Tschirhart, Naomi
Straiton, Melanie
Ottersen, Trygve https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7872-6686
Winkler, Andrea S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-COFUND)
Article History
Received: 4 June 2019
Accepted: 29 October 2019
First Online: 15 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The research project was reviewed and approved through the standard internal process at the Department of Community Medicine and Global Health at the University of Oslo. The project was also assessed by the Regional Committee for Medical & Health Research Ethics. The Committee concluded that the project is outside of the remit of the Act on Medical and Health Research and that it can be implemented without the Committee’s approval. The project has also been notified to the Data Protection Official for Research at NSD - Norwegian Centre for Research Data (55206). All participants provided consent to participate and for the interviews to be audio-recorded. Prior to each interview the interpreter or interviewer read the consent form to each participant. Participants provided verbal consent and the interviewer signed a copy of the consent form to document having obtained consent. This consent process was reviewed and approved by Department of Community Medicine and Global Health at the University of Oslo and was notified to the Data Protection Official for Research at NSD.
: Research participants provided consent for personal quotes to be used in reports and publications. All personal identifying information has been removed or redacted and we use pseudonyms throughout the paper.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.