Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Otago Wellington Equipment Grant
University of Otago Research Grant
Health Research Council of New Zealand (13/724)
Science Foundation Ireland (12/RC/2289)
European Commission FP7 International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (2011-IRSES-295157-PANAMA)
Lotteries Health Research Grant
Article History
First Online: 31 May 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000 (5). Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.
: Ethical approval was obtained from the University of Otago Human Ethics Committee (13/220). Due to the broad focus of the research, participants were blinded to the focus of the study. School approval, child assent and parental consent were acquired in writing from participating schools, children and their parents.