About the Authors

Souphalak Inthaphatha

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

souphalak@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Healthcare Administration, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Leyla Isin-Xiong

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Days for Girls International, Luang Prabang City, Luang Prabang Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Viengsakhone Louangpradith

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Healthcare and Rehabilitation, Ministry of Health, Vientiane Capital, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Valee Xiong

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Days for Girls International, Luang Prabang City, Luang Prabang Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Vue Xaitengcha

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Days for Girls International, Luang Prabang City, Luang Prabang Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Alongkone Phengsavanh

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

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Vientiane Capital, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Kimihiro Nishino

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Healthcare Administration, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Nobuyuki Hamajima

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Healthcare Administration, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Eiko Yamamoto

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Healthcare Administration, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.