Article History
Received: 30 January 2019
Accepted: 6 May 2019
First Online: 27 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: A written approval letter was obtained from an institutional review board (IRB) of Institute of Health, Jimma University (JU), before starting any data collection. All participants were told about the study and verbal consent was obtained. For a participant below 18 years of age, verbal consent was obtained from husband or her mother or her father as approved by the ethics committee. Verbal assent was also obtained from the participant. Verbal consent was documented in the questionnaire by marking the box in front of the agreement statement. Participants were also told that they have the right to withdraw from the study at any time during data collection. Participants were given the chance to ask questions before participating in the study. Respect for the religion, culture, norm and opinion of the participant was the priority during data collection. Collected data were also kept confidential and only research team had access to it.
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