Sharaby, Rachel
Peres, Hagit
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health, State of Israel
Rothchild Foundation
Ashkelon Academic College
Article History
Received: 25 May 2020
Accepted: 22 February 2021
First Online: 6 March 2021
Declarations
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: The research obtained approval from the Ashkelon Academic College Ethical Research Committee. No “Helsinki Ethics Committee” approval was required, since the research does not contain any subjects who were patients or families of patients. The data contain only interviews with mediators-health workers who voluntarily provided their conscious and informed verbal consent for being interviewed and for publication when interviewed. After consulting and obtaining the approval the academic ethical committee, we decided to avoid asking for a consent signed on paper. This had a meaningful contribution to our efforts to conserve the trustful atmosphere and reduce inequal power relations between the interviewer and the interviewees.
: The mediators’ informed verbal consent for being interviewed and for publication was audio-recorded and transcribed (including the explanation about the research goal and their right to refuse or cancel or stop the use of the interviews). This method of obtaining audio recorded informed consent is acceptable and approved by the ethical committee, since it conforms with any legal and institutional ethical requirement.
: The authors do not have any competing interests (either financial or non-financial).