Ramaiya, Astha http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6807-2858
Malhotra, Alka
Cronin, Carmen
Stevens, Sarah
Kostizak, Kelli
Sharma, Animesh
Nagar, Shailesh
Sood, Suruchi
Funding for this research was provided by:
UNICEF India (43191527)
Article History
Received: 22 April 2019
Accepted: 23 July 2019
First Online: 2 August 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The local research agency, received approval from Sigma-IRB (an independent IRB in India) and the first author obtained approval from Drexel University for the endline. The objectives of the study were explained to every participant and if applicable to an adult caregiver before inclusion. Since literacy levels were low in the setting: 1) informed/verbal consent from adult adolescent girls (18 and over); and 2) assent from the adolescent girl (<18 year) and informed/ verbal consent from adults were obtained before inclusion. Verbal consent was approved by both Sigma-IRB and Drexel University.
: Not Applicable
: I am reporting that AM is an employee of UNCIEF, India and receives a salary from them which can affect the research reported in the enclosed paper. Second, AS and SN are employees at NR Management Consultants. NR Management Consultants collected the data and aided in the interpretation, which can also affect the research reported. All other authors have no competing interest.