Abodey, Eric
Vanderpuye, Irene
Mensah, Isaac
Badu, Eric
Article History
Received: 10 October 2019
Accepted: 20 March 2020
First Online: 31 March 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the ethical review committee of the University of Cape Coast. The Head of Department of Education and Psychology, University of Cape Coast, provided an introductory letter to the selected health and educational facilities. The researchers obtained written permission from all the health and educational facilities that were recruited. Study protocols and interview guides were reviewed by the head of all the educational and head facilities. No interviews were conducted without the permission of health and educational facilities. All the study participants provided written consent, which was witnessed by at least one family member, friend and school-mothers. Participants who could not read and write were made to thumbprint the consent form after all the necessary information regarding the study was provided in the local language. The participation in the study was voluntary, and so the researchers clearly explained to all participants about the right to participate, decline or withdraw. The authors assigned unique identifiers to audio recordings and transcripts to maintain confidentiality.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.