Shiwakoti, Rupa http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4196-5963
Gurung, Yogendra Bahadur
Poudel, Ram Chandra
Neupane, Sandesh
Thapa, Ram Krishna
Deuja, Sailendra
Pathak, Ram Sharan
Article History
Received: 25 November 2020
Accepted: 6 December 2021
First Online: 23 December 2021
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from Nepal Health Research Council. Approval was obtained from the health office, urban and rural municipalities of Ilam district. Information was provided on potential risk, discomfort and benefits to the respondents, and confidentiality, the rights to refuse or withdraw, and rights to information. Written informed consent was obtained from the respondents. For the respondents below 18 years of age, written consent from their guardian and accent from the respondents were taken. To protect the confidentiality of respondents, interviews were taken in a quiet room (one-on-one), permission was taken for recording the interview, records were secured through the use of password protected files and codes were used to link respondents’ responses. Anonymization was done to avoid the personal identifiers for all the respondents. Each candidate was provided with a temporary ID number.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no financial or non-financial competing interests.