Kibel, Mia
Nyambura, Monicah
Embleton, Lonnie
Kiptui, Reuben
Galárraga, Omar
Apondi, Edith
Ayuku, David
Braitstein, Paula
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Article History
Received: 29 December 2021
Accepted: 26 October 2023
First Online: 30 November 2023
Declarations
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: This pilot study was reviewed and approved by the Moi University College of Health Sciences and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital Institutional Research Ethics Committee and the University of Toronto Research Ethics Board. Individuals aged 18 years or older who wished to participate provided written informed consent. Individuals under the age of 18 provided written informed assent themselves, and we sought guardian written informed consent. For participants under the age of 18 with no guardian, the Moi University College of Health Sciences and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital Institutional Research Ethics Committee and the University of Toronto Research Ethics Board provided a waiver of guardian informed consent, and we obtained written informed consent from the senior social worker and written informed assent from the participants themselves. The Moi University College of Health Sciences and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital Institutional Research Ethics Committee and the University of Toronto Research Ethics Board waived the need for informed consent for participants under the age of 18. Informed consent was obtained from all participants or their legal guardians, or a waiver of informed consent was obtained from the ethics committees described above and the participants provided written informed assent themselves. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations from all institutions and research ethics boards, and are consistent with previously published work. Our treatment of participants according to age is consistent with the legal age of consent in Kenya, which is 18.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.