Balami, Ahmed Dahiru http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7370-4955
Said, Salmiah Md
Zulkefli, Nor Afiah Mohd
Bachok, Norsa’adah
Balami, Emmanuel Luke
Article History
Received: 13 October 2018
Accepted: 11 July 2019
First Online: 18 July 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Due to low literacy levels, informed verbal consent was obtained from each respondent after they had been taken through the respondent information sheet. No additional consent was obtained from the husbands or guardians of those below 18 years, as they were considered emancipated minors, since they were married women. The study protocol, as well as methods of obtaining consent, had been approved by the Ethics Committee of the State Specialist Hospital Maiduguri (SSH/GEN/64/Vol.1) and the Ethics Committee for Research Involving Human Subjects of the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM/TNCPI/RMC/1.4.18.2) before the study commenced.
: Not Applicable
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.