Caraballo, Pamela Baez
Schriger, Simone H.
Alejandro, Antonio García
Castro, Yazmina E.
Halpern, Mina
Lowenthal, Elizabeth
Funding for this research was provided by:
Children's Hospila of Philadelphia Global Health Center
Pincus Family Foundation
Article History
Received: 4 September 2024
Accepted: 18 February 2026
First Online: 26 February 2026
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the University of Pennsylvania IRB (Protocol #849444), and the Consejo Nacional de Bioética (CONABIOS) in the Dominican Republic (protocol #032-2021). Both IRB granted waiver of written consent due to the recruitment scheme of the study of using telephone surveys, and all participants expressed their verbal consent prior to participating.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.