About the Authors

Balem Demtsu Betsu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

balemdim@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Midwifery, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia

Araya Abrha Medhanyie

Contributed equally to this work with: Araya Abrha Medhanyie, Tesfay Gebregzabher Gebrehiwet, L. Lewis Wall

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia

Tesfay Gebregzabher Gebrehiwet

Contributed equally to this work with: Araya Abrha Medhanyie, Tesfay Gebregzabher Gebrehiwet, L. Lewis Wall

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia

L. Lewis Wall

Contributed equally to this work with: Araya Abrha Medhanyie, Tesfay Gebregzabher Gebrehiwet, L. Lewis Wall

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia

Competing Interests

LLW serves as a non-compensated member of the board of directors of the charity, Dignity Period. The other authors have no competing interests to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.