Ghosh, Supriti http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9875-0720
Mallya, Sneha D. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9407-2325
Shetty, Ranjitha S. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3210-2293
Pattanshetty, Sanjay M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2854-2613
Pandey, Deeksha http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8434-3961
Kabekkodu, Shama Prasada http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4158-3893
Satyamoorthy, Kapaettu http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2368-5490
Kamath, Veena G. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0853-095X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 18 July 2019
Revised: 18 February 2020
Accepted: 23 March 2020
First Online: 24 April 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Prior permissions were obtained from the Integrated Tribal Development Project (ITDP), Udupi, and District Health and Family Welfare Department, Udupi, Karnataka, for carrying out this study among tribal populations.
: The study was approved by the Kasturba Hospital (KH) – Institutional Ethics Committee, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal (Registration no: ECR/146/Inst/KA/2013; Project Approval No.: IEC – 181/2013), prior to initiation of the study.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all the participants included in the study.