Adum, Prince
Agyare, Veronica Adwoa
Owusu-Marfo, Joseph
Agyeman, Yaa Nyarko
Article History
Received: 19 April 2023
Accepted: 2 September 2023
First Online: 12 September 2023
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Ethics Review Committee of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) with reference number GHS-ERC: 057/04/21 before data collection. Participants were given consent forms to read before being interviewed and those who could not read had them translated into a Ghanaian language of their choice so they could understand and decide whether or not to participate. Those who agreed to take part of the study gave their consent by signing or thumbprinting based on their ability to write. Husbands acted as surrogates and consented on behalf of their wives who were under the age of 18 years after explaining the study’s rationale, benefits, and potential hazards to them. Anonymity was achieved for them through the use of codes. Also, data will be stored with their codes which will prevent anyone from tracing the information to them. The electronic version of the questionnaire of each interview in the personal computer of the researcher was labelled with the participants codes and stored in an identifiable folder and security code provided. This was to make them inaccessible to any other person except the researcher and supervisor.
: The authors declare no competing interests.