Mataraarachchi, Dilini
Buddhika Mahesh, P.K.
Pathirana, T.E.A.
Vithana, P.V.S.C.
Article History
Received: 30 May 2023
Accepted: 22 March 2024
First Online: 8 April 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical approval to conduct the study was obtained from the Ethical Approval Committee, University of Colombo; Ethical approval no: EC-19-115. All mothers were allowed to participate in the study, irrespective of their daughter’s age, even though only mothers having a daughter aged 14–19 years were included in the assessment. Informed, written consent was obtained from all mothers before including them in the pre and post-assessment. Participants were given the freedom to decide on their participation in the intervention. Since the intervention was carried out during the times of COVID pandemic, all measures were taken to prevent infection transmission. Online sessions were conducted for the ones who were unable to participate in physical sessions. All methods used in the study were in accordance with the relevant ethical guidelines for research with human participants.
: Not Applicable.
: There are no known competing financial or non-financial interests that may affect the work related to this paper.