Welay, Fissaha Tekulu
Kassa, Nega Assefa
Gebremeskel, Gebrekiros Aregawi
Assefa, Natnael Etsay
Mengesha, Meresa Berwo
Weldemariam, Mulu Gebretsadik
Gebremeskel, Senait Gebreslasie
Article History
Received: 16 August 2019
Accepted: 26 September 2019
First Online: 10 October 2019
Ethical approval and consent to participate
: Before starting the data collection process, ethical clearance was secured by Haramaya University Institutional Health Research Ethics Review Committee (IHRERC, Tel: +251256661899, P.O.Box 235, Harar), to each selected health facilities. Informed, written and signed consent was obtained from each head of every facility involved in the study and participant mothers after the purpose and benefits of the study are explained. Participants were informed about the minimal risk that it had participating in the study, their volunteerism and the right to stop the interview at any time they want. Parental consent was also obtained for participants under sixteen. Confidentiality of the study participant’s information was also ensured. Eventually, mothers who had poor knowledge were informed about the ten (10) key danger signs prompted in the questionnaire immediately after the interview is finished.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.