Publications by authors named "Selamawit Lake"

Background: Exercise during pregnancy is among the cost-effective options that can significantly reduce the burden of chronic metabolic diseases leading to an adverse birth outcome. Despite the negative consequences of sedentary life among pregnant women, little is known about the pregnant mothers' knowledge, attitude, and associated factors toward exercise during pregnancy in Ethiopia, particularly in the study area.

Objective: To assess knowledge, attitude, and associated factors toward exercise during pregnancy among women attending antenatal care at Bahir Dar city, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020.

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Even though reduction of neonatal mortality is needed to achieve Sustainable Development Goals 2030, advanced maternal age is still an independent and a substantial risk factor for different adverse perinatal outcomes, in turn causes neonatal morbidity and mortality. In Ethiopia, research has validated that advanced maternal age is a significant factor in adverse perinatal outcomes, but researches which addressed or estimated its adverse perinatal outcomes are limited, reported inconsistent result and specifically no study was done in the study area. Therefore, this study was aimed to compare adverse perinatal outcomes and its associated factors among women with adult and advanced maternal age pregnancy in Northwest Ethiopia.

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Objective: Aim was to assess utilization of IUCD and factors among family planning users in Han health center, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 2018. Two hundred forty-one participants were selected by Systematic sampling technique from June 10 to July 10, 2018. Logistic regression employed to assess association between variables with 95% CI and p value less than 0.

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