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Seidu, Abdul-Aziz https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9734-9054
Darteh, Eugene Kofuor Maafo
Agbaglo, Ebenezer
Dadzie, Louis Kobina
Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku
Ameyaw, Edward Kwabena
Tetteh, Justice Kanor
Baatiema, Linus
Yaya, Sanni
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Article History
Received: 11 May 2020
Accepted: 7 December 2020
First Online: 17 December 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for the 2014 GDHS was provided by Ethical Review Committee of Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana and the Institutional Review Board of Inner-City Fund International, USA. Written or verbal consent was provided by all participated in the survey. Written informed consent was taken from the parents or guardians of participants under age 16. The authors obtained permission to use the dataset from MEASURE DHS. The DHS Program is consistent with the standards for ensuring the protection of respondents’ privacy. ICF International ensures that the survey complies with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regulations for the respect of human subjects. No further approval was required for this study since the data is secondary and is available in the public domain. More details about data and ethical standards are available at:
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Eugene Kofuor Maafo Darteh, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, and Sanni Yaya are members of the editorial board of this journal.
