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Article History

Received: 22 January 2021

Accepted: 4 May 2021

First Online: 13 May 2021

Declarations

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: All methods were performed in accordance with the Helsinki declaration. As the current study was outside the remit of the Act on Medical and Health Research, it could be implemented without the approval of the Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics in Norway. Therefore, an assessment and approval was attained from the data protection officer at the Section of Digitalization and Innovation, Department of Finance, Business Development and Property Management, Bergen Municipality, including GDPR concerns (reference 2019/66930). The project was also subject to a risk and vulnerability analysis, including ethical aspects, led by the project leader in Bergen Municipality. According to Norwegian regulation, no further research ethics approval was required. In line with the guidelines of the Norwegian Centre for Research Data, children and adolescents may provide informed consent from 15 years of age. All participants provided informed written consent at the time of the interview after receiving oral and written information about the purpose and procedures of this study as well as how data would be handled in a secure way. They were also informed that they could withdraw from the study both orally and in writing. Participants were informed that the interviews would be audiotaped during the initial meeting with the researchers, orally at the time of the interview, and in writing in the informed consent form.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.