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Massaquoi, Hamida
Atuhaire, Catherine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6028-7491
Chinkonono, Gorgeous Sarah
Christensen, Betty Nyawira
Bradby, Hannah
Cumber, Samuel Nambile
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Article History
Received: 24 April 2020
Accepted: 22 December 2020
First Online: 7 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Ethics and Scientific Review Committee in Sierra Leone. All participants were recruited on a voluntary basis. Both verbal and written consent was sought from all of the participants from 15 to 23 years of age. Additionally, due to the sensitive nature of the topic, verbal consent was also sought from parents or relatives to participants under 18 years of age. All participants also consented to audio recordings. Participants will be reassured of confidentiality and given the freedom to freely withdraw at any time.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
