Ochieng, Cynthia A.
Minion, Joel T.
Turner, Andrew
Blell, Mwenza
Murtagh, Madeleine J.
Article History
Received: 4 March 2021
Accepted: 18 May 2021
First Online: 24 June 2021
Declarations
:
: Ethical approval for this study was sought from and granted by the ALSPAC ethics and law committee (ALEC-ExternalRef removed). All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Informed consent for interview participation was obtained from participants following the recommendations of the ALSPAC Ethics and Law Committee at the time. A study information sheet had been mailed to participants prior to the interview. Before the interview began, participants were given two consent forms-one copy for the participant to retain and the other for the research records- and asked if they had had a chance to read the information sheet (if not they were given a second copy of the information sheet and time to read it and ask questions). The main ethical principles of the study were then clarified to participants i.e. that the study was voluntary, that they could stop anytime they wanted or not answer if they were uncomfortable with the question. It was also clarified that they understood what the study was and that they were happy to participate and that if they permitted the interview would be audio recorded, anonymised and that anonymised quotes from the interviews could be used to illustrate the findings of the study. If participants were happy to continue, they were asked to complete the consent form.
: Participants provided written consent to have the results of this study published under the condition that their data was anonymised.
: The authors declare that there are no competing interests.