Alema, Haileselasie Berhane
Hailemariam, Sisay Asgedom
Misgina, Kebede Haile
Weldu, Meresa Gebremedhin
Gebregergis, Yosef Sibhatu
Mekonen, Genet Kidane
Gebremedhin, Kahsay Amare
Article History
Received: 29 September 2017
Accepted: 10 March 2019
First Online: 5 April 2019
Authors’ information
: HB has master of public health and currently working as Lecturer in College of Health Sciences, Aksum University. SA has Master of Public Health and currently working in Asgede Tsimbla woreda health office as health prevention and promotion program coordinator. KH has masters of public health and currently he is pursuing his PhD in public health at Netherland. MG has master of public health and currently working at Department of public health, College of Health, Aksum University as Lecturer. YS has master of public health and currently working at Department of public health, College of Health, Aksum University as Lecturer. KA has master of public health and currently working at Department of public health, College of Health and medical science, Adigrat University as Lecturer. GK has master of public health and currently working as social worker at Aksum University Referral Hospital.
: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Institutional Research Review board of College of Health Science and Referral Hospital, Aksum University, Ethiopia. Letter of support was obtained from the regional health bureau to respected health facilities. Moreover, all study participants were informed about the purpose of the study and written and verbal consent was obtained from each study participant before data collection. The ethical committee approval letter was attached on each questionnaire. And the data collectors read the consent form for each study participants’ and if they agree the data collectors mark [✓] on the space provided. Confidentiality was also ensured by avoiding any identifiers of the study participants. Study participants who were minors (age less than 16 years) obtained assent and consent from their parents and guardians.
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