Knowledge of sexual and reproductive health rights and associated factors among youths in Sire Town, East Wollega Zone, West Oromia

Abstract

Sexual and reproductive health is a human right, essential to human development and to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. However, the level of knowledge of youths about their sexual and reproductive health rights is not well assessed. A community based cross sectional study design was conducted among randomly selected 840 youths in sire town, East Wollega Zone, Ethiopia, from September to October 2019. Multistage sampling technique was employed and six zones were selected using simple random sampling technique. Study participants were selected using systematic random sampling technique from each zone. Data was collected by four trained 10th grade completed data collectors using pretested structured questionnaires and entered in to SPSS version 20 for windows for analysis. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify factors associated with the outcome variable and to estimate the magnitude of the association. According to this study finding, age of the respondents [AOR: 2.53, 95%CI: 1.41, 4.52], sex [AOR: 0.48, 95%CI: .28, .43], educational [ AOR:6.4 ,95%CI: 1.35, 30.7], maternal education [AOR:6.17 ,95%CI: 2.12, 17.2], comprehensive sexual education [AOR: 2.25, 95%CI: 1.1, 4.4], ever discussing sexual issues [AOR: 4.37, 95%CI: 1.78, 10.6] and having information about reproductive health[ AOR:4.58 ,95%CI: 1.18, 11.5] were found to be significantly associated with knowledge of participants about sexual and reproductive health rights. Awareness creation and educating youths on their reproductive health rights and decision making power can improve the knowledge of youths on their sexual and reproductive health and exercise rights.