Ochen, Anthony Mark
Chi, Primus Che
Lawoko, Stephen
Article History
Received: 20 September 2017
Accepted: 30 May 2019
First Online: 24 June 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved and consented to by the “Higher Degrees, Research and Ethics Committee (HDREC)”, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala (Uganda). Informed consents were obtained from the cases/pregnant girls and parents/guardians of controls/non-pregnant girls below the age of 18 years and assent from the non-pregnant girls below the age of 18 years. Written consent was given by the pregnant girls, non-pregnant girls above 18 years and parents/guardians of non-pregnant girls below the age of 18 years prior to administration of the questionnaire to participants. Pregnant adolescent girls gave their individual written consents without that of their parents/guardians. The parental consent of pregnant adolescent girls was waived by the IRB due to the fact that they are emancipated minors and able to make their own decisions. However, written parental consent was given for non-pregnant girls below the legal age of 18 years.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.