Duodu, Precious Adade http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4965-6302
Okyere, Joshua http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4080-7522
Simkhada, Bibha http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8676-0718
Akrong, Ransford http://orcid.org/0009-0005-1295-3241
Barker, Caroline http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0899-6167
Gillibrand, Warren http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8122-2833
Simkhada, Padam http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5706-6479
Funding for this research was provided by:
Strategic Research Investment Seed Funding, School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom (HHS013-01, HHS013-01, HHS013-01, HHS013-01, HHS013-01)
Article History
Received: 21 November 2023
Accepted: 18 June 2024
First Online: 20 June 2024
Declarations
:
: All methods were in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The Ghana Health Service Ethics Review Committee (GHS-ERC) [ID Number: GHS-ERC: 005/02/23] and the School Research Ethics and Integrity Committee (SREIC), University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom (SREIC Reference: SREIC_ExtApp_2023_001) granted approval for the conduct of this study. Oral and written informed consent was sought from all the participants. For those who had no formal education, their rights were read to them and interpreted in Twi (the local language of the study setting) to gain their informed consent. The Ghana Health Service Ethics Review Committee (GHS-ERC) [ID Number: GHS-ERC: 005/02/23] approved the procedure for obtaining informed consent from illiterate participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.