Somefun, Oluwaseyi Dolapo
Casale, Marisa
Ronnie, Genevieve Haupt
Sumankuuro, Joshua
Akintola, Olagoke
Desmond, Chris
Cluver, Lucie
Funding for this research was provided by:
The UKRI GCRF Accelerating Achievement for Africa’s Adolescents (Accelerate) Hub (ES/S008101/1, ES/S008101/1, ES/S008101/1, ES/S008101/1)
European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (n° 771468, n° 771468, n° 771468, n° 771468)
UNICEF-ESARO; and the Oak Foundation (OFIL-20-057, OFIL-20-057, OFIL-20-057, OFIL-20-057)
Article History
Received: 24 June 2024
Accepted: 23 September 2024
First Online: 18 November 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Biomedical Research Ethics Committee of the University of the Western Cape (BM21/10/39). The research was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. We obtained written consent from all participants, with additional consent obtained from parents or guardians for participants under 18 years of age. Consent forms were translated into the relevant local languages and explained verbally to participants. As a token of appreciation for their involvement in the research, IDI participants received airtime compensation, while the FGD participants were provided with snacks and a hot meal and reimbursed for their transport expenses.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.