Anatea, Meseret Delesa
Mekonnen, Tesfaye Hambisa
Dachew, Berihun Assefa
Article History
Received: 16 September 2017
Accepted: 20 June 2018
First Online: 28 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: We obtained ethical clearance from the Institutional Ethical Review Board (IERB) of the University of Gondar, Institute of Public Health (Reference # E.P.D460/08). We submitted letters to the health and each kebele administrative offices of Dukem town. We also communicated ethical approval letters to the randomly selected respondents and obtained oral informed consent from each participant mothers prior to the interview. Moreover, we obtained consent from families of participants under the age of 16 years. We rigorously kept and maintained the confidentiality of the data. Only aggregate data was used for our interpretation. Any involvement in the study was based on the full consent of the mothers participating in the research.
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