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Accepted: 29 November 2024

First Online: 10 February 2025

Declarations

: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards outlined by Research Councils UK (RCUK), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Framework for Research Ethics, and the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethics approval was obtained as part of the Project Transsition initiative, under grant approval number [ST/T001313/1; ST/T001313/2], by the Ethics Committee of the University of Sheffield. The study also complies with the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). All participants provided informed consent to participate in the study, including the collection and use of their data for research purposes.

: All participants were fully informed about the nature and scope of the research, including its potential for publication. Participants provided explicit consent for the publication of anonymized data, ensuring that their identities and any sensitive information remain protected. The consent process included a detailed explanation of how the findings, recordings, and analyses would be used in publications, presentations, and other academic outputs. Participants were given the opportunity to ask questions and withdraw consent at any stage before data anonymization, and all decisions to participate were voluntary.

: We declare that there are no competing interests relevant to the content of this article and that this article has not been submitted anywhere else.