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Original Research

Magnitude of Depression and Its Associated Factors Among Prisoners in Arba Minch and Jinka Town, Southern Ethiopia

Hanan Abdulkadir1 School of Public Health, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch Town, EthiopiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Meseret Girma1 School of Public Health, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch Town, Ethiopia
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Zeleke Gebru1 School of Public Health, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch Town, EthiopiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-9209
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Negussie Boti Sidamo1 School of Public Health, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch Town, EthiopiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8949-573X
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Gebremaryam Temesgen2 Department of Midwifery, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch Town, EthiopiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7467-8277
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Pages 1505-1516 | Published online: 14 Jun 2022

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