Vilar, Maria Eduarda Maia
Barreto, Florisneide Rodrigues
da Costa Saavedra, Ramon
Martins-Filho, Olindo Assis
da Glória Lima Cruz Teixeira, Maria
Funding for this research was provided by:
Brazilian Ministry of Health, Brasília, Brazil
Article History
Received: 7 February 2026
Accepted: 4 June 2026
First Online: 15 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study protocol was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Institute of Collective Health of the Federal University of Bahia (ISC/UFBA), under Certificate of Ethical Approval (CAAE) number 28435420.3.0000.5030, in accordance with Resolution No. 466/2012 of the Brazilian National Health Council (CONEP). All procedures involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible institutional committee and with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. All participants, or their legal guardians in the case of minors, were informed about the objectives of the study and provided written informed consent prior to participation.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.