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Article History

Received: 7 December 2023

Accepted: 5 August 2024

First Online: 23 August 2024

Declarations

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: Ethical approval with a reference number of IRB/1279/22 was obtained from The Institutional Ethical Review Board of Arba Minch University’s College of Medicine and Health Sciences and a supportive letter was also obtained from Arba Minch town local health administration, before data collection. Data collectors and supervisors wore face masks, kept physical distance, and other COVID-19 prevention protocols. Data were collected after informed written consent was obtained from the women whose ages are above 18 years old and from the parents and /or husbands of those whose ages are below 18 years old. Informed written consent to participate was also obtained from a closed one for the uneducated. All study subjects were informed about the purpose of the study, including its goal, the importance of their participation, the right to withdraw at any time if they wanted, and the privacy and confidentiality of their responses given by each respondent kept properly and anonymous. The methods employed in this study strictly adhered to the applicable guidelines and regulations.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.