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Thiagesan, Rajeswaran https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0116-9724
Gopichandran, Vijayaprasad https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2635-9583
Soundari, Hilaria https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5449-0023
Kosalram, Kalpana
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Article History
Received: 11 April 2024
Accepted: 21 August 2024
First Online: 17 September 2024
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: The study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of the Rural Women’s Social Education Centre (RUWSEC), an NGO working in Thirukkazhukundram, Chengalpattu, India. The study was carried out as per the National Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical and Health Research involving Human Participants proposed by the Indian Council of Medical Research in 2017. We obtained written informed consent from all participants before the interviews and provided an information sheet about the study to the participants. The interviews were conducted at the time and place of convenience of the participants to ensure their privacy. All the collected data through voice recordings and transcripts were stored in a password-protected folder.
: We have obtained written informed consent from all the study participants to use their data. They were informed that the collected data would be used for publication (which will take atleast 6 months from the time of data completion) and that they could access the publication by contacting the corresponding author and the contact details were provided in the information sheet which was given to the participants.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The authors have no conflicting interests to declare.
