Ouma, Simple
Abbo, Catherine
Natala, Nakita
McCoy, Molly
Kroupina, Maria
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fogarty International Center (FIC), United States (D43TW009345-10)
Article History
Received: 21 July 2022
Accepted: 14 June 2023
First Online: 20 June 2023
Declarations
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: This study was conducted following relevant guidelines, regulations and the Declaration of Helsinki. We obtained ethical clearances from TASO (TASOREC/051/2021-UG-REC-009) and the University of Minnesota institutional review boards (Human Research Protection Program STUDY00013794), and the Uganda National Councils of Science and Technology (HS1769ES). Since we collected data from the adolescents and their mothers, each mother provided written informed consent for her participation and that of the adolescent and each adolescent assented to participate. We maintained participants’ privacy and confidentiality throughout the study, data analysis and presentation of results. The adolescent-mother pairs were reimbursed $4 for their time and transport. We provided trauma counselling and linkages for re-traumatized participants and referred those with mental disorders to the mental health unit at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.