Insights into long-acting reversible contraceptive practices in Sub-Saharan Africa: A machine learning perspective

Abraham Keffale Mengistu; Kerebih Getinet; Sefefe Birhanu Tizie; Mengistu Abebe Messelu; Ashagrie Anteneh; Meron Asmamaw Alemayehu; Andualem Enyew Gedefaw

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0330960

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Insights into long-acting reversible contraceptive practices in Sub-Saharan Africa: A machine learning perspective

Abraham Keffale Mengistu ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: abreham_keffale@dmu.edu.et; keffaleabrahame2@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Health Informatics, College of Medicine Health Science, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0014-2242

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Kerebih Getinet,

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Computer Science, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia, Department of Computer Science, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
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Sefefe Birhanu Tizie,

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Informatics, College of Medicine Health Science, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia
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Mengistu Abebe Messelu,

Roles Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia
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Ashagrie Anteneh,

Roles Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Informatics, College of Medicine Health Science, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia
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Meron Asmamaw Alemayehu,

Roles Resources, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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Andualem Enyew Gedefaw

Roles Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Informatics, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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Insights into long-acting reversible contraceptive practices in Sub-Saharan Africa: A machine learning perspective

Abraham Keffale Mengistu,
Kerebih Getinet,
Sefefe Birhanu Tizie,
Mengistu Abebe Messelu,
Ashagrie Anteneh,
Meron Asmamaw Alemayehu,
Andualem Enyew Gedefaw

Published: January 20, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330960

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