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Article History

Received: 16 March 2023

Accepted: 12 October 2023

First Online: 24 October 2023

Declarations

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: The protocols for the study were reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Cape Coast (ID: UCCIRB/CHAS/2022/99). Our study protocol conformed to the provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki in 1995 (as revised in Brazil 2013) including confidentiality, risks and benefits assessments, consent to participate, and ensuring respect to participants. Written informed consent was taken from all participants during the questionnaire distribution before a participant was allowed to answer the questionnaire. For participants who were 15 years old, informed consent was sought from a parent and/or legal guardian prior to participation in the study. Access to the data was only given to the team of researchers and the research supervisor. The data did not have any personal identifiers like a name that could be used by a third party to trace information to participants; only those willing to take part in the focus group discussion (FGD) provided their email address or phone number. However, after the FGD, these personal identifiers were removed from the data.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.