Tenaw, Zelalem
Gari, Taye
Gebretsadik, Achamyelesh
Article History
Received: 23 March 2023
Accepted: 10 August 2023
First Online: 15 August 2023
Declarations
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: The ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences of Hawassa University with an approval number of Ref.No: IRB/143/14. After approval, a support letter was written to the Sidama National Regional Public Health Institute. Then, after obtaining the support letter from Sidama National Regional Public Health Institute, the permission and cooperation letter were given to the woreda health offices. Finally, the woreda health offices wrote a permission letter to selected kebeles, asking them to cooperate and give consent to conduct the study. Written informed consent was obtained from the study participants and legal guardians for illiterate participants to collect the data. There is no risk in participating in this survey, we followed the Helsinki Declaration guidelines. People with disabilities having different health problems were linked to nearby health facilities for possible support and follow-up.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.