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Article History

Received: 23 July 2022

Accepted: 14 November 2022

First Online: 15 December 2022

Declarations

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: Local ethical approval was sought from the Research Ethics Committee (REC)of Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH) Uganda (e-Ref: MRRH-2020/011 or MRRH-REC OUT 078/2020) and Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST) reviewed this study and approved undertaking it (ref HS675ES). The ethical considerations set out by the UNCST (Ref: HS675ES) were observed, and COVID-19 protocols as defined by the Ethics Committee were followed during this study. The main ethical issues were informed consent, autonomy, confidentiality, and anonymity. The researchers talked about the benefits and risks of sharing the information the participants provided. They were informed that someone may still be able to tell that the notes came from a conversation with them, but they were informed that the results of this study would be used to inform evidence-based practice in maternal and childcare innovations. The participants were informed that the conversation was going to be audio recorded transcribed into texts and deposited in a repository or kept as supplemental data in a journal and shared with other researchers. In addition, the results would be presented at local and international research meetings for academic purposes and policy discussions. To maintain anonymity the participants were informed that no individual identity would be used, the participants would be referred to using anonymized names. The data would be pooled together kept safely and accessed only with permission. After this explanation, those who consented to participate were recruited into the study.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests in the results of this study.