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Received: 6 September 2017

Accepted: 1 November 2018

First Online: 20 November 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Hawassa University, School of Public & Environment Health. The reference number is IRB/025/09, issued on the date of 12 /15/2016. Permission for conducted the study was also obtained from the Sidama Zone Health Department and the Dale Woreda Health Office. The information sheet that contained about the benefit and risk of participating of the respondents in this study with verbal informed consent was attached to each questionnaire and before enrolled any of the eligible study participants, the purpose and the confidential nature of the study were described and discussed for each participant. The discussions between the data collectors and the respondents were taking place privately and individually. Only those consented, and proved their willingness to take part in the study were enrolled and interviewed.To kept confidentiality, the information collected from this research project was stored in the file, without a participant’s name. In addition, it was not revealed to anyone except the investigator and all responses given by participants were kept confidential by using key and locked system like computer password whereby no one have an accessed to see it and at the end of the data analysis and thesis presentation, the questionnaire was locked within box until 5 years. The women who are Implanon discontinues, health information was given about possible factors of discontinuation among women who ever used Implanon.

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