Muswerakuenda, Faustina F.
Mundagowa, Paddington T.
Madziwa, Clara
Mukora-Mutseyekwa, Fadzai
Article History
Received: 7 January 2023
Accepted: 8 April 2023
First Online: 20 April 2023
Declarations
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: The authors assert that all procedures contributing to this work comply with the ethical standards of the relevant national and institutional committees on human experimentation and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008. All procedures involving human subjects/patients were approved by the Africa University Research Ethics Committee (Approval number: AUREC 2460/22). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants, and permission to conduct the study was obtained from the Director of the Africa University Clinical Research Centre.
: None.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The researchers hold the following credentials: FFM (BSc Psychology), PTM (BSN, MPH, Ph.D. Student), CM (M. Ed in Educational Psychology, BSc Psychology), and FMM (MPH, MD). During the study period, FFM was an undergraduate student, PTM was a Research Support Officer, CM was a senior lecturer, and FFM was the Director of the Africa University Clinical Research Center. All researchers were female except PTM. FFM and CM had one and ten years of experience in social science research, while PTM and FMM had seven and 13 years of experience in public health research, respectively.