Mills, Rosalina
Mann, Michael J.
Smith, Megan L.
Kristjansson, Alfgeir L.
Article History
Received: 21 April 2021
Accepted: 20 October 2021
First Online: 4 November 2021
Declarations
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: In compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki, parents/caregivers were informed about the study and offered to withdraw their children from the study via a mixture of take-home mail and emails from each participating school. The requirement for informed consent by parents/caregivers was waived due to the benign nature of the study questions, confidentiality guarantee (no individually identifiable data was collected), and importance of very high response rates for community engagement purposes. Adolescent participants were given the opportunity to voluntarily assent to study participation and informed that they could withdraw at any time without repercussions. All aspects of data collection protocols for this study were reviewed and approved by West Virginia University IRB (protocol # 1406345394A009).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.