Patte, Karen A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5214-1943
Duncan, Markus J.
Amores, Angelica
Belita, Emily
Kocsis, Rita
Riazi, Negin A.
Laxer, Rachel
Leatherdale, Scott T.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (UIP 178846, OOP-110788, MOP-114875, PJT-148562, PJT-149092, PJT-159693, PJT-180262)
Health Canada (#1617-HQ-000012)
Canada Research Chairs
Article History
Received: 11 October 2023
Accepted: 17 January 2024
First Online: 21 February 2024
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All procedures received ethical approval from the University of Waterloo Human Research Ethics Committee (ORE#30118), Brock University Research Ethics Committee (REB#18–099, #23-087), CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale–Université Laval (#MP-13-2017-1264), University of Alberta Research Ethics Office (Project #00040729), University of British Columbia (reference number H17-00167), and participating school boards, including the use of active-information passive-consent parental permission protocols.
: All students attending participating schools were invited to participate using active-information passive-consent parental permission protocols. Parents were informed of the study and could withdraw their child by contacting study staff. Students not withdrawn from the study by their parents were considered eligible to participate. Under passive-consent protocols, parental informed consent is assumed for all students whose parents did not contact COMPASS staff to withdraw their child from the study, and this pertained to all participating students. All participating students provided assent.
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