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Received: 20 December 2017

Accepted: 20 September 2018

First Online: 5 October 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Ethical approval was obtained from the ethical committee of the Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University, Japan (reference number 561). The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical guidelines set forth by the Declaration of Helsinki and the Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects provided by the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare of Japan. The City Health Office of the local government approved a head of time our study protocol, especially ethical aspects for potentially participating citizens. Potential participants received written and oral information about the study. It was emphasized that participation was voluntary. During the data collection, we obtained written consent from all the interviewees and verbal assent from PMHP whose carers participated in the interviews. In the case where the interviewee was under 18 years old, we gained verbal assent from them and written consent from their parents.

: Participants were informed that the information they shared in the interviews would be published in anonymised form. Written informed consent for publication was obtained.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interest.

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