ATTITUDE OF TEACHER TOWARDS COMPREHENSIVESEXUALITY EDUCATION AND ASSOCIATED FACTOR IN GURAWA WOREDA, EASTHARARGHEZONE, OROMIAREGION, ETHIOPIA

Abstract

Schools have been acknowledged as sites for provision of comprehensivesexuality education programs andwere known to reduce HIV/AIDS and abortion, however there is limited information on attitude of teacher towards comprehensive sexuality education in Ethiopia. Objective: To assess the attitude of teacher towards comprehensive sexuality education and associated factors in school in Gurawa woreda, EastHararghe, Ethiopia, February, 2018. Methodology: AnInstitution based cross sectional study was carried out among 319 randomly selected teachers in schools in Gurawa District. A pretested and structured questionnaire was used to collect socio-demographic data and SPSS version 20 software was used for data analysis. The Descriptive statistics was used to describe the data. Binary logistic regression was performed. Odd Ratios along with 95% Confidence intervals were estimated. Results: According to this study53.6 % of teachers included in the study had favorable attitude toward provision of comprehensive sexuality education in the school.Urban teacher were 58 % less likely to support comprehensive sexuality education than rural teachers [AOR=0.42, 95% CI (0.22-0.78)].Those married teachers were 6 times more likely to support comprehensive sexuality education than compared with single (unmarried) teachers [AOR=6.25, 95% CI (3.01-12.76)].School were 2.76times more likely to be the appropriateplace for provision of comprehensive sexuality education than home [AOR=2.76, 95% CI (1.27-5.98)]. Conclusion:Sexuality is not just sexual intercourse or sexual activity, it is concerned with one's feelings and behaviours. It is an important part of being human, and it has to do with being female or male.The finding in this study showed that 53.6% of teachers havefavorable attitude towardsinclusion of comprehensive sexuality education in schoolcurriculum. The study also showed relevance of rural and married teachers were more favorable with inclusion of comprehensive sexuality education. The school system and the teacher are perceived as the key agency and agent for the teaching of comprehensive sexuality education to young people in school.