Tadesse, Tariku
Dangisso, Mesay Hailu
Abebo, Teshome Abuka
Article History
Received: 26 August 2019
Accepted: 21 February 2020
First Online: 11 March 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained from Hawassa University, Institutional Review Board of College of Medicine and Health Sciences. A written consent was also obtained from local authorities and concerned government bodies from Aleta Wondo District Administration. After a brief introduction of study’s objective, benefits and risk of participation, informed verbal consent was obtained from each study subject. Verbal consent was also obtained from parents/guardians for 16–18 years old participants. To ensure confidentiality of respondents, their names were not indicated on the questionnaire.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.