8% and unintended pregnancy was significantly correlated with women's age, marital status, gravidity and who made decisions on family planning. There is an obvious need to devise communication strategies on fertility and contraceptive issues between couples through peer education, and to encourage correct use of long-acting modern methods of family planning.
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