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Authors
Namasivayam, Vasanthakumar
Prakash, Ravi
Dehury, Bidyadhar
Isac, Shajy
Wehrmeister, Fernando C.
Becker, Marissa
Blanchard, James
Boerma, Ties
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Article History
Received: 10 July 2024
Accepted: 10 February 2025
First Online: 25 February 2025
Declarations
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: The NFHS data used in this study is conducted by International Institute for Population Sciences and has received all the necessary approvals. This data is publicly available for secondary analyses, and therefore, does not require a separate ethics approval for this work. The CBTS study received ethics approval from the Institutional Review Board of Sigma Research and Consulting Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India (10001/IRB/D/18–19) and the University of Manitoba’s Health Research Ethics Board (HS20187 (H2016:385)). Participants were informed about the purpose and procedure of the survey and confidentiality was assured. Participants had the freedom not to answer any question or withdraw at any point in time during the survey. Verbal informed consent was obtained from all participants.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
