Effect of women empowerment on treatment seeking practice for sexually transmitted infections among women in Ethiopia
Gedefaw Abeje,
Meseret Zelalem,
Firmaye Bogale
et al.
Abstract:Background
Sexually transmitted infections (STI) are public health problems in Ethiopia. Women have a higher chance of acquiring STI. STI complications are more severe in women compared to men. Despite that, treatment seeking for STI among women is poor. Woman empowerment and gender related factors may be playing a role for treatment seeking practice for STI. However, there are no studies that assess the association between these factors and treatment seeking practice for STI among married repr… Show more
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