Symington, Elizabeth A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3438-1070
Baumgartner, Jeannine
Malan, Linda
Zandberg, Lizelle
Ricci, Cristian
Smuts, Cornelius M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation (99374)
South African Medical Research Council (Self-Initiated Research Grant)
University of South Africa (AQIP)
Article History
Received: 20 April 2018
Accepted: 16 July 2018
First Online: 24 July 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Human Research Ethics Committees of the North-West University, Potchefstroom (NWU-00186-15-A1 and NWU-00049-16-A1) and the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (M150968 and M161045) provided ethical approval for the study. Permission to conduct the research in the relevant clinical setting was obtained from the Gauteng Health Department, City of Johannesburg District Research Committee and the Clinical Manager of Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital.All participants sign written informed consent before data collection.
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