Demissie, Birhanu Wondimeneh http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4019-6522
Abera, Balcha Berhanu
Chichiabellu, Tesfaye Yitna
Astawesegn, Feleke Hailemichael
Funding for this research was provided by:
Addis Ababa University,Ethiopia
Article History
Received: 13 June 2017
Accepted: 30 July 2018
First Online: 4 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained from Institutional Review Board of Addis Ababa University, School of Allied Health Sciences, Department of Nursing and Midwifery and submitted to each Hospital. In addition, Permission was obtained from all hospitals involved in this study, to conduct research on their property: namely; Tikur Anbessa Specialized Teaching Hospital, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Yekatit Hospital Medical College, Gandhi Memorial Specialized Hospital, Zewditu Memorial Hospital, and Tirunesh Beijing General Hospital. All mothers that were involved in the study were asked for their willingness after they became informed about the purpose of the study and confidentiality of all the data. And an Informed written consent was obtained from all mothers of the newborn that were selected for the study. Mother of the newborns provided consent for them to participate in the study, and also they provided consent on behalf of the newborns to participate in the study. The study participants right to withdraw from the study at any time during data collection was respected. In the event of the mother's child being under the age of providing their own consent, written informed consent was received from the child's grandmother on behalf of the mother and child.
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