Oppong-Yeboah, Bertha https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3534-7285
Yawson, Alfred Edwin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6960-5751
Milisen, Koen https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9230-1246
van Uffelen, Jannique https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7253-5766
Tournoy, Jos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0265-9154
Funding for this research was provided by:
KU Leuven Researcher from Global South Grant (3M220617)
Article History
Received: 8 October 2025
Accepted: 23 April 2026
First Online: 4 May 2026
Declarations
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: This study received ethical approval from the Ethics Committee of KU/UZ Leuven, Belgium (Reference: S67894), and formal clearance from the Ethics and Protocol Review Committee of the College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana (Reference: CHS-Et/M.3-P 4.1/2023-24). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to data collection.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.