Mogi, Jessica Gloria
Premikha, M
Nabila, Ona
Sanjaya, Adhi
Prihartono, Indira
Gittelsohn, Joel
Funding for this research was provided by:
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Article History
Received: 2 September 2023
Accepted: 1 July 2024
First Online: 11 July 2024
Declarations
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: All methods in the study were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval of the research protocol, recruitment materials, and verbal consent scripts was obtained from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Institutional Review Board (IRB No: 22949) and RSUP Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Health Research Ethics Committee (No. 212/EC/KEPK-KANDOU/XI/2022). Permission to conduct the study on Kei Besar Island was obtained from the Southeast Maluku Agency of National Unity and Politics (Kesbangpol Malra) on behalf of the Regent of Southeast Maluku (No.: 070/186/SIP/BKBP/2022). Verbal consent for interviewing and recording was obtained from each participant after explaining the objectives of the study in their local language. Each participant was given monetary remuneration in the sum of IDR 50,000.
: JGM is an Indonesian primary care physician who trained in North Sulawesi and practiced in Kei Besar Island for a year, gaining conversational proficiency in Ambonese Malay. PM, a physician who also studied at Hopkins accompanied JGM to Kei Besar Island, providing support by recording pile sort groupings and participating in peer debriefings. Both authors reported the field conditions to JG, an experienced medical anthropologist who served as a content expert and provided guidance remotely during the fieldwork. ON and AS are both experienced public health physicians and researchers from doctorSHARE who provided support on the field and during the manuscript writing process. IP is a research associate from Hopkins who provided substantial input and revision on the manuscript.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.