Wedajo, Lema Fikadu
Mamo, Abera Mersha
Alemu, Solomon Seyife
Mesfin, Bezawit Afework
Article History
Received: 25 October 2022
Accepted: 11 September 2023
First Online: 20 September 2023
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The letter of ethical clearance was obtained from the Institutional Research Ethics Review Board (IRB) of the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, with reference number IRB/1274/2022. All the methods were performed following the principles of the Helsinki Declaration. The WHO’s ethical safety and recommendations for research on violence against women were kept. Mothers who were the victims of the problem were counseled at the end of the interview to visit nearby health institutions or health posts that may enable them to solve the problem [CitationRef removed].
: Voluntary written informed consent was obtained before starting the interview. Legally authorized representatives of the minor groups were also obtained. Furthermore, informed consent was taken from mothers under the age of 18 because after they married, they could decide everything about themselves, and due to the nature of the topic, we could not obtain consent from family or husbands [CitationRef removed].
: It is not applicable.
: All the authors have reviewed it, and there is no conflict of interest raised by the authors regarding the authorship or publication of this paper.