Healey, Sunita Joann Rebecca
Ghafournia, Nafiseh
Massey, Peter D.
Andrich, Karinne
Harrison, Joy
Taylor, Kathryn
Bolsewicz, Katarzyna
Article History
Received: 2 February 2022
Accepted: 19 July 2022
First Online: 28 July 2022
Declarations
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: This study was performed as per the Declaration of Helsinki. The study was determined to meet the requirements of the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research and was approved by the Hunter New England Human Research Ethics Committee (HNEREC) as a low-risk project; approval number: 2020/ETH02955. Separate research governance authorisation was obtained from the institutions: Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD) (Sites)- Hunter New England Population Health and Hunter New England Multicultural Health, where the research took place. All experimental protocols were approved by the HNEREC and HNELHD. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations of Hunter New England Human Research Ethics Committee, including the acquisition of verbal or written consent. All participants provided informed consent to participate in the study and to publishment of deidentified data. The option of verbal consent was reserved for participants who were unable to read or write.
: Not applicable.
: All authors (SJRH, NH, PDM, KA, JH, KT, KB) are salaried employees of a state government service, for which the publication of this article could affect policy change. Funding was also provided in-kind by the state government service to conduct this study.