Acknowledgement
We would like to thank Chronica Elsa Retta Lumban Tobing, MD for valuable suggestions. We also thank all students and school coordinators who contributed to this study. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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