Chichiabellu, Tesfaye Yitna
Mekonnen, Baze
Astawesegn, Feleke Hailemichael
Demissie, Birhanu Wondimeneh
Anjulo, Antehun Alemayehu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Addis Ababa University
Article History
Received: 1 February 2017
Accepted: 19 September 2018
First Online: 27 September 2018
Competing interest
: We declared no financial, personal or professional competing interests influenced this paper.
: <sup>1</sup>Lecturer in Department of Nursing, College of Health Science and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University.<sup>2</sup>Lecturer in Department of Nursing, School of nursing and midwifery, Addis Ababa University,<sup>3</sup>Assistant Professor in School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, Hawassa University.<sup>4</sup>Lecturer in Department of Nursing, College of Health Science and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University.<sup>5</sup>Lecturer in Department of Medical Laboratory, College of Health Science and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University.
: Ethical clearance was obtained from Addis Ababa University College of Health Science Department of Nursing and Midwifery Institutional Review Board (IRB). Official letter was received from the department of nursing and midwifery and submitted to Damot Pulasa district Health office and letter of permission was taken from Damot pulasa district health office for each selected kebele to implement the study. Written informed consent was obtained from each respondent before the interview. The consent forms addressed issues relating to confidentiality and autonomy of the respondent during data collection.
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