Vermeiden, Tienke http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3946-6003
Braat, Floris
Medhin, Girmay
Gaym, Asheber
van den Akker, Thomas
Stekelenburg, Jelle
Funding for this research was provided by:
Laerdal Foundation for Acute Medicine (40171)
Otto Kranendonck Foundation
VSO Ethiopia
Article History
Received: 12 October 2016
Accepted: 14 January 2018
First Online: 19 January 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained from the Southern Nations Nationalities and People Regional State Health Bureau in Hawassa, Ethiopia on February 4, 2014, with reference number 1–1/9466. In addition, informed written consent was obtained from all participants after explaining the purpose of the study, the importance of their contribution as well as the right to refuse participation [see Additional files InternalRef removed and InternalRef removed for the English and Amharic versions of the informed consent form]. Illiterate women were asked to sign using their fingerprint. The participant’s name was excluded from the questionnaire to assure confidentiality.
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