About the Authors

Elvis Enowbeyang Tarkang

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Population and Behavioural Sciences, Fred N. Binka School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana, Discipline of Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, HIV/AIDS Prevention Research Network Cameroon, Kumba, Cameroon

Emmanuel Manu

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

emanu@uhas.edu.gh

Affiliation Department of Population and Behavioural Sciences, Fred N. Binka School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana

Fortres Yayra Aku

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Validation

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Hohoe, Ghana

Joyce Komesuor

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Population and Behavioural Sciences, Fred N. Binka School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana

Veronica Charles-Unadike

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation

Affiliation Department of Population and Behavioural Sciences, Fred N. Binka School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana

Nelisiwe Khuzwayo

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Discipline of Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Judith Anaman-Torgbor

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.