Koopowitz, Sheri-Michelle https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5151-9692
Stern, Michelle
Hoffman, Nadia
MacGinty, Rae
Workman, Lesley
Zar, Heather J.
Stein, Dan J.
Article History
Received: 18 November 2021
Accepted: 22 December 2024
First Online: 4 January 2025
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The DCHS was approved by the Faculty of Health Sciences, Human Research Ethics Committee, University of Cape Town and by the Western Cape Provincial Health Research committee.
: Mothers provided informed consent at enrolment and were re-consented annually. Consent was done in mother’s preferred language: English, Afrikaans, or isiXhosa. All study procedures complied with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: The DCHS was approved by the Faculty of Health Sciences, Human Research Ethics Committee, University of Cape Town (401/2009) and by the Western Cape Provincial Health Research committee (2011RP45). Mothers provided informed consent at enrolment and were re-consented annually. Consent was done in mother’s preferred language: English, Afrikaans, or isiXhosa.