Nyandwi, Alypio
Fredinah, Namatovu
Rusanganwa, Vincent
Munyanshongore, Cyprien
Nyirazinyoye, Laetitia
Ndola, Prata
Nshimiyimana, Jean Damascene
Ingabire, Marie-Gloriose
Anastasie, Nyirabahinde
Salant, Natasha
Mecthilde, Kamukunzi
Emmanuel, Hakomeza
Mukabutera, Assumpta
Article History
Received: 16 September 2022
Accepted: 6 December 2022
First Online: 19 December 2022
Declarations
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: This study entails secondary analysis of the data from the violence against children and youth survey done in Rwanda in 2015 by the Rwanda Ministry of Health, with financial and technical support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
: The survey protocol and data collection tools used by the Rwanda violence against children and youth survey were independently reviewed and approved by the CDC’s Institutional Review Board and the Rwanda National Ethics Committee (RNEC).
: The survey adhered to all procedures recommended and applied in studies involving human participants by the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Verbal voluntary informed consent was obtained from all participants included in the survey. Verbal informed consent to participate in the survey was obtained from participants aged 18–24, and parents provided consent for participants aged 13–17. The latter also offered their verbal assent. A two-step process was followed to obtain the consent of study participants. First, data collectors requested permission from the head of the household to survey the selected household. After the approval of the head of the household, the data collector interviewed him with the head of the household questionnaire. After that, the data collector proceeded with requesting and obtaining the consent of child/youth respondents. The interviewer received informed assent from minors (13–17 years old). The same informed consent process was used in emancipated respondents (18–24 years old) and those who lived in a child-headed household, except parental/caregiver permission was unnecessary. Verbal voluntary consent was preferred because data collection was done with electronic devices.
: It was explained to the survey participants that the information they provided was anonymous, that their participation was voluntary, and that they could opt out of the involvement in survey data collection.
: Not applicable.
: Not applicable.