Awol, Roza Nasir
Reda, Dawit Yihdego
Gidebo, Deresse Daka
Article History
Received: 16 September 2019
Accepted: 21 December 2020
First Online: 7 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was ethically cleared from institutional Review Board (IRB) of the college of Medicine and Heath Sciences, Hawassa University (Ref No: IRB/179/10 dated on 03/05/2018). Permission to conduct the study was also obtained from hospital administration. The information sheet that contained about the benefit and risk of participating of the respondents in this study with verbal informed consent was attached to each questionnaire and before enrolled any of the eligible study participants, the purpose and the confidential nature of the study were described and discussed for each participant.A written informed consent was obtained from participants whose age was greater than 16 and an assent form legal guardian or parent and additional consent were obtained from those less than 16 years old participants. Participants were anonymous and the information provided by each respondent was kept confidential. Also official permission and written informed consent was obtained from all parents/guardians for whom less than 16 years old.
: Not applicable as details, images and videos related to study subjects were not recorded for this study.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.