Asafo-Adjei, Ramos https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8706-3028
Mensah, Ronald Osei https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2048-0446
Osei-Bonsu, Gifty https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4874-6586
Article History
Accepted: 21 July 2025
First Online: 1 August 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical review and approval were waived by Takoradi Technical University Ethics Committee for the study on 24/03/2024 with ethical approval number TTU/ERC/24/050. This article does not contain any studies with human participants performed by any of the authors. All procedures for data collection were treated with confidentiality according to Takoradi Technical University Research Declaration on ethics.
: Consent was obtained in written form, with participants signing an informed consent form, and the process took place from January-March, 2025. All authors of this manuscript obtained consent from all persons participating in the study. Participants agreed to take part in the study, understanding the nature and scope of their involvement, and consented to the collection and use of their data (including survey responses, interview records, etc.) for analysis by the research team. They also consented to the potential use of study results for academic publications, with strict confidentiality of personal information, and their data will not be used for any other purposes.
: Additional informed consent was obtained from all individual participants for whom identifying information is included in this article.
: The authors declare no competing interests.