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Article History

Received: 11 December 2017

Accepted: 3 April 2019

First Online: 25 April 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The research was approved by Research Ethics Committee (REC) of Institute of Health, Jimma University, before data collection. Permission was obtained from Sidama Zone Health Department to get access to participants. For the exit interview with women; verbal consent was sought from each eligible woman at maternal and child health services clinic. For the current sturdy; verbal consent was sought as per the study protocol which was approved by the REC as its supposed to be more convenient for less sensitive issues like that of this study. The objectives of the study and its benefits were explained in a language they can understand. Study participants were informed that the study would not have any risks. Furthermore, items seeking personal information (like name, phone number and identification numbers) were kept confidential.

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