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Kihwele, Gerald
Mbele, Michael Nienga
Millanzi, Walter C.
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Article History
Received: 12 May 2024
Accepted: 8 October 2024
First Online: 6 November 2024
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: <b>Legal approval:</b> The Youth Friendly Services Assessment was conducted as an operations research that did not require an official ethical clearance, and just required approval and authorization from the Ministry of Health and the President’s Office Regional Administrations and Local Governments at the central level; and the engagement of the Regional Administrative Secretaries, District Executive Officers, Health services delivery point In charges and Community Leaders.<b>Informed consent:</b> All respondents who were covered by the Youth Friendly Services Assessment were informed about the content and the purpose of the assessment before the commencement of interviews. Informed consent was also requested before the commencement of an observation schedule. In this regard, all key informants willingly agreed to participate in the Youth Friendly Services Assessment.<b>Confidentiality:</b> Confidentiality was also observed during the Youth Friendly Services Assessment for all respondents who were involved in the key informants’ interviews. Each one was interviewed separately and all the collected information was stored in strict confidence.<b>Data storage, data safety, and security:</b> All primary assessment data was collected on paper and kept in good custody before being transported to the Ministry of Health headquarters in Dodoma for electronic data capture. For the sake of data storage, data safety, and security, all data notes that were collected on paper were stored in locked cupboards, whereas all digitally collected data was stored on password-protected computers. All unnecessary data documents which had already been accessed and data extracted from them were destroyed by shredding.<b>Compensation (type and amount):</b> The study participants received no compensation of any type or amount because the study was implemented alongside the respective training institutions’ academic calendars, which they were informed of before the start of the study.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
