Factors Influencing the Use of Long Acting Reversible Contraceptive Method Among Women Attending Family Planning Service in Dessie town, North East Ethiopia

<b>Background</b>: In Ethiopia, the total fertility rate and unmet need for family planning are high. In this country, the contraceptive prevalence rate remains low. A routine health service provides majorly short acting contraceptives. Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARC), despite its several advantages over short acting ones, does slimly constitute the contraceptives coverage. Several researches showed the benefits of LARC, yet in some countries including Ethiopia, the reasons for low use of the method is not well understood. This study aimed at assessing factors affecting the use of LARCs among women of reproductive years attending family planning service in health facilities of Dessie town, North East Ethiopia. <b> </b> <b>Methodology:</b> a facility based cross sectional study using quantitative technique was done on 422 women at six family planning service delivery points in Diessie Town, during the month of January, 2014. A face-to-face interview using a structured questionnaire adapted from relevant researches has been used to generate quantitative data. Both univeraiate and bi-variate analysis was done and OR with the respective 95 % CI is used to show the outcome of the analysis.