Folayan, Morenike Oluwatoyin http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9008-7730
Alade, Michael
Adeniyi, Abiola
El Tantawi, Maha
Finlayson, Tracy L.
Article History
Received: 31 October 2019
Accepted: 15 December 2019
First Online: 31 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethics approval for the study was obtained from the Health Research Ethics Committee of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals’ Complex in Ile-Ife (IRB/IEC/0004553 and NHREC/27/02/2009a). Permission for conducting the study was also obtained from the Ife Central Local Government Area. Consent was obtained from mothers of children who participated in the study after they were duly informed about the objectives of the study, risks and benefits, voluntary nature of study participation, and freedom to withdraw from the study at any time. Written consent was obtained from all participants. No identifier was collected for each respondent. Study participants in each of the study communities were permitted to determine where the respondent should meet them.
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