Shibuya, Fumiko
Hattori-Uchima, Margaret
Dacanay, Paul
Peter, Florence
Ngirmang, Tarmau Terry
Dacanay, Rudelyn
Takeuchi, Rie
de los Reyes, Calvin
Kobayashi, Jun
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (21HP2006)
EDU-Port Japan Project 2022 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Article History
Received: 14 December 2023
Accepted: 25 February 2024
First Online: 29 March 2024
Declarations
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: The study was undertaken with the approval of the Ethics Committee of the University of the Ryukyus (approval number: 1969), the Institutional Review Board of the College of Micronesia-FSM (approval number: #003202215082022), the Marshall Islands Medical Institutional Review Board, and the Palau Institutional Review Board (approval number: PIRB 2022-003). Enrollment in this study was voluntary, and explicit consent was obtained from each participant prior to the interview.
: Not applicable. The document does not include any personal data of individuals.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.