Knowledge and occupational practices of beauticians and barbers in the transmission of viral hepatitis: A mixed-methods study in Volta Region of Ghana

• Silas Adjei-Gyamfi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Silas Adjei-Gyamfi, Felix Kwame Korang

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: adjeigyamfis@yahoo.com, sdg2942@autuni.ac.nz

  Affiliations School of Clinical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand, Savelugu Municipal Hospital, Ghana Health Service, Savelugu, Northern Region, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8496-4099

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• Abigail Asirifi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ AA and CA also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Midwifery, Garden City University College, Kenyasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana

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• Clotilda Asobuno ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ AA and CA also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Kassena Nankana West District Health Directorate, Ghana Health Service, Paga, Upper East Region, Ghana

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• Felix Kwame Korang

  Contributed equally to this work with: Silas Adjei-Gyamfi, Felix Kwame Korang

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Volta Regional Health Directorate, Ghana Health Service, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana

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