Kasen, Stephanie http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8712-7685
Ntaganira, Joseph
Sezibera, Vincent
Pozen, Joanna
Neugebauer, Richard
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ruth and David Levine Foundation (anonymous gift account)
Article History
Received: 5 July 2020
Accepted: 26 February 2021
First Online: 20 May 2021
Compliance with ethical standard
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The Institutional Review Boards of Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, and the Rwandan National Ethics Committee, approved study consent procedures and research protocol. Interviewers fluent in Kinyarwanda had a 4-year college/university psychology degree and 1 or more years of field/clinical experience. Study investigators (RN, others) provided instruction on approved consent procedures and administering the interview protocol in the 2 weeks prior to the study. Only potential participants who understood the consent form and procedures were eligible for study entry; interviewers read the form to nonliterate participants who indicated their consent by a mark that was witnessed.