Clinics in Mother and Child Health

Department of Midwifery, School of Health Science, Goba Referral Hospital, Madda Walabu University, Bale Goba, Ethiopia

Biography

Dr. Ashenafi Mekonnen is a researcher in the Department of Midwifery, School of Health Science, Goba Referral Hospital, Madda Walabu University, Bale Goba, Ethiopia. He has numerous publications and Clinical Research in areas of Obstetrics, Maternal Health, Maternal & Child Health. 

Publications

• Research Article   
  Prevalence of Domestic Violence and Associated Factors among Antenatal Care Attending Women at Robe Hospital, Southeast Ethiopia
  Author(s): Cheru Tulu, Emebet Kiflu, Dame Hirkisa, Zebiba Kedir, Lensa Abdurahim, Gemechu Ganfure, Jemal Muhammed, Kenbon Seyoum, Genet Fikadu and Ashenafi Mekonnen*
  
  Introduction: Globally domestic violence against women is one of the social and public health problem occurring during pregnancy in the form of sexual, physical, or psychological violence imposed by the current or former male intimate partner. Therefore, this survey aims to assess the prevalence of domestic violence and associated factors among antenatal attending women at Robe hospital, southeast Ethiopia, 2019. Method: An institutional based cross-sectional study design was conducted from April 25/2019 to May 20/2019 among 385 antenatal care-attending women at Robe hospital. Data was collected using face-to-face interview. Bivariate analysis was carried out to examine the associations between independent variable and domestic violence during pregnancy. Those variables with p-values of 0.05 or less were entered into multivar.. View more»
  

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