Dykeman, Catherine S.
Markle-Reid, Maureen F.
Boratto, Lorna J.
Bowes, Chris
Gagné, Hélène
McGugan, Jennifer L.
Orr-Shaw, Sarah
Funding for this research was provided by:
Public Health Ontario Locally Driven Collaborative Projects program (n/a)
Canada Research Chairs (na)
Article History
Received: 27 September 2017
Accepted: 23 January 2018
First Online: 1 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was conducted in accordance with the Canadian Institutes for Health Research Tri-Council Policy Statement, Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans. Ethics approval was obtained from the Hamilton Integrated Research Ethics Board (project number 11–621) and from each participating site. Research team members ensured informed consent, collection of signed consent forms, and protection of participant confidentiality.
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