Gailits, Nicola http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1409-9449
Mathias, Kaaren
Nouvet, Elysée
Pillai, Pooja
Schwartz, Lisa
Article History
Received: 26 September 2018
Accepted: 21 May 2019
First Online: 10 June 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was a component of a broader project examining the challenges and enabling factors related to the implementation of Burans project, which had been granted permission as Protocol 115 in April 2014, by the Institutional Ethics Committee of the Emmanuel Hospital Association. Ethics approval for this sub-study was also obtained from the Hamilton Integrated Research Ethics Board of McMaster University in Canada. Based on the local context, which included low literacy rates, alongside an article in the <i>Bulletin of the World Health Organization</i> on informed consent in the global South [CitationRef removed], oral consent was deemed most appropriate. Both research ethics boards approved of the use of verbal consent. In terms of the consent process, after the study was explained and any questions were answered to the entire group, each woman in attendance was provided with the opportunity to orally consent to participation or not participate in the study. This process was documented by the CHWs in attendance, and all women consented to participate. The risks for women participating in FGDs were minimized due to the support of Burans team members in facilitating home-based care and access to mental health care as required for all participants, and through CHW attendance at all FGDs.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.