Duodu, Precious Adade
Bayuo, Jonathan
Mensah, Josephine Aboagye
Aduse-Poku, Livingstone
Arthur-Holmes, Francis
Dzomeku, Veronica Millicent
Dey, Nutifafa Eugene Yaw
Agbadi, Pascal
Nutor, Jerry John
Article History
Received: 27 April 2021
Accepted: 12 January 2022
First Online: 22 January 2022
Declarations
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: This study was performed following the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the appropriate ethics committee. The original survey data utilized for this secondary data analysis study was collected by trained field enumerators on behalf of UNICEF and GSS. The MICS team of UNICEF-Ghana, The Ethical Review Board of the Ghana Health Service, and the Ghana Statistical Service approved the study that collected the original survey data. Therefore, ethics approval for this current study was not required since the data is secondary and is available in the public domain. Before the collection of the original survey data, informed consent was obtained from all the respondents; adult verbal consents and child assents were obtained for the respondents younger than eighteen from their parents/guardians/adult household members to participate in the survey. Additionally, participants were assured of anonymity and confidentiality. More details regarding the data and ethical standards are available at: ExternalRef removed. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors have no conflicts of interests to declare.