About the Authors

Menaseb Gebrehaweria Gebremeskel

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

menasebgh@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Tigray, Ethiopia

Afework Mulugeta

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Tigray, Ethiopia

Abate Bekele

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, School of Public health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Tigray, Ethiopia

Lire Lemma

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wachamo University, Sothern Nations Nationalities and Peoples of Ethiopia, Tigray, Ethiopia

Muzey Gebremichael

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Tigray, Ethiopia

Haftay Gebremedhin

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Tigray, Ethiopia

Berhe Etsay

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Tigray, Ethiopia

Tesfay Tsegay

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Tigray, Ethiopia

Yared Haileslasie

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Tigray, Ethiopia

Yohannes Kinfe

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Aksum University, Tigray, Ethiopia

Fre Gebremeskel

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Tigray, Ethiopia

Letemichael Mezgebo

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Tigray, Ethiopia

Selam Shushay

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Tigray, Ethiopia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.