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Ottie-Boakye, Doris
Ayivor, Sandra
Appiah, Margaret
Ayivor, Jesse Sey
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Article History
Received: 6 July 2023
Accepted: 14 May 2025
First Online: 2 June 2025
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: Data used received ethical approval from the Ethics Committee for Humanities (ECH) of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana-Legon (Protocol Number: ECH 096/16–17), and the Ghana Health Service Ethics Review Committee (ERC) (Protocol Number: GHS-ERC: 03/05/17). In the Ashanti region, the Regional Health Directorate and the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection/Department of Social Welfare gave permission for this data to be collected. In addition, the study had permission from the Mampong Municipal Assembly, Health Directorate, Department of Social Welfare, and the National Health Insurance Office at the municipal level respectively. Written informed consents were obtained from study respondents prior to data collection [, ]. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki [].
: The authors declare no competing interests.
