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Edward, Anbrasi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9772-1984
Krishnan, Aparna
Ettyang, Grace
Jung, Younghee
Perry, Henry B.
Ghee, Annette E.
Chege, Jane
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
World Vision International (113543 Johns Hopkins University)
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Article History
Received: 30 October 2019
Accepted: 31 August 2020
First Online: 5 September 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was part of a larger research trail that was conducted in Cambodia, Guatemala, Kenya and Zambia. Ethical clearance was obtained from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Institutional Review Board (IRB # 00004986), and the Institutional Review Boards of the local research institutions (National Institute of Public Health in Cambodia, Moi University School of Public Health in Kenya, and the Institute for Economic and Social Research at the University of Zambia. Based on the country ethical protocols, written informed consent in the local language was obtained from all study participants in Kenya (Swahili) and Zambia (Tonga, Nyanja, Lozi), and verbal informed consent was obtained from all study participants in Cambodia (Khmer), prior to administering the surveys and privacy and confidentiality was ensured. The consent procedures were approved by the institutional review boards in all countries and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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: The study was conducted through a research grant (#113543) to Johns Hopkins University. AE, YJ, HP and GE were partially funded by the grant to conduct the research. JC and AHG were employed by World Vision. We declare no other competing interests.
