Singh, Kavita http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8670-2262
Speizer, Ilene S.
Kim, Eunsoo Timothy
Lemani, Clara
Tang, Jennifer H.
Phoya, Ann
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP#1090837.)
Article History
Received: 5 July 2018
Accepted: 7 November 2018
First Online: 23 November 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (<b>#:</b> 14–2904) and the National Health Science Research Committee in Malawi (1357). Oral consent was obtained before the exit interviews with women. As part of consent procedures, the study and its voluntary nature were explained to all potential participant. Our ethics approval included permission to interview adolescents under 18 who have had a pregnancy. The ethics review boards waived parental consent for minors under 18 who had a pregnancy to participate in the study.
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