El Kazdouh, Hicham
El-Ammari, Abdelghaffar
Bouftini, Siham
El Fakir, Samira
El Achhab, Youness
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fogarty International Center and National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (5D43TW009804 (PI Anna Giuliano))
Article History
Received: 20 August 2018
Accepted: 29 August 2019
First Online: 10 September 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: We received ethical approval from the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Casablanca Research Ethics Committee and the National Control Commission for the Protection of Personal Data (A-RS-193-2015). After explaining the objectives of the study, written informed consent was obtained from all participants before study enrollment. Concerning adolescents, written informed consent was obtained from their parents or their legal guardians in addition to a verbal consent from each adolescent. Confidentiality of study participants was ensured at all procedures. We have guaranteed their rights to freely retain information if they were embarrassed to give it. Only the lead investigators had access to the complete tapes. The names of participants were separated from the transcripts and field notes and kept in a private place to which only the leading author had access.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.