Samuel, Beniyam
Tsegaye, Berhan
Dulla, Dubale
Aynalem, Amdehiwot
Israel, Eskinder
Gebrie, Meless
Article History
Received: 23 December 2022
Accepted: 28 April 2023
First Online: 10 May 2023
Declarations
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: The Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Hawassa University of Hawassa, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, provided ethical clearance (Ref.No:IRB/191/14) scrutinizing all the necessary ethical considerations. The authorization was sought from the Sidaama region administration's public health institute and the medical directors of all selected public hospitals. Each study participant was adequately informed about the objective of the study and anticipated benefits and risks of the study by their data collector. Informed verbal consent from IPPLARCs users was obtained for protecting autonomy and ensuring confidentiality.Respondents were told the right not to respond to the questions if they do not want to respond or to terminate the interview at any time. Furthermore, safe approaches like using gloves, masks, keeping distance, and hand sanitizer were applied to prevent coronavirus transmission during data collection.Each participant's verbal agreement from women and written consent from health care providers have been acquired at the beginning of each interview.
: Each participant's verbal agreement from women and written consent from health care providers have been acquired at the beginning of each interview.
: The authors declare no competing interests.