Peberdy, Lisa http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3167-2219
Young, Jeanine http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3849-3392
Massey, Debbie http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0466-1960
Kearney, Lauren http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0299-6537
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of the Sunshine Coast (Nil)
Article History
Received: 18 December 2019
Accepted: 8 July 2020
First Online: 16 July 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethics approval was granted through the University of the Sunshine Coast Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC S/16/998) and conducted in accordance with the National Health and Medical Research Council’s guidelines for human research [CitationRef removed].Participants were provided with a Study Information Summary and consent form outlining the background and purpose of the study, background of the researcher, eligibility criteria, what participation in the study would involve, the right to withdraw from participation at any time, and the storage and disposal of data collected. Contact details of the researcher and contact details of a person to receive complaints within the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC), along with clear guidelines on how privacy and confidentiality would be protected were also provided. The consent form was required to be signed, dated and returned to the researcher prior to commencement of the interview.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.