Ahmed, Marwan Awad
Bailey, Helen D.
Pereira, Gavin
White, Scott W.
Wong, Kingsley
Shepherd, Carrington C. J.
Article History
Received: 30 May 2021
Accepted: 21 January 2022
First Online: 9 February 2022
Declarations
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: Ethics approvals for this study were obtained from the Western Australian DoH Human Research Ethics Committee (RGS0000003168), Western Australian Aboriginal Health Ethics Committee (Project 797) and University of Western Australia Human Research Ethics Committee (RA/4/20/6161). Informed consent was waived by the Western Australian DoH Human Research Ethics Committee (RGS0000003168), Western Australian Aboriginal Health Ethics Committee (Project 797) and University of Western Australia Human Research Ethics Committee (RA/4/20/6161). A waiver of informed consent was supported by these ethics committees because the study: (1) retrospectively uses existing, routinely collected, administrative datasets (no active participants); and (2) utilizes de-identified data with their storage, analysis and dissemination subject to strict protocols. Individual informed consent was thus not obtained from the participants, but consent was given from the data custodians on their behalf. This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki (1964) and its subsequent amendments.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.