About the Authors

Bayu Begashaw

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Mizan Tepi University, Mizan Teferi, SNNPR, Ethiopia

Fasil Tessema

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Jimma University, Jimma, Oromiya, Ethiopia

Hailay Abrha Gesesew

hailushepi@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Jimma University, Jimma, Oromiya, Ethiopia, Discipline of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: BB FT HAG. Formal analysis: BB. Funding acquisition: BB. Investigation: BB FT HAG. Methodology: BB FT HAG. Project administration: BB. Resources: BB FT HAG. Supervision: BB. Validation: BB FT HAG. Visualization: BB FT HAG. Writing – original draft: BB. Writing – review & editing: BB FT HAG.