Gelaye, Bizu
Okeiga, Joseph
Ayantoye, Idris
Berhane, Hanna Y.
Berhane, Yemane
Williams, Michelle A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (T37-MD001449)
Article History
Received: 6 April 2016
Revised: 21 July 2016
Accepted: 3 October 2016
First Online: 22 October 2016
Compliance with ethical standards
: All study participants provided informed consent, and the research protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of Addis Continental Institute of Public Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and the Human Subjects Division at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
: This research was supported by an award from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (T37-MD001449). The sponsor had no role in the design or conduct of this research.
: All authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest (such as honoraria; educational grants; participation in speakers’ bureaus; membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest; and expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements) or nonfinancial interest (such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge, or beliefs) in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.
: All procedures performed in the study were in accordance with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments and were approved by the Institutional Review Boards of Addis Continental Institute of Public Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and the Human Subjects Division at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.