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Tompkins, Jordan W
Mequanint, Selam
Barre, Douglas Edward
Fournie, Meghan
Green, Michael E
Hanley, Anthony J
Hayward, Mariam Naqshbandi
Zwarenstein, Merrick
Harris, Stewart B
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MCO 117675, 297910, PME-133824)
Lawson Foundation
AstraZeneca Canada
Article History
Received: 19 September 2017
Accepted: 27 September 2018
First Online: 1 November 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethics approval for the FORGE AHEAD Program was granted by Western University Health Sciences Research Ethics Board (#103895, approved June 17, 2013), the Health Research Ethics Board of Alberta (CHC-14-0054, approved December 1, 2014), the Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay (#2014-DSP-03, approved October 2, 2014), Mi’kmaw Ethics Watch, Unama’ki College, Cape Breton University (approved January 29, 2014), and Mi’kmaq Confederacy Ethics Review Committee, Prince Edward Island (approved March 14, 2014). Health Canada ethical approval was not required because the CPS did not involve patients. Participation in the CPS was voluntary and completion of the survey indicated consent.
: Not applicable.
: Authors from Western University were funded from the grant supporting this study.
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