Thomas, Elizabeth D.
Zohura, Fatema
Hasan, M. Tasdik
Rana, Md. Sohel
Teman, Alana
Parvin, Tahmina
Masud, Jahed
Bhuyian, Md. Sazzadul Islam
Hossain, Md. Khobair
Hasan, Maynul
Tahmina, Sanya
Munmun, Farzana
Khan, Md. Abul Hashem
Monira, Shirajum
Sack, David A.
Leontsini, Elli
Winch, Peter J.
Alam, Munirul
George, Christine Marie http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9219-0953
Funding for this research was provided by:
United States Agency for International Development (USAID-OAA-F-15-00038)
Article History
Received: 8 December 2019
Accepted: 17 April 2020
First Online: 1 June 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Study procedures were explained to all participants by trained research assistants who collected written informed consent and/or parental permission from all participants ahead of study enrollment for the pilot study or standalone semi-structured interviews and group discussions. Participants were informed of the study objectives as part of the consent process. Prior to beginning interviews and group discussions, interviewers/moderators introduced themselves and their current position in the study team. The study was reviewed and approved by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Institutional Review Board and the Ethical Review Committee of icddr,b.
: Not applicable.
: Christine Marie George is an Editorial Board Member of BMC Public Health. The other authors declare no competing interests.