Lesao, Dibolelo Adeline https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5716-6800
Rabie, Tinda https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8180-0792
Lubbe, Welma https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2468-5687
Scholtz, Suegnet https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4316-5257
Funding for this research was provided by:
North-West University
Article History
Received: 7 December 2023
Accepted: 25 September 2024
First Online: 8 October 2024
Declarations
:
: Ethical approval was granted by the Health Research Ethics Committee [HREC] of the North-West University (NWU-00438-19-A1), followed by Policy, Planning, Research Monitoring and Evaluation from the NWDoH. The Starfish Project coordinator granted goodwill permission. An informed consent was obtained from the participants, and the research study was guided by the 2015 South African Department of Health Ethics in health research: protocols, processes and structures.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.