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Article History

Received: 25 April 2021

Accepted: 28 September 2021

First Online: 12 October 2021

Declarations

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: Ethical approval to conduct this study was received from the Edith Cowan University (ECU) Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) (#18089), Sir Charles Gairdner and Osborne Park Healthcare Group HREC (#00602), the Western Australian Aboriginal Health Ethics Committee (WAAHEC) (#827), and the St John of God (SJOG) Healthcare HREC (#1289). A letter of support was also sought and received from the Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service (DYHS). Governance approval was obtained from the WA Department of Health and SJOG Healthcare; this enabled access to staff across the two hospital sites. Informed consent was received from all online questionnaire participants using the Participant Information and Consent Form (PICF) which was embedded in the online questionnaire. In order to proceed to the online survey, participants had to indicate that they had read the study information and consented to participating in the online questionnaire prior to being able to commence. Written informed consent was received by all participants who (i) completed the hard copy questionnaires and (ii) participated in the interviews; this occurred prior to commencement of data collection.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.