Stewart, Jonathan
Anderson, Joshua
Mayne, Richard
Bradley, Judy
Hart, Nigel
Leggett, Nina
McAuley, Danny
Funding for this research was provided by:
Public Health Agency (EAT/5675/21)
Article History
Received: 1 September 2025
Accepted: 13 October 2025
First Online: 14 November 2025
Declarations
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: The qualitative component of the study received ethical approval by the Queen’s University Belfast Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences Faculty Research Ethics Committee (MHLS 22_128). Interview and focus group participants provided informed consent. No formal research ethics committee approval was required for the anonymous online questionnaire. All procedures were followed in accordance with the ethical standards of the Queen’s University Belfast Research Ethics Committee and with the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki.
: Participants provided consent for the results of the project to be published and used for educational purposes and understood they would not be identifiable in any data published in relation to this project.
: The authors declare no competing interests.