Abstract:
Background: Adverse reproductive health outcome
(unwanted pregnancy, abortion and/or still birth) are
a major sexual and reproductive health problem
worldwide. This study was done to assess the
magnitude of adverse reproductive health outcomes
and its correlates with gender-based violence.
Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study
was conducted from January to June 2015 using the
World Health Organizat ion multi-count ry and
Ethiopian Demography Health Survey (EDHS)
questionnaire to measure adverse reproductive health
outcome and violence against women. A multistage
random sampling technique was used to select
households from community. Trained data collectors
interviewed 832 married women who were selected
by systematic sampling technique in Debre Tabor,
Northwest Ethiopia. Epi info version 6.0 for data
entry and SPSS version 20 for analysis were used.
Data were principally analyzed using binary logistic
regression.
Results: Three hundred and eleven (37.4%) of
women had experienced at least one type of adverse
reproductive health outcomes in their life time, such
as unwanted pregnancy (22.2%), abortion (16.8%)
and still birt h (5.8%). Gender-based violence
(AOR=1. 28; 95%CI:1. 08-1. 98), such as
psychological violence (AOR=1.38:95% CI;1.052.29),
physical violence (AOR=2.48; 95%CI:1.603.85)
and
sexual
violence
(AOR=1.31:95%
CI:1.011.99)
were
factors
associated
with
an
increased
risk
of
adverse r eproduct ive heal t h out comes.
Psychological violence (AOR= 1.94; 95%CI; 1.073.50),
physical
violence
(AOR=1.88;
95%CI;
1.133.12)
and
sexual
violence
(AOR=1.84;
95%CI;
1.172.28)
were
factors
associated
with
an
increased
risk
of
unwant ed pregnancy. Physi cal viol ence
(AOR=1.19; 95%CI; 1.12-2.83) and sexual violence
(AOR=1.80; 95%CI; 1.11-2.93) were factors associated
with an increased risk of abortion.while physical
violence (AOR= 2.10; 95%CI; 1.86-5.11) was factor
associated with an increased risk of still birth.
