Worldwide, the range and magnitude of sexual violence have tremendous negative impact for both the individual and society. This study was conducted to assess the prevalence of sexual violence and associated factors among female students of preparatory schools in Modjo and Bishoftu towns from September 1 to December 30, 2018. Institutional based cross-sectional study design was conducted. A sample of 323 female students was randomly taken from four preparatory schools. The collected data was entered into Epi Info 7 and exported to SPSS version 20 for analysis. Four FGD's were conducted targeting community representatives and the required sample size was determined based on the saturation of information. The study showed a prevalence of 74% of sexual violence in the study area. Iin the final model, age group of 17 -18 (AOR: 6.39; 95% of CI: 3.64, 63.12), teacher perpetrator (AOR, 0.37; 95%CI: 0.01, 0.13) and knowledge of ever encountered a person with sexual violence (AOR, 1.21; 95%CI: 1.13, 4.59) was found significant (P<0.05). A significant proportion (74%) of respondent's experienced sexual violence. Unwelcome touching and ever had sexual intercourse without their consents were the most common types of sexual violence in the study area. Lower age, perpetrator category and knowledge towards sexual violence were associated with sexual violence. There is a need to have systematic and strategic intervention using school based programs to address the full context of female students and others young girl lives, including society, behavioral and environmental factors leading to the problem of sexual violence.

Globally, it has been reported that 38% of people live in areas with iodine deficiency and are at risk of its complications. The main health concern of iodine deficiency during pregnancy is its negative effect on the brain and nervous system of unborn infants. Despite the national availability of iodized salt was 89%, adequate utilization of iodized salt is only 41.9%. Hence, this study was to assess utilization of iodized salt and factors associated among pregnant mothers in Kimbibit District. Community based cross-sectional study design was conducted. Simple random sampling technique was used to select a total sample of 555 pregnant mothers. Single population proportion formula and Stat. calc software were used to calculate the required sample size. Data were collected using interview administered pretested questionnaire and iodized salt test kit. Collected data were entered using Epi info 7 and then exported to SPSS 20 for further analyses. Descriptive statistics were used to describe important variables and binary logistic regression was used to identify candidate independent variables. P< 0.05 was used for testing significance and AOR with 95%CI was used to identify the strength of association between dependent and independent variables. From the total respondents, 48.1% (95%CI: 44.1%, 52.1%) of them adequately use iodized salt. Mother with formal education (AOR, 2.46; 95%CI: 1.70, 3.56), urban residents (AOR, 1.80; 95%CI: 1.14, 2.93), purchasing from open markets (AOR, 0.35; 95%CI: 0.23, 0.50), storing at sun light (AOR, 0.24; 95%CI: 0.13, 0.45) and storing more than two months (AOR, 0.64; 95%CI: 0.42, 0.98) were independent factors significantly affect adequate utilization of iodized salt. Utilization of iodized salt was low compared to the standard. Mother's education, residence, place of purchase, place of storage and duration of storage were independent factors which significantly affect adequate utilization.

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