Alene, Kefyalew Addis http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1904-4682
Atalell, Kendalem Asmare
Funding for this research was provided by:
United States Agency for International Development (AID-663-A-11-00006)
Article History
Received: 2 February 2017
Accepted: 13 June 2018
First Online: 18 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethics approval was obtained from the Institutional Ethics Review Boards of the University of Gondar, and an official permission letter was received from each hospital administration office. To ensure confidentiality names and personal identifiers were not collected from the study participants. The anonymous data entered into computer records are password protected. All hard copy questionnaires are stored in locked filing cabinets in a secure location to which only study investigators and interviewers have access. A trained interviewer provided potential participants with sufficient information about the purpose, methods and demands of the study. Informed consent was obtained from all study participants and from caretakers or parents on behalf of the minors or children under the age of 16 years. Written consent was not feasible to get from all study participants because some of the study participants were unable to read and write. The ethics committee has approved this oral consent by considering that the type of study was harmless to the study participants.
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