Gbagbo, Fred Yao
Kayi, Esinam Afi
Article History
Received: 31 January 2018
Accepted: 6 April 2018
First Online: 6 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study received ethical approval from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) Ethical Review Committee (ERC). Permission was also sought from the various facilities and respondents used in this study. To protect the confidentiality of responses and enhance the comfort of respondents, the interviews were conducted in private places chosen by the respondents. The In-depth Interview sessions averagely lasted for 40 min.Written informed consent was obtained from all interviewees for their participation and for the audio-recording of the interviews. To obtain this, participants were informed of the objectives of the study and its intended purpose in the language they understood. Those who could read and write signed the consent form whilst those who could not read or write gave verbal consent after the explanations.
: Although there was no individual ‘Consent for publication’ since the study did not contain any personally identifiable data, all respondents and facilities contacted during the study agreed and provided verbal consent for the study to publish anonymously.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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