Ekwueme, Chinazom N.
Okeke, Chinyere
Eze, Irene Ifeyinwa
Mbachu, Chinyere Ojiugo
Onwujekwe, Obinna
Funding for this research was provided by:
International Development Research Centre (108677)
Article History
Received: 8 June 2023
Accepted: 7 February 2024
First Online: 19 February 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical clearance was got from the Ethics and Research Committee of University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Enugu (Ref: UNTH/CSA/329/OL.5) and the Ethics Committee of Ebonyi State Ministry of Health, Abakaliki (Ref: ERC/SHOH/AI/050/18). Individual written informed consent was gotten from all participants after explaining to them the study and its objectives in detail. Parents provided informed consent for adolescents younger than 18 years, while the adolescents provided assent. Participation was voluntary and confidentiality was assured. FGDs and IDIs were conducted in private environments, and transcripts were anonymized.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.