Research Article

Reproductive Health Right Practice among Preparatory School Female Students of Assela Town, Arsi Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

Table 3

Knowledge of STI and contraceptives among preparatory school female students, Assela, Ethiopia, 2015.

VariablesFrequencyPercentage (%)

Know sexual transmitted infection
 Yes38297.2
 No112.8

Knowledge on types of STI
 Gonorrhea31482.2
 Syphilis29376.7
 Chancroid17846.6
 HIV38297.2
 Herpes simplex9625.1

Know ways of preventing unwanted pregnancy
 Yes35289.6
 No4110.4

Methods of preventing pregnancy
 Abstinence28380.9
 Contraceptives30787.7
 Withdrawal15243.5

Have information about contraceptives
 Yes37394.9
 No205.1

Knowledge of types of contraceptives
 Pills33489.5
 Injectables34091.2
 Loop33389.3
 Withdrawal14538.9
 Other51.3

Source of information about contraceptives
 TV/radio22760.9
 News papers369.7
 Peers6617.7
 Leaflet4411.7