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Therefore, this study was carried out to assess the practice and associated factors of traditional uvulectomy among caregivers having children less than 5 years old in the South Gondar Zone.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"sec002\"><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study aimed to assess practice and associated factors of traditional uvulectomy among caregivers having children less than 5 years old in South Gondar Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2020.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"sec003\"><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>A community\u2013based cross-sectional study was conducted on 634 participants who were selected using a multistage with a simple random sampling method. Data were collected using a structured interviewer-administered Amharic version questionnaire; it was entered into Epi Data and analyzed using SPSS. Descriptive statistics were calculated and logistic regressions were fitted to declare statistical significance at p-value &lt; 0.05 and 95% CI.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"sec004\"><jats:title>Result<\/jats:title><jats:p>The prevalence of traditional uvulectomy in this study was 52.5% (95% CI, 48.6\u201356.3%). Moreover, lack of information [AOR = 2.975 (1.677\u20135.277)], perceived as uvula causes illness [AOR = 4.888 (2.954\u20138.086)], future intention or will perform [AOR = 4.188 (2.584\u20136.788)], perceived as traditional uvulectomy should not be eradicated [AOR = 1.893 (1.172\u20133.057)]), saw the previous good result [AOR = 9.396 (5.512\u201316.016)], health personnel hospitality problem [AOR = 5.922 (2.392\u201314.664)] and did not get cured by pharmacologic treatment [AOR = 3.918 (2.073, 7.405)] were significantly associated with traditional uvulectomy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"sec005\"><jats:title>Conclusion and recommendation<\/jats:title><jats:p>The prevalence of traditional uvulectomy was high. Lack of information, perceived as uvula causes illness, future intention to uvulectomy, perceived as traditional uvulectomy should not be eradicated, saw the previous good result, health personnel hospitality problem and did not get cured by pharmacologic treatment were the factors significantly associated with traditional uvula cutting. Therefore, special attention will be given to creating further awareness to the community at large and setting controlling mechanisms for the health care delivery system.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0279362","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,22]],"date-time":"2022-12-22T18:35:27Z","timestamp":1671734127000},"page":"e0279362","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Practice and associated factors of traditional uvulectomy among caregivers having children less than 5 years old in South Gondar Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2020"],"prefix":"10.1371","volume":"17","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0489-9634","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Berhanu Wale","family":"Yirdaw","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mengistu Berhanu","family":"Gobeza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Netsanet","family":"Tsegaye Gebreegziabher","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"340","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"pone.0279362.ref001","first-page":"2427","volume-title":"Taber\u2019s cyclopedic medical dictionary","year":"2013","edition":"22"},{"key":"pone.0279362.ref002","volume-title":"Mosby\u2019s Dictionary of MedicineNursing & Health Professions","year":"2017"},{"issue":"2","key":"pone.0279362.ref003","first-page":"76","article-title":"Parental deceptive information: A case of traditional uvulectomy","volume":"18","author":"HM Kawia","year":"2014","journal-title":"Tanzania Dental Journal"},{"issue":"1","key":"pone.0279362.ref004","first-page":"9","article-title":"Uvulectomy; Symptomatic relief for chronic irritating cough and obstructive apnoea syndrome in long uvula","volume":"2","author":"Khalam Sa","year":"2014","journal-title":"Journal of Case Reports"},{"issue":"2","key":"pone.0279362.ref005","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"133","DOI":"10.4314\/ajtcam.v13i2.16","article-title":"A review of the role of African traditional medicine in the management of oral diseases","volume":"13","author":"AM Agbor","year":"2016","journal-title":"African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines"},{"key":"pone.0279362.ref006","volume-title":"Protecting children from harmful practices in plural legal systems with a special emphasis on Africa","year":"2012"},{"key":"pone.0279362.ref007","volume-title":"Memmler\u2019s Structure and Function of the Human Body","author":"KLH Barbara Janson Cohen","year":"2016","edition":"11"},{"key":"pone.0279362.ref008","volume-title":"Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology For Nursing and Healthcare Students","author":"JW Sons","year":"2017","edition":"2"},{"key":"pone.0279362.ref009","volume-title":"Human Anatomy & Physiology","author":"ENMK Hoehn","year":"2016","edition":"10"},{"key":"pone.0279362.ref010","author":"Encyclopedia Tf","year":"2019","journal-title":"Palatine uvula. 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