Ayele, Bizuayehu
Getachew, Dawit
Oginni, Oreoluwa
Bekele, Bayu Begashaw http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8590-4874
Article History
Received: 25 December 2023
Accepted: 21 May 2024
First Online: 30 May 2024
Declarations
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: The study was categorized under expedited to apply for institutional review board review (IRB). The reason for the expedition was the formal establishment of IRB was ongoing from March 2023 to December 2023. Mizan-Tepi University's College of Health Sciences, Postgraduate Studies Directorate provided an ethical approval letter with reference number PGC/0109/2015. Then, a formal letter of cooperation was written to the Bench Sheko zone health department. Oral informed consent was obtained from study participants before the actual data collection. Since our study participants were children/minors, their guardians (mothers or caregivers) were informed about the purpose, benefit, risk, confidentiality of the information, and the voluntary nature of participation in the study. To this end, the right of each respondent to refuse, answer, or withdraw from the study at any time during the interview was told and considered. Overall, obtaining ethical clearance, informing participants, respecting autonomy, and obtaining informed consent, demonstrate a commitment to conducting research with integrity and protecting the rights and well-being of study participants were confirmed prior to data collection.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.