The effect of awareness raising and accessibility modifications on the use of family planning and HIV services among youth and women with disabilities in Oromia Region, Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.author | Negussu, Metassebia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-04T08:13:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description | A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Health Monitoring and Evaluation( Msc. HM&E) at Mzumbe University. | |
| dc.description.abstract | The study aimed to assess the outcome of a project implemented with the purpose of improving Family Planning/Reproductive Health (FP/RH) service access and utilization among youth and women with disabilities targeting Jimma and Agaro towns as a research site. Accordingly, the researcher assessed the effect of awareness raising and accessibility modification efforts of the project on utilization of FP and HIV service among the targeted group via adopting the theory of planned behavior as the conceptual framework. Post intervention quasi-experimental design was employed to conduct the study. In view of this, a Sample of 295 youth and women with disabilities was drawn, of which 183 of the intervention and 112 of the control group respondents took part in the quantitative study. On top of this 6 intervention group respondents, 4 service providers and 2 Associations of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (DPO) chair persons participated in the qualitative data collection method. Additionally, the two research towns were purposively selected initially, followed by stratified and simple random sampling methods to select study respondents. Moreover, mixed methods of data collection was used to collect data, particularly a questionnaire, checklists, interview guide and unstructured observation were used. The organized awareness raising campaigns on average possessed 69% elements of a successful awareness raising campaigns. On top of this, findings of the study revealed that FP and HIV service awareness and use among the project beneficiary was comparatively higher vis-a-vise the control and baseline group respondents, despite the infrastructures’ inaccessibility and communication challenges. Furthermore, findings indicated that attitude, subjective norm and behavioral control have statistically and substantively significant relationship. Moreover, findings designated that intention of intervention group respondents predict FP services utilization. Finally, facilitation of a continuous joint follow-up visits involving key stakeholders to assess service accessibility and to take a timely corrective measure at the health facilities level recommended to address the observed gap. Key words: Awareness raising; accessibility modifications; use of family planning and HIV; youth and women with disabilities; Oromia; Ethiopia | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | IRISH AID Fellowship Program | |
| dc.identifier.citation | APA | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/2066 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Mzumbe University | |
| dc.subject | Family Planning | |
| dc.subject | HIV | |
| dc.subject | Youth and women with disabilities | |
| dc.subject | Health service disabled people | |
| dc.subject | Communication barriers-disabled people | |
| dc.title | The effect of awareness raising and accessibility modifications on the use of family planning and HIV services among youth and women with disabilities in Oromia Region, Ethiopia | |
| dc.type | Thesis |