Asante, Kwaku Oppong http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0206-3326
Atorkey, Prince http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9665-1139
Article History
Received: 22 March 2023
Accepted: 14 October 2023
First Online: 24 October 2023
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The data used for this study was approved by the Ministries and Agencies in charge of Educations and Health in the eight countries and the WHO. Policies laid out regarding consent procedures for participation in surveys were followed including detachment of identifier information. Official written permissions were obtained from each country’s respective Agency/Ministry of Education and or Health, the selected schools, and classroom teachers. Written informed consent were obtained from students, while an additional written parental consent was obtained from parents of participants aged 17 and younger. The sampled students anonymously and voluntarily completed the survey questionnaire. Finally, the study procedures were carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. As this study used secondary data, ethical clearance was waived by the Departmental Research and Ethics Committee (DREC) and the Ethics Committee of the Humanities (ECH), all from the University of Ghana.
: Not applicable.