Ara, Gati
Fawad, Bina
Shabbir, Shumaila
Article History
Received: 7 November 2023
Accepted: 14 March 2024
First Online: 19 March 2024
Declarations
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: Approval for the research was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan. Reference: IRB-2345/DUHS/Approval/2021/892. Formal permission was obtained from Ziauddin University’s Department of Family Medicine for data collection in Primary Healthcare Center. Informed written consent was taken from parents of all participants. All parents could understand Urdu language. Fathers of most participants were also able to read and write Urdu. For parents who had no literacy, the informed consent form was clearly explained by the Principal Investigator. Consent form was also read and confirmed by a literate member of family who was also present on behalf of such parents, and could read and write Urdu. Thumb impression of parents and signature of the representative family member was taken thereafter. Data was pseudonymized and kept confidential.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Dr. Gati Ara is an MBBS doctor who acquired her FCPS in Community Medicine. She is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Medicine at Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences. Her interests are Maternal, Neonatal and Child health (MNCH), Medical Education and Family practice.