Ramalivhana, Fhatuwani W
Veldsman, Tamrin
Moss, Sarah J
Funding for this research was provided by:
North-West University
Article History
Received: 4 December 2023
Accepted: 27 May 2024
First Online: 12 June 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was granted by the Health Research Ethics Committee of North-West University (NWU), Potchefstroom Campus (NWU-00049-15-A1) for the B-Healthy-study and for this dissertation (NWU-00049-15-A1-04). The Provincial Department of Health for North West and Limpopo provinces’ district offices and clinic managers permitted access to the primary health clinics where data were collected. In the rural setting, permission was also given by the local authority (chief and civic organisation). All participants gave their written informed consent prior to data collection.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.