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Aboagye, Ebenezer Asare
Adei, Dina
Agyemang-Duah, Williams
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Received: 24 November 2025
Accepted: 25 June 2026
First Online: 15 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Ethical approval for the study was granted by the Committee on Human Research, Publications and Ethics (CHRPE), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Reference Number: CHRPE/AP/058/24). Participation was voluntary and based on informed consent. Consent was obtained in written or verbal form as appropriate. For minors, consent was provided by designated caregivers in accordance with the approved protocol. Lastly, data were anonymised and handled confidentially throughout the study.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
