Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6124-2730
Uy, Noralene
Article History
Received: 27 August 2021
Accepted: 25 January 2022
First Online: 18 February 2022
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study already contained detailed ethical guidance related to the involvement and protection of vulnerable human participants in a low-income setting at a proposal stage. Before any empirical field work begun, the research team obtained ethical approval by the research ethical committee at UNU-EHS as well as by the local university’s research ethical committee at Ateneo de Manila University. All research sessions were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and national regulations which included additional ethical clearance by GIZ and the national government due to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as in locations with increased security risk (such as Mindanao). Research involving human research participants were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Informed consent was obtained in writing from all participants who took part in this study.