Tebeje, Nigusie Birhan
Biks, Gashaw Andargie
Abebe, Solomon Mekonnen
Yesuf, Melike Endris
Funding for this research was provided by:
College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar (Vprcs/o5/2002/2008)
Article History
Received: 19 December 2018
Accepted: 26 August 2019
First Online: 2 September 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Institutional Ethical Review Board (IRB) of the University of Gondar with the reference no of R.NO.O/V/P/RCS/05/1220/2016. Written informed consent was obtained from the participants and the Objective, benefit, and risk of the study were explained for the participants (Additional file InternalRef removed). Besides, data collectors were instructed to assure the rights of the respondents to refuse or withdraw from the interview at any time without any form of prejudice. Children with undernutrition (mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) = 11.5 cm or yellow), anemia and intestinal parasitosis were referred to nearest health facilities and health/nutritional education was also given to parents/caretakers by data collectors and supervisors. Confidentiality of the information was maintained by coding of all personal or household identifiers.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.