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Zemenu Shiferaw Yadita

 

Male

+251910028125

Zemenu.Shiferew@bdu.edu.et

or 

zaion2307@gmail.com 

or 

zeds2010@yahoo.com

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Academic Degree

MPH in Reproductive Health

Academic Rank

Lecturer

At Bahir Dar University 

Since December 2018 

School

School of Public Health

Department

Reproductive health and population studies

Field of Specialization

Reproductive health (SRH, Maternal and Child Health, Youth/Adolescent SRH)

Research Interest

  • Adolescent and youth SRH
  • Maternal health 
  • Child Health 
  • Family planning
  • Gender and Health 

Publication(s) [If any]+Link

2025

Kebede K, Nigatu D, Melkie M, Yadita ZS. Maternity Waiting Home Utilization and Associated Factors Among Women Who Had Given Birth in the Hard-to-Reach Region of Western Ethiopia: A Mixed-Study. Health Sci Rep. 2025 Nov 10;8(11):e71469. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.71469. 

Alamineh G, Munae AM, Asiresie MB, Bizuneh MM, Yadita ZS. Quality of Youth-Friendly Service and Associated Factors at the Public Health Facilities of Awi Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: A Mixed Study. Health Sci Rep. 2025 Jul 24;8(7):e71120. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.71120. 

Haile H, Nigatu D, Yadita ZS. Female Sexual Dysfunction and Associated Factors Among Married Women in Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Health Sci Rep. 2025 Jun 11;8(6):e70894. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.70894. 

2024:

Nega BG, Yadita ZS, Misker AD, Ebrahim AB, Asresie MB. Cervical Cancer Screening Practice and Associated Factors Among School Teachers in Bahir Dar City, North West Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Health Sci Rep. 2024 Dec 24;7(12):e70295. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.70295. 

Demewoz TS, Dagnew GW, Yadita ZS. Deciduous Teeth Extraction Practice and Associated Factors Among Under Five-Years-Old Children in the Gambella Region, South West, Ethiopia: A Mixed Study. Health Sci Rep. 2024 Dec 17;7(12):e70266. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.70266. 

Yadita, Z. S., et al. (2024). Determinants of mortality among neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care units at public hospitals in the Somali region, eastern Ethiopia: Unmatched case-control study. Pan African Medical Journal, 48, 97. https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2024.48.97.34341

Atalel, M., Admassu, E., & Yadita, Z. S. (2024). Sexual violence and associated factors among female large-scale industry workers in Bahir Dar city administration, Amhara region, Ethiopia. Pan African Medical Journal, 47, 213. https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2024.47.213.36732

Addimasu B, Nigatu D, Yadita ZS, Melkie M. Awareness on obstetric fistula and associated factors among women health development army, in the South Gondar zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia: A cross sectional study. Health Sci Rep. 2024 Oct 14;7(10):e70141. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.70141. 

Asefa, D., Mengesha, E. W., & Yadita, Z. S. (2024). Intimate Partner Violence and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women in the Conflicted Northeast Ethiopia: A Cross‐Sectional Study. Health Science Reports, 7(11), e70158. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.70158.

Gebremariam SA, Gebey MY, Yadita ZS, Bekele YA. Magnitude and associated factors of sexual violence among female housemaids attending night school in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia: Institution-Based Cross-Sectional Study, 2022. PLoS One. 2024 Jul 25;19(7):e0307308. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307308. PMID: 39079166; PMCID: PMC11271934.

Ayehubizu LM, Yohannes SH, Yadeta ZS, Fetene MT. Completion of maternal and child health continuum of care and associated factors among women in Gode district, Shebele Zone, Eastern Ethiopia, 2022. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2024 Jun 24;24(1):441. 

2023:

Workaferu Fetene, Alemtsehay M,  Zemenu S, et al,. Timely initiation of first antenatal care visit and associated factors among pregnant women in the Amhara Region, north-west Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study. Pan African Medical Journal. 2023;44(51). 10.11604/pamj.2023.44.51.33997

Dessie AM, Nigatu D, Yadita ZS, et al. Neonatal mortality and its predictors among neonates in Jabitehnan district, Northwest Ethiopia: A single‐arm retrospective cohort study. Health Sci Rep. 2023;6:e1613. doi:10.1002/hsr2.1613 

2022:

Shiferaw Z, Mahad A, Haile S (2022) Maternal satisfaction and associated factors towards institutional delivery service at public hospitals in the Somali region, Eastern Ethiopia. PLoS ONE 17(11): e0277224.https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0277224

Mohamed HA, Shiferaw Z, Roble AK, Kure MA (2022) Neonatal mortality and associated factors among neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care unit at public hospitals of Somali Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia: A multicenter retrospective analysis. PLoS ONE 17(5): e0268648. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268648

Ayehubizu LM, Tibebeu AT, Fetene MT, Yohannes SH, Yadita ZS. Partograph utilization and associated factors among obstetric care givers in governmental health institutions of Jigjiga and Degehabur towns, Somali region, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study. PLOS ONE. 2022 Mar 9;17(3):e0264373. 

Abate HA, Girma M, Shiferaw Z. Knowledge and health seeking practice of mothers on neonatal danger signs and its associated factors at East Belesa Woreda, Northwest Ethiopia 2020. PAMJ - One Health [Internet]. 2022 Jan 13 [cited 2022 May 12];7(5). Available from: https://www.one-health.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/7/5/full

Simeneh Y.T, Yimer Y.A, Yadita Z.S., et al, Pattern, outcome, and associated factors of renal disease among hospitalized children at public hospitals in Bahir Dar town, North-Western Ethiopia. Ethiop J Pediatr Child Health. 2022;17 (2): 118-130

2021:

Yadita ZS, Ayehubizu LM. Full immunization coverage and associated factors among children aged 12–23 months in Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia. PlosOne. 2021 Dec 7;16(12): e0260258. 

2018:

Mekonen L, Seifu W, Shiferaw Z,(2018) Timely initiation of breastfeeding and associated factors among mothers of infants under 12 months in south Gondar zone, Amhara regional state, Ethiopia, 2013. International breastfeeding journal (2018) 13:17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-018-0160-2.

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