Introduction globally, one type of contraceptive was used by around 63 percent of women. Women with disabilities account for 10 percent of all women and make up three-quarters of the disabled people in low and middle-income countries. Objective to assess utilization of family planning and associated factors among reproductive-age women with disability group in Arba Minch town, southern Ethiopia from 1st March to April 15, 2019. Methods community-based cross-sectional study with simple random sampling was used to select 4l8 reproductive age women with disabilities. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire and interview by eight trained females who completed grade twelve two of which communicate by speaking and sign language. Data were entered using Epi info 7 and exported to SPSS version 20 for analysis. A statically significant variable in the final model was declared by AOR, 95%CI and p-value <0.05. Result in the current study family planning utilization among all reproductive-age women with disabilities was 33.7%. Family planning utilization was 2.2 times higher among those who have employed compared with those with not employed (AOR2.2 95% CI, 1.77- 4.15). Women who had a positive attitude were 2.3 times more likely to use family planning than negative attitudes (AOR 2.3:95% CI, 1.21- 3.87). Besides these women who got married were almost four times more likely to use family planning methods than unmarried (AOR 3.9:95% CI, 2.31-6.63). Conclusion The level of family planning utilization was low among reproductive women with disabilities and factors associated were attitude, marital status, & employed status, therefore governmental and non-governmental organization should promote for women with disabilities to change the attitude and creating job opportunities.

Introduction: Globally in 2019, there were 1.9 billion reproductive-age women. Around 922 million of them were using either modern or traditional methods of family planning. Women with disabilities comprise 10% of worldwide women and three-quarters of them reside in low-and middle-income countries. Objective: The purpose of this study was designed to assess the magnitude and associated factors for family planning methods use among reproductive-age women with disabilities in Arba Minch town, southern Ethiopia. Patients and Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 418 reproductive-age women with disabilities. Data were collected with eight women who had completed grade 12 and two of them were proficient in sign language. The data were entered into Epi-info™ version-7 software and exported into SPSS version 20 for analysis. A statistically significant variable in the final model was declared by adjusted odds ratio (AOR), 95% confidence interval (CI) and p-value <0.05. Results: The magnitude of family planning utilization among reproductive-age women with disabilities was 33.7%. Factors significantly associated with family planning use were being employed (AOR: 2.2, CI: 1.77-4.15), having positive attitudes (AOR: 2.3, 95% CI: 1.21-3.87) and marital status (AOR: 3.9, 95% CI: 2.31-6.63). Conclusion: The magnitude of family planning use among reproductive women with disabilities was low. Attitude, marital status, and being employed were significantly associated factors with family planning use. Therefore, the governmental and nongovernmental organizations should work to change their attitude and creating job opportunities.

Healthy nutritional status is one of the pinpoint to be observed in assessing health status of an individual. It is also used as a direct and indirect indicator body's strength to defend unhealthy happenings. Health statuses of under-five children are among the under-nutrition vulnerable population segments. Thus, this study was conducted to assess factors associated with nutritional status of under-five children in Yirgalem town, southern Ethiopia. A kebele (Lower administrative Unit) was selected using lottery method from kebeles in the town. A community based cross-sectional study design was employed on a total of 398 child and mother/caregiver pairs selected through simple random sampling. Data was collected using semi-structured questionnaire, analyzed by descriptive statistics and Chi-squared (χ2) test was used to identify associated independent variables. Z-scores for nutritional statuses were generated using WHO Anthro software. The result revealed that the prevalence of wasting, stunting, underweight and overweight were 2.01%, 35.17 %, 5.27% and 23.36% respectively. Immunization status (X 2 =0.004, p= 0.05) and fathers' educational status (X 2 =0.018, p=0.05) were found statistically significant associated with underweight and stunting respectively. Wasting, stunting and underweight are public health nutritional deficits of children under the age of five in Yirgalem town, Ethiopia. Dimension and degree of already identified associated variables better be addressed using sound study protocol with strong epidemiological and statistical considerations to address limitations of this study before forecast of interventions to reduce under-nutrition in the study area.