Mersha, Abera http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-4128
Shibiru, Shitaye
Gultie, Teklemariam
Degefa, Nega
Bante, Agegnehu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Arba Minch University (Acct. No GOV-1000021708902)
Article History
Received: 23 July 2019
Accepted: 22 November 2019
First Online: 9 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance was obtained from Arba Minch University, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Institutional Research Ethics Review Board (IRB). Explanation about the purpose of the study and a letter of support was given to each Zonal health department and then to each hospital of respective Zones. For studies that were not clinical trials that involve invasive procedures, taking verbal or written consent was the standard requirement of the IRB of Arba Minch University. Hence, all the study participants were informed about the purpose of the study, their right to refuse and written and signed the voluntary consent was obtained from all study participants before recruiting the health professionals in the study. The anonymity of the participant was respected via the use of codes rather than the name of the participant and hospital name. The names of the participants were not reported on the findings of the study to ensure confidentiality.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.