Assegid, Daniel Tadesse
Abera, Legesse
Girma, Meklit
Hailu, Mickiale
Tefera, Bereket
Article History
Received: 26 December 2021
Accepted: 4 October 2022
First Online: 3 November 2022
Declarations
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: I confirm that all the study protocols were approved by institutional review board of Dire Dawa University and ethical committee of College of Medcine and Health science. I confirm that all methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. An official letter of permission was sent to LSAA before data collection. Participants were informed about the purpose, benefit, risk, confidentiality of the information and the voluntary nature of participation in the study. Data was collected after informed written consent was obtained from each participant that their data would be included in publications. Confidentiality of the information given and the privacy of the interviewee was highly secured throughout the data collection and the research process.
: For case of minors (those under the age of 18), or “emancipated minors”; I confirm that all the study protocols were approved by institutional review board of Dire Dawa University and ethical committee of College of Medcine and Health science. Informed consent form for those females who are under 18 years of age was obtained from the labor and social affairs agency of Dire Dawa city administration. Because under 18 adolescents need a parent/ guardian to make a decision with informed consent. Since they are homeless and have no parents, Labour and social affairs agency is the agency that is responsible and working with homeless children as a guardian. Hence, the ethical clearance for those under 18 children is given by labour and social affairs agency of Dire Dawa city administration after the ethics committee of Dire Dawa University approved this procedure and an official letter from Dire Dawa University is delivered to LSAA. The emancipated minors who are homeless without any guardian are allowed to give informed consent under the LSAA. According to FDRE (Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia) regulations, Informed Consent to participate is obtained from a legal guardian/parent, for “emancipated minors” approved by institutional review board of Dire Dawa University.
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: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.