McKinn, Shannon http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6384-1745
Linh, Duong Thuy
Foster, Kirsty
McCaffery, Kirsten
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hoc Mai Foundation
Sydney Medical School Foundation
Article History
Received: 3 October 2018
Accepted: 24 June 2019
First Online: 12 July 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethics approval was obtained through the University of Sydney Human Research Ethics Committee (Project No. 2015/251). Permission to conduct the study was obtained from the Dien Bien Province Public Health Service, the Tuan Giao District Health Service, and the Vietnamese Women’s Union, and research objectives and methods were reviewed and approved by the DBP People’s Committee and the DBP Public Health Service. All health professionals and key informants gave written consent prior to interview. Focus group participants were given a choice between a written or oral consent process, due to limited literacy in the ethnic minority population. Two thirds of the focus group participants chose to give oral consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.