Eni, Rachel http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8118-6606
Phillips-Beck, Wanda
Achan, Grace Kyoon
Lavoie, Josée G.
Kinew, Kathi Avery
Katz, Alan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canadian Institutes for Health Research (TT1-128267)
Article History
Received: 8 February 2021
Accepted: 24 August 2021
First Online: 15 September 2021
Declarations
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: Participation in the study was voluntary and withdrawal available at any time. Full consent was given by each participant and by the community leaderships, as per First Nation community protocol and University of Manitoba ethics for scientific study. Ethical approvals were obtained from the University of Manitoba Ethics Board and from the Health Information Research Governance Committee (HIRGC), which is supported by the FNHSSM and is responsible for ethics reviews of all research proposals involving First Nations.Consent to participate was communicated through Band Council Resolutions made by each participating community, after meeting by project team members. The research adhered to the First Nation principles of ownership, control, access and possession of data (OCAP), which gave the communities decision-making authority regarding the details of information collection, utilization, and management [CitationRef removed].Permissions and consent forms included consent for participation, given by all participants, accepted by the ethical oversight committees. Qualitative data and material is available to the researchers with privacy protocols assured.
: Not applicable
: The authors declare that there are no competing interests.