Lacika, Jackie Lalam
Wabinga, Henry
Kagaayi, Joseph
Opito, Ronald
Orach, Christopher Garimoi
Mwaka, Amos Deogratius
Funding for this research was provided by:
GlaxoSmithKline (023)
Medical Research Council (Not Applicable)
Article History
Received: 27 July 2023
Accepted: 14 November 2023
First Online: 27 November 2023
Declarations
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: This study protocol was approved by the Makerere University School of Public Health Higher Degrees Research & Ethics Committee. Administrative clearance was obtained from the Executive Director of the Uganda Cancer Institute. All methods were carried out in accordance with the relevant ethical guidelines and regulations. The research assistants provided adequate information about the study and procedures to the participants before recruitment. These included information on purpose of the study, anticipated benefits, participants’ rights during research including the right to decline participations and or withdraw at any time, and the confidentiality of their information during and after the interviews. All study participants provided written informed consent prior to participation in the interviews. Participants who were unable to read or write were assisted by their attendants as witnesses. Information about the study was provided to them in the language of their choice (either English, Luganda or Luo) in the presence of the witness. Those willing to participate provided a thumb print as proof of their acceptance and consent. Privacy and confidentiality were observed during data collection process by conducting the interviews one at a time in private rooms without non-participants. Data collection tools were designed in English and translated into two local languages – Luganda and Acoli/Luo. A transport refund of USD 3.5 was provided to every participants after the interviews. The study used an online data collection system (ODK) and this was password encrypted to limit access to the clients’ information only to the research team. The information collected was de-identified before analysis by dropping off identifiers such as registration number, clients’ names and address.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.