Panda, Rajmohan
Lahoti, Supriya http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6826-5273
Mishra, Nivedita
Prabhu, Rajath R.
Singh, Kalpana
Rai, Apoorva Karan
Rai, Kumud
Funding for this research was provided by:
Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) India
Article History
Received: 14 March 2023
Accepted: 10 April 2024
First Online: 23 April 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical clearance was received from the Institutional Ethical Committee (IEC) of the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) (ref: TRC-IEC 472/21, dated 26 August 2021). The study has also been registered at the Clinical Trials Registry, India (CTRI/2021/10/037189). All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. A written Participant Information Sheet (PIS) and informed consent form was provided to the participants before conducting the interviews. Verbal informed consent was taken from all participants, and the process of verbal informed consent was approved by the ethics committee (Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) of the PHFI). Data confidentiality was maintained by coding with the unique identification (ID) of all the participants. The interviews were audio-recorded, and audio files and transcripts were kept in a password-protected folder.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.