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Fekadu, Elfalet
Yigzaw, Getachew
Gelaye, Kassahun Alemu
Ayele, Tadesse Awoke
Minwuye, Tameru
Geneta, Tinsae
Teshome, Destaw Fetene https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7129-8551
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Received: 13 February 2018
Accepted: 3 August 2018
First Online: 14 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Ethical Review Board of University of Gondar with reference number of O/V/P/RCS/05/1549/2016. Permission letter was obtained from the Hospital chief executive officer and medical director. Each pregnant women participated in the study was informed about the purpose, method, expected benefit, and risk of the study. Participants were also informed about their right not to participate or stop the interview at any time. Since it is a cross-sectional study, participating in this study cannot result any negative consequences on the study participants. Hence, informed verbal consent was obtained from the pregnant women who were involved in the study and participant involvement was on voluntary basis. Confidentiality of the study participants was maintained using identification number rather than names.
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