The causes for assent in the case of the latter are common to all.
All interviewees in households recruited to the survey gave informed consent (assent in the case of the children) and interviews were conducted in local languages.
The study had approval from the Multicentre Ethics Committee for Wales and participants gave consent (or parental assent in the case of children) to be included in the study.
Families were approached by letter and recruited after written informed consent from both parent and child (assent in the case of younger patients).
In case of children, oral assent was obtained from the child and written informed consent was also obtained from the child's parents.
Initially, the protocol was reviewed by the WHO-ERC, which requested precision on how to identify postmenarcheal women, how assent would be done for minors, and what would ensue in case of positive pregnancy test results in minors.
In case of children (aged <18 years), parental permission and child assent were used for participation.
Participants were provided with an assent form that described the study and how to contact the experimenters or the IRB in case of any problems or risks.
Adults, as well as the child's biological parent(s) (or legal guardian) in case of minors, provide written informed consent and the participating child gives written or oral assent before entering the study.
Insofar as the meditator assents, in the case of these judgments, he does so not because of an understanding of clear and distinct perceptions as being guaranteed true, but because the mind cannot but assent to them while attending clearly and distinctly.
