Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku
Kang, Melissa
Perry, Lin
Brooks, Fiona
Article History
Received: 7 March 2022
Accepted: 17 August 2023
First Online: 22 September 2023
Declarations
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: Ethics approval for the study was given by the Ghana Health Service Ethics Review Committee (GHS-ERC009/01/20) and ratified by the UTS Human Research Ethics Expedited Review Committee (ETH20-4779). The participant information sheets explained the study’s aim and scope and the participants’ rights to informed consent before the interviews. The information sheets were read to participants who could not read or write. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants involved in the study by signing or thumb printing the consent form. We sought participant approval to tape-record the interviews and publish the findings. Participants were also assured of confidentiality and privacy and these rights were protected throughout the study. The consent and assent forms were kept separate from the data the participants provided. Participants were informed and assured that the information given by them would solely be used for the purpose of the study. Furthermore, participants were informed that the information they give would not be disclosed to third parties. They were also assured of security in the management of their data. Pseudonyms were used in reporting the findings in order to conceal the identities of the key informants and adolescents who participated in the study.
: No consent to publish is needed for this study, as the authors did not use any details, images or videos related to individual participants.
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