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Alternative Title:
Curr Med Issues
Personal Author:
Geda, Yohannes Fikadu
Description:
Background:

Approximately 16 million adolescent girls aged 15–19 years and 2 million adolescents under the age of 15 years give birth annually in the world. In Africa, where premarital sex is not accepted, especially for young women, unintended pregnancies mostly happen outside marriage. Recent data indicate that 18% of adolescent girls aged 15–19 years in eastern/southern region of Africa and 21% in western/central region of Africa had initiated childbearing. Teenage pregnancy and parenting remain important public health issues that deserve continued attention. The specific factors and beliefs that lead to contraceptive nonuse remain obscure, and up-to-date, evidence-based data on personal and environmental determinants of teenage pregnancy and case–control studies also are lacking in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the determinants of teenage pregnancy to help policymakers, program managers, and health-care authorities with better decision-making in planning and problem-solving in Ethiopia.

Methods:

A case–control study was conducted using data set obtained from 2016 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey conducted throughout the country from January 18, 2016, to June 27, 2016. All teenagers who had a pregnancy history were enrolled as cases (381) and 1524 teenagers who were not pregnant were taken as controls.. Necessary variables were extracted from the DHS data set after literatures were revised. Then, variables with P ≤ 0.25 were analyzed with multivariable logistic regression.

Results:

Educational level, wealth index, knowledge of ovulatory cycle after period ended, knowledge of family planning method, contraceptive use, and reasons for not using contraceptives were higher among the cases and were statistically significant.

Conclusion:

Knowledge of family planning and ovulatory cycle, primary school educational level, richest wealth category, and contraception use were the determinants of teenage pregnancy. Hence, educational level, knowledge gap, and economy should be emphasized to eradicate teenage pregnancy from Ethiopia.


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Article Determinants Ethiopia Pregnancy Teenagers
Source:
Curr Med Issues. 17(4)
Pubmed ID:
32327903
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC7177193
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
U58 DP002906/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
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CDC Public Access
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urn:sha256:97c11d4f6b277cd68c4c3f0e129f926414280604f2bf22bd94c45f32e51f7011
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/87312/cdc_87312_DS1.pdf
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