Shifa, Girma Temam
Ahmed, Ahmed Ali
Yalew, Alemayehu Worku
Funding for this research was provided by:
Arba Minch University (GOV/AMU/TH5.4/CMHS/HO/06/06)
Article History
Received: 7 May 2016
Accepted: 13 February 2018
First Online: 27 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance and approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the College of Health Sciences at Addis Ababa University. Letters were written to all concerned bodies and permissions were secured at all levels. After explaining about the purpose of the study and confidentiality of the data, informed consent was obtained from each care takers of study participants. To assure the confidentiality of the responses, anonymous interviews were conducted. Besides, the daily collected data were transferred to Arba Minch University compound and locked in a secure cabinet on daily basis.
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