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Article History

Received: 4 July 2018

Accepted: 12 August 2019

First Online: 22 August 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The study was conducted with support of the Ministry of Health and the WHO Country Office in Samoa. The Ministry of Health and Ministry of Women Community and Social Development guided the researchers in following the ethical guidelines as set out for research in the country and helped them to gain access to the local community. With the oversight of the Ministry of Health, the study complied to the guidelines set out by the Health Sector Plan through the Health Research Committee of the Ministry of Health in Samoa []. All participants signed written informed consent. The Ministry of Health provided ethical approval through the Health and Research Committee.

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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. The funding body provided guidance on the study design. Data collection, analysis, interpretation of data and writing of the manuscript was conducted independently by the academic institution, Maastricht University.