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Article History

Received: 5 September 2022

Accepted: 9 May 2023

First Online: 8 June 2023

Declarations

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: This study was carried out in accordance with ethical guidelines of Wollega University, Institute of Health Science. Ethical clearance (<i>Reference number: WU/RD/513/14</i>) was obtained from the research ethics review committee (<i>RERC)</i> of Institute of Health Science, Wollega University. The necessary permission was obtained from Gida Ayana District health office after a formal letter was written from East Wollega Zonal health department to the district. All study participants were well informed about the purpose of the study and informed written consent was secured from the study participants prior to the interview. The study participants’ confidentiality was maintained and no personal identifiers were used in the data collection tools and codes were used in place of it. All paper-based and computer-based data were kept in protected and safe locations. The recorded data were not accessed by a third person, except the research team, and data sharing will be enacted based on the ethical and legal rules of data sharing.

: Not applicable.

: We don’t have any conflicts of interest to be declared.