Tora, Thomas Toma http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7061-4292
Article History
Received: 30 October 2023
Accepted: 29 February 2024
First Online: 4 March 2024
Declarations
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: The name of the ethics committee is Research Ethics Committee of Arba Minch University. All researchers including the PhD candidates in Arba Minch University mandatorily abide under the rules of this committee. The protocol was approved by Research Ethics Committee of Arba Minch University in accordance with the guidelines and regulations of Research Ethics Committee of Arba Minch University addressing the research participants. The main participants were household survey respondents who were contacted during the survey enumeration. At that time, purpose clarity, objective of the study and other related issues were clearly stated before the activities. Besides, the attendees of focus group discussions and key informant interviews were the other participants of this study. Confidentiality of data collected from these participants before collecting the data was stated describing that the data collection was only for the research purpose through which the informed consent of respondents/participants was approved ahead of the data gathering. The ways of handling the participants and their responses are among the duly considered research guidelines of the study.
: Not applicable.
: The author declares no competing interests.