Gouroumourty, Revadi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9646-4971
Maheshwari, Mukul https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1918-5100
Prasad, Anamika https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4473-3134
Pakhare, Abhijit https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2897-4141
Joshi, Ankur https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3766-376X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research (No.3/2/March-2019/PG-Thesis-HRD (11))
Article History
Received: 15 December 2024
Accepted: 23 April 2025
First Online: 20 May 2025
Declarations
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: This study protocol was reviewed and approved by Institutional Human Ethics Committee of our tertiary teaching premiere institute of National Importance (IHEC-LOP/2018/MD0027) in accordance with the ICMR National Ethical guidelines for Biomedical and Health Research involving the human participants 2017. Permissions were also obtained from sub district level officials for data retrieval as well as for stakeholder interviews.
: Permission was obtained from all the study participants during the conduct of the study as per the institute format in vernacular language.
: Authors AJ and RG had undergone qualitative training and have published qualitative research works. Also, they are indulged as resource person in qualitative workshop for healthcare professionals.
: The authors declare no competing interests.