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Authors
Swahn, Monica H.
Culbreth, Rachel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5270-2608
Salazar, Laura F.
Tumwesigye, Nazarius M.
Kasirye, Rogers
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R21AA22065)
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Article History
Received: 19 July 2018
Accepted: 13 August 2019
First Online: 27 August 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All youth provided verbal consent to participate in the study. Institutional review board approvals were obtained from Georgia State University and the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology to conduct this study in Kampala. Institutional review board approved verbal consent for the study and preferred verbal consent over written consent for privacy concerns. Consent was documented by social workers and peer educators who conducted the surveys. Youth who “cater for their own livelihood” are considered emancipated in Uganda and are able to provide their own consent for the survey without parental consent under certain conditions per the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology National Guidelines for Research Involving Humans as Research Participants.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
