Ajayi, Anthony Idowu
Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku
Seidu, Abdul-Aziz http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9734-9054
Adeniyi, Oladele Vincent
Article History
Received: 27 June 2021
Accepted: 1 November 2022
First Online: 5 December 2022
Declarations
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: We followed various steps to ensure the study adhered to all the ethical principles in line with the Declaration of Helsinki. First, the Walter Sisulu University Ethics Committee (reference number 098/2014) and the Eastern Cape Department of Health gave their approval upon assessing the research protocol before the data collection commenced. Second, the study procedures were approved by the management of all the three hospitals. Furthermore, the study’s purpose and process were explained to all the participants in an information sheet written in English and translated into IsiXhosa. Each participant gave written, informed consent to indicate her voluntary participation in the study. We obtained parental consent for three participants below 16 years, who assented to participate in the study. We respected the rights of participants to privacy, confidentiality, and anonymity throughout the study.
: No consent to publish was needed for this study as we did not use any details, images or videos related to individual participants.
: The authors declare no competing interests.