Pauly, Bernadette https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4845-1383
Martin, Wanda
Perkin, Kathleen
van Roode, Thea
Kwan, Albert
Patterson, Tobie
Tong, Samantha
Prescott, Cheryl
Wallace, Bruce
Hancock, Trevor
MacDonald, Marjorie
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (FRN 116688)
Public Health Agency of Canada
Article History
Received: 10 November 2017
Accepted: 12 April 2018
First Online: 23 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: We obtained ethical approval for this study from the University of Victoria, the University of British Columbia, and from each of the five regional health authorities in British Columbia that were partners in the ELPH project: UVic/Vancouver Health Authority file J2011–102, UB/Vancouver Coastal Health Authority file H11–03359, Fraser Health Authority file FHREB2012–003, Interior Health Authority file 2011–12-044-E, and Northern Health Authority file RRC-2012-0006. We obtained consent from all participants prior to participating in the study.
: AK is employed with the Public Health Agency of Canada within the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Equity. The Public Health Agency of Canada was one funder of this study, however, AK is not involved in funding decisions which are conducted in a different branch of this agency. All other authors declare no competing interest.
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