About the Authors

John Tetteh

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Community Health, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Benjamin D. Nuertey

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Community Health, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Duah Dwomoh

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Emilia Asuquo Udofia

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Community Health, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Sheriff Mohammed

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation National Cardiothoracic Centre, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana

Evelyn Adjei-Mensah

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Community Health, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Alfred Edwin Yawson

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

aeyawson@ug.edu.gh, aeyawson@yahoo.com

Affiliations Department of Community Health, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.