Nalugya, Joyce Sserunjogi
Skylstad, Vilde
Babirye, Juliet N
Ssemata, Andrew Sentoogo
Ndeezi, Grace
Bangirana, Paul
Engebretsen, Ingunn M. S.
Nakasujja, Noeline
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Bergen
Article History
Received: 19 April 2023
Accepted: 19 October 2023
First Online: 27 October 2023
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from Makerere University School of Medicine Higher Degrees Research Ethics Committee (SOMHDREC) REC REF 2018-095), the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST) Ref.SS5103 and the Norwegian Research Council #50146. Both verbal and written informed consent was obtained from parents and assent was obtained from all the child participants. All methods were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The first author (JSN) is a Ugandan female psychiatrist with special interest and training in child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health, which she has practiced for the past 10 years. She holds a Bachelor of Medicine and a Master of Medicine in Psychiatry.RN is a female social worker with a master’s degree in social work with extensive experience in qualitative research. WB is a male social worker with a master’s degree in social work with experience in qualitative data collection. Both RN and WB were from Mbale district and knew the local languages as well as English. All the co-authors have experience with qualitative research.