Sex trafficking awareness and associated factors among youth females in Bahir Dar town, North-West Ethiopia: a community based study

摘要: Sex trafficking is a contemporary issue in both developed and developing countries. The number of trafficked women young girls has increased globally. Females aged 18–25 are the most targeted group trafficking. Although problem evident Ethiopia, there no studies that explored sex awareness among females. Therefore, aim this study was to assess associated factors youth females Bahir Dar town, North-West Ethiopia. A community based cross-sectional design employed collect data from February 1st-30th 2012 total 417 participants were selected using systematic random sampling techniques. structured Amharic questionnaire used data. Data entered, cleaned analyzed SPSS 16.0. Descriptive statistics describe Logistic regression analysis identify with awareness. Two hundred forty-nine (60%) reported they had heard or read about Television (64%), friends (46%) radio (39%) frequently mentioned sources information About 87% 74% brokers respectively as mediators Having TV at home (AOR = 2. 19, 95% CI: 1.31-3.67), completing grade 10 more 22, 1.18-4.17), taking training on gender issues (AOR = 3. 59, 2.11-6.10) living together parents 65, 1.68-7.93) found In study, low home, someone being trained predictors providing education will help increase