Bayih, Wubet Alebachew
Birhan, Biniam Minuye
Yeshambel, Abebaw
Asfaw, Molla
Article History
Received: 2 April 2019
Accepted: 25 March 2020
First Online: 15 April 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance was obtained from Debre Tabor University, College of Health Sciences, Institutional Health Research Ethics Review Committee (IHRERC). Obtaining only informed voluntary verbal consent was enough for ethical approval by the ethics committee because of the following reasons: I) regarding women’s educational status, the authors had prior data indicating that nearly half (48%) of the women in Ethiopia didn’t have the ability to read and write [CitationRef removed]. II) The study was an interviewer based crossectional study aimed for the direct beneficence of mothers in improving neonatal survival through boosting maternal awareness of neonatal danger signs. III) The study didn’t also involve any measurement that could bring physical harm to the mothers and their neonates.Parental consent wasn’t required because all the interviewed mothers were above 16 years of old.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.