http://repository.iphce.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/778 2026-05-20T18:12:38Z http://repository.iphce.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/4176 Husbands' involvement and women’s utilization of maternal healthcare in Sidama zone, Southern Ethiopia Kidane, Wondwosen Husband involvement is an important intervention for improving maternal health, and is considered as a crucial step in scaling up women’s use of prenatal care. The idea of men’s involvement in reproductive health was first emerged at Cairo’s conference in 1994. Nevertheless, to implement this idea into practice several challenges have been faced. Even today, emphasis has not been given to the concept of men involvement in maternal health in most developing countries. Until recently, there is limited evidence of husbands’ involvement and its contribution for women’s use of skilled maternity care in Ethiopia, a country with low coverage of maternal health care but with high maternal and neonatal mortality. Therefore, there is a need to generate contextual evidence for policy formulation, designing and implementing programs that remove barriers and to promote husbands’ involvement in maternal health care. 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z http://repository.iphce.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/4175 Patient and Diagnosis Delays and Survival among Women with Breast Cancer in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Follow-up Study Abraha, Alem Gebremariam Breast cancer is a leading cancer among women in Ethiopia. It accounts for onethird of all newly diagnosed female cancers. Most women with breast cancer in Ethiopia are diagnosed with late-stage disease, do not receive high-quality care, and face a poor prognosis. Locally relevant information on the extent of delayed diagnosis, reasons for late diagnosis, care, and determinants of survival among women with breast cancer is essential to guide clinical practices and public health policy. However, little is known about the extent and reasons for patient interval (from date of symptom recognition to the first consultation of health care providers), diagnosis interval (from consultation to diagnosis), and treatment initiation interval (from diagnosis to treatment initiation). Moreover, evidence on the relationship between patient delay (> 90 days)/diagnosis delay (> 30 days) and stage at diagnosis, and its effect on survival among women with breast cancer in Ethiopia is limited. 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z http://repository.iphce.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/4174 Brief Psychological Intervention for Bipolar Disorder in Integrated Care Settings in Rural Ethiopia Demissie, Mekdes Bipolar disorder is a severe mental illness characterized by recurrent manic and depressive or mixed episodes. Bipolar disorder leads to a significant impairment in functioning, considerable stigma and premature mortality. The social disruption caused by acute episodes related to the illness often persists beyond clinical remission. Various factors affect the outcome of bipolar disorder such as distressing life events, substance use, poor coping mechanisms, sleep disturbance and treatment nonadherence. Complementing pharmacotherapy with psychological interventions has been shown to be more effective in preventing or delaying relapse and improving the course and outcome of the disorder compared to pharmacotherapy alone. In LMICs, there is very limited evidence on the adaptation, effectiveness and implementation of such psychological interventions. Furthermore, there is limited understanding of the particular risk factors and coping mechanisms relevant to LMICs that may be addressed with psychological interventions 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z http://repository.iphce.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/4173 Role of Rural to Urban Migrants and Socio-Cultural Factors including Fertility intentions in the Spread of HIV Risk among Rural areas of Bure Woreda, Northwest, Ethiopia Semegne, Melesse Tamiru The AIDS epidemic is global in its span; a particularly heavy burden has fallen on Sub-Saharan Africa. The consequences of the African AIDS epidemic are growing—not only just in size—but in complexity. These consequences are no longer just biological; increasingly, they are also behavioural, social and cultural. It is well-known that 84% of the population in Ethiopia lives in rural areas relying on the agricultural sector which plays the central role in the country’s economy. However efforts to conduct HIV related studies in rural areas of the country remain extremely patchy. So far, there have been few studies concerning the nature of HIV infection in rural areas resulting in meagre information on how HIV spreads from urban to the rural areas and how local people perceive the epidemic and protect themselves from risk factors. The rural people in Bure Woreda are not an exception. The negative influences of migration, fertility intentions and other socio-cultural factors in the spread of HIV in the Amhara region in general and in the present study area in particular are not known, moreover, overlooked social activities such as leisure activities which may be linked to HIV risk behaviours among the study population of the rural to urban migrants and non-migrants in Bure Woreda, North West Ethiopia require due attention and a thorough investigation. The way in which migration contributes to the spread of HIV risk is complex and not well understood. Previous studies have focused on the destinations of migrants, or, less often, on the areas from which migrants come. In this study exploring both ends of migration routes in atypical rural areas is fundamental for successful interventions Although subsistence agriculture is the major economic activity in Ethiopia; parents want to have large numbers of children for assistance in farming activities as well as economic support during old age. In the rural areas, women’s fertility and HIV infection are not independent of one another. 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z