Family Medicine & Medical Science Research
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Department of Agriculture, Gambella, Ethiopia

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• Research Article   
  Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Women of Reproductive Age Group towards Abortion Care at Gambella Health Facilities, South West of Ethiopia
  Author(s): Ataguadil Mekonnen1*, Zemnu Awoke2 and Wondwossen Terefe2
  
  Abortion is an important cause of bleeding during pregnancy. It is one of the five Leading causes of maternal death in the developing world. Moreover, in developing country, abortion is the major cause of maternal mortality, which in Ethiopia safe abortion accounts 60% considering the huge number of maternal deaths due to abortion. The aim of this study is to Assessment of KAP Women of Reproductive Age Group towards Abortion Care at Gambella health facilities. An institutional based cross-sectional study will be conducted at 4 Health facilities in Gambella town from August 15 to September 30, 2019. A total of 412 pregnant women will be selected by systematic random sampling technique. Data will be coded and entered into Epi-info version 3.1 and exported to SPSS V-20 for cleaning and analysis. At bivariate logistic regression analysis, independent variables with cut off P-value <0.2.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2327-4972.21.10.270

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