Bolado, Getachew Nigussie
Ataro, Bizuayehu Atnafu
Feleke, Mulualem Gete
Gadabo, Christian Kebede
Kebamo, Tamirat Ersino
Minuta, Worku Mimani
Article History
Received: 29 August 2023
Accepted: 19 January 2024
First Online: 30 January 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical clearance was obtained from the research and ethics committee of the College of Health Sciences and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, through an ethical letter with protocol number CRCSD 080/11/23. Then a letter of cooperation was written to the chief executive director of each hospital, and informed consent was obtained from healthcare professionals who participated in both qualitative and quantitative studies before data collection. All participant healthcare professionals were also informed that they had the right to decline the questionnaire, and all the information provided was handled in a confidential manner to protect the respondents’ privacy. Major ethical principles such as beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, and justice were followed to ensure no harm would come to the participants of both quantitative and qualitative studies throughout this study. We have also obtained informed consent from key informants for the publication of anonymized responses Above all, this study was entirely conducted as per the Declaration of Helsinki ethical principles for medical research on human subjects and publication ethics outlined by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
: Not applicable.
: On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author declares that there is no competing interest.