Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST 104-2314-B-038-008, MOST 106-2314-B-038-012)
Article History
Received: 7 March 2018
Accepted: 24 September 2018
First Online: 3 October 2018
Authors’ information
: MK is a Registered Nurse Midwife at Machinga District Hospital, Malawi, and currently a doctoral student at the School of Nursing, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. GTL is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at Western University in London, Canada. She is a licensed psychologist in Michigan, USA and a board certified behavior analyst. SC is an Associate Professor at School of Nursing, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. SK is the Director and Associate Professor at School of Nursing, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. SK is a registered nurse in the US and Taiwan and specializes in maternal and child health care.
: Written informed consent was received from participants prior to their participation in the study, and ethical approval (NHSRC #15/5/1456) was obtained from the National Health Science Research Committee, Ministry of Health, Malawi. Furthermore, an approval was obtained from Machinga District Hospital to conduct the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they no competing interests.
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