Tefera, Amare Teshome
Bekele, Biruk Girma
Aniley, Zelalem
Adane, Aynishet
Ayele, Tadesse Awoke
Getahun, Kefyalew Ayalew
Handebo, Simegnew
Ali, Semira
Muche, Abebe
Article History
Received: 15 July 2024
Accepted: 22 May 2025
First Online: 28 May 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the University of Gondar institutional review board (Ref. No: V/P/RCS/05/541/2020). Moreover, permission was obtained from the educational offices of each zone and heads of the selected schools. Students, parents or legal guardians, and special needs schoolteachers were informed about the objectives of the study. Written informed consent was obtained from parents or legal guardians prior to data collection. To maintain confidentiality, personal identifiers were omitted, unique codes were used, and access to the data was restricted to authorized personnel only. The study was done in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki (Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association).
: Not applicable.
: The author declared that they have no conflict of interest.