Figueroa, Juan Carlos
Paniagua-Avila, Alejandra
Sub Cuc, Ingrid
Cardona, Sayra
Ramirez-Zea, Manuel
Irazola, Vilma
Fort, Meredith P.
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (U01HL138647, U01HL138647, U01HL138647, U01HL138647, U01HL138647, 5K12HL137862)
Article History
Received: 9 August 2022
Accepted: 18 November 2022
First Online: 12 December 2022
Declarations
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: The study protocol received approval from ethics committees that implement the ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects: the Guatemalan MoH’s Institutional Review Board (Protocol 18–2017) as well as the Institutional Review Boards of the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (CIE-REV 071/2017) and all of the other collaborators (Tulane University, the Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, and the Colorado Multi-Institutional Review Board). All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations of the Declaration of Helsinki. For all interviews and FGDs a written informed consent was read, participants signed it, and received a copy. Participants gave written informed consent for the interviews to be recorded, transcribed, and used for research purposes.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.