Natukunda, Julian
Kirabira, Peter
Ong, Ken Ing Cherng
Shibanuma, Akira
Jimba, Masamine
Article History
Received: 4 December 2018
Accepted: 6 January 2019
First Online: 17 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: We obtained a waiver from the International Health Sciences University’s Degree Research and Ethics Committee. The reason for the waiver was that the study had no potential to cause harm whether physical or psychological to the participants. The decision was based on the National Guidelines for Research involving humans as research participants developed by the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology. We also obtained permission from the hospital administration to conduct the study.
: All participants (adolescents or caretakers) involved in the study gave their consent to use the information collected for publication purposes.
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