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Received: 24 January 2018

Accepted: 19 June 2018

First Online: 9 July 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The study protocol was ethically approved by the Ethical Review Board (IRB) of Addis Ababa University College of Health Sciences School of Allied Health Sciences Department of Nursing and Midwifery. Official letter was written to Bahir Dar Town. The study posed a low or not more than a minimal risk to the study participants. Also, the study did not involve any invasive procedures. Accordingly, after the objective of the study was explained, verbal informed consent was obtained from all participants over the age of 16 years. In addition to this verbal consent was obtained from a parent on behalf of the participants under the age of 16. Moreover, the confidentiality of information was guaranteed by using code numbers rather than personal identifiers and by keeping the data locked.

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