Gamlin, Jennie
Holmes, Seth
Funding for this research was provided by:
Wellcome Trust (103195/Z/13/Z)
Article History
Received: 1 August 2017
Accepted: 31 May 2018
First Online: 18 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained from University College London and authorities of Yuáwime Governorship (pseudonym) authorised the study at their the General Assembly meeting. Due to a high level of illiteracy and historical abuse of this fact though written documents [see for examples 1, 2 and 34], or later use of signatures for false purposes, all informants including health professionals consented verbally to participate. This was approved by the UCL Ethics Committee. They were fully informed both at community meetings and individually of the purpose of the study and potential use of data in publications. Parental consent was obtained from parents of interviewees under the age of 16 and in these cases a parent was given the option of being present while the interview took place.
: The participants in this study consented verbally to pseudonymised publication of their interview transcripts, and authors consent to publication of this article. Request for consent to audio record interview and to subsequently use these interview data in publications, were made verbally in the Wixárika language before recording commenced. The names of towns and villages and place of treatment have been changed so that participants cannot be identified.
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