Shayo, Festo K. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5096-9379
Lawala, Paul S.
Article History
Received: 21 January 2019
Accepted: 11 December 2019
First Online: 16 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The present study was based on an analysis of the Tanzania 2014 GSHS survey dataset freely available online with all identifier information detached. The Tanzania 2014 GSHS was approved by both the Tanzania Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) (currently the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children /MoHCDGEC) and Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT) (currently the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology /MoEST). Therefore, the permission and ethical approval for the present analysis was automatically deemed unnecessary.Moreover, during the GSHS survey, written assent attached to a questionnaire was obtained from all eligible participants before filling the questionnaire. The survey was designed to protect student confidentiality voluntary participation and anonymous identity. Students were clearly explained that they were free not to participate and also not to respond to any question on the questionnaire.
: Not applicable for the current analysis.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.