Alves, Gleica Soyan Barbosa
Herkrath, Fernando José
Parente, Rosana Cristina Pereira
Pinheiro, Rita Dariene da Silva
Vettore, Mario Vianna
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas (Promob 015/2023, Programa Fapeam Produtividade em CT&I 013/2022, Promob 015/2023)
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (PROEP-Labs 025/2022, PROEP-Labs 025/2022, PROEP-Labs 025/2022, PROEP-Labs 025/2022)
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (PDPG 013/2020)
Article History
Received: 14 March 2025
Accepted: 22 May 2025
First Online: 2 July 2025
Declarations
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: This research was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Amazonas (Protocol No. 68568223.3.0000.5020). All participants signed an informed consent prior to data collection agreeing to participate in the study. The principal investigator (FJH) obtained approval to conduct the study from the Municipal Health Department of the city of Itacoatiara. Information concerning data collection procedures was provided to all participants. Signed written consent was then obtained before data collection. The interviewers ensured participants’ privacy during the interviews in a private room at the participants’ household. The voluntary participation in the study was emphasised, and they could withdraw at any time. Confidentiality was ensured through by anonymising the data using identification numbers. In addition, the data set was stored on an institutional computer in a password-protected file.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.