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Article History

Received: 20 October 2021

Accepted: 1 April 2022

First Online: 13 April 2022

Declarations

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: The study was approved by the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Belize, and by the Research Ethics Committee of the Health Sciences Faculty at the University of South Africa (Ethics approval # HSHDC/761/2017). Before and during the conduct of the study, the participant's general welfare was respected. Participants were first informed about the study and their written consent was obtained before they were included in the study. Those that could not read or write, provided verbal consents. As described in the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki's "Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects" as amended in October 2013, Ethical conduct involving human research was strictly observed and applied. All information regarding the research was filed and kept in a secured place as required by the institutional research ethics board.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.