Mugoro, Erjabo Adinew
Mekango, Dejene Ermias
Lule, Tigist Alebachew
Jena, Belayneh Hamdela
Turuse, Ermias Abera
Article History
Received: 22 January 2023
Accepted: 26 November 2023
First Online: 8 December 2023
Declarations
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: This study was conducted after the confirmation of national and international ethical guidelines for biomedical research involving human subjects [CitationRef removed]. Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Research Ethics Review Committee of Wachemo University. A formal letter was submitted to the Hadiya Zone Health Department, and permission was obtained from each health institution to conduct the study. A verbal, informed consent was obtained from the participants before the interview. The verbal, informed consent was approved by the Institutional Research Ethics Review Committee (IRERC) of Wachemo University (Hossana, Ethiopia) (Permission Number: 163/2015). The study participants were informed that their participation was on a voluntary basis and that they could withdraw from the interview at any time. They have also been informed that their withdrawal will not result in any harm or prohibit them from using the service at any time. The confidentiality was maintained at every step of the research by keeping anonymity; using codes rather than personal identifiers like names. All methods were carried out in accordance to the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.