Brandt, Irene
Some, Sylvain
Millogo, Ourohiré
Sourabié, Oumar
Burns, Jacob
Shinde, Sachin
Haucke, Matthias
Sivewright, Nathan
Neumann, Christine
Bajaria, Shraddha
Napon, Katian
Dah, Clarisse
Taonda, Marina
Siegel, Jason T.
Sando, Mary Mwanyika
Bärnighausen, Till
Sié, Ali
Liu, Shuyan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01KA2219B)
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01KA2219B)
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01KA2219B)
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Article History
Received: 21 October 2024
Accepted: 3 January 2025
First Online: 9 January 2025
Declarations
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: All procedures followed will be in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975 and the ethical standards of the ethics committee. The study was evaluated by the Ethics Committee at Heidelberg University (reference number: S-559/2023) in Germany and Nouna Health Research Center (CRSN: Centre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna; reference number: A2023.11.14–12) in Burkina Faso and was approved by both Ethics Committees. Written informed consent will be obtained from all participants included in the study who are over 18 or informed consent of a legal guardian for participants under 18. Risks will be made clear regarding the discomfort of participants in response to sensitive questions, fatigue due to the length of the survey and intervention, as well as distress that may occur from discussing mental health challenges. Participants who indicate suicide ideation, severe depression or anxiety, will be immediately referred to the supervising data collector manager and referred to an appropriate medical facility for further assessment.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.