Jepkosgei, Joyline
English, Mike
Adam, Mary B
Nzinga, Jacinta
Funding for this research was provided by:
Wellcome Trust (#097170)
Article History
Received: 7 February 2022
Accepted: 5 May 2022
First Online: 13 May 2022
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was granted by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) Scientific and Ethics Review Unit (KEMRI/SERU/CGMR-C/122/3649) and the National Commission for Science, Technology, and Innovation (NACOSTI) Kenya. Therefore, all methods utilized in this study were carried out following existing guidelines and regulations.
: Further, written informed consent was obtained from all study participants. The ethics review committee approved the use of both written (for the interviews) and verbal (for the observations) informed consent in this study. Written informed consent was sought from all study participants before the interviews were conducted. For the observation of care provision processes, at the beginning of every shift, a brief introduction of the study and the role of the researcher in the unit were highlighted, following which verbal consent was sought from all providers present. This was done across the various shifts: morning/afternoon/night or day/night across the study hospitals were observed. This approach allowed for a continued consent process, where participants had an opportunity to express discomfort (if any) with being observed. We documented verbal consent as part of the field notes.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.