Pregnancy among adolescent girls in humanitarian settings: a case in refugee camp of Gambella regional state, community-based cross-sectional study, Southwest Ethiopia, 2021.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of pregnancy and associated factors among adolescent girls in Nguenyyiel Refugee Camp.

Design

Cross-sectional study was employed to conduct this study.

Setting

A community-based cross-sectional study was done in Nguenyyiel Refugee Camp.

Participants

Four hundred and fourteen adolescent girls participated in this study. The systematic random sampling technique was used to select respondents. Data were collected using a well-structured and pretested questionnaire. Pregnancy test was done using the human chorionic gonadotropin test. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis was run to identify factors associated with adolescent pregnancy.

Results

The prevalence of pregnancy among ado

SUBMITTER: Bol KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9677029 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature