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Utilization of skilled birth attendant at birth and associated factors among women who gave birth in the last 24 months preceding the survey in Gura Dhamole Woreda, Bale zone, southeast Ethiopia

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7818-6

Published Online: 2019-11-11

Published Print: 2019-12

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Ayele, Gizachew Sime

Melku, Abulie Takele https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9076-3268
Belda, Semere Sileshi
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Article History

Received: 3 August 2018

Accepted: 21 October 2019

First Online: 11 November 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The proposal was ethically approved by Madda Walabu University Goba Referral Hospital department graduate committee. An official letter was written from the MWU Goba Referral hospital department of public health to Gura Dhamole woreda health and administrative office to seek cooperation.During data collection respondents were informed about the objective of the study and procedure of selection as well as assured that their response will be kept confidential and their names were not registered; only code was used to identify the respondents to minimize social desirability bias and assure confidentiality. Participation in the study was on voluntary basis and informed verbal consent was obtained from study participants before actual data collection and participants were informed that they have the right to withdraw from the interview at any time without restriction of any of their benefits and this is approved by the ethical review board of Madda Walabu University. In this study there are no minors aged less than 16 years participated.

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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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