About the Authors

Joshua Kiyingi

Contributed equally to this work with: Joshua Kiyingi, Proscovia Nabunya, Ozge Sensoy Bahar, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Susan S. Witte, Fred M. Ssewamala

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD), Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis Brown School, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Reach the Youth Uganda, Kampala, Uganda

Proscovia Nabunya

Contributed equally to this work with: Joshua Kiyingi, Proscovia Nabunya, Ozge Sensoy Bahar, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Susan S. Witte, Fred M. Ssewamala

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD), Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis Brown School, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Ozge Sensoy Bahar

Contributed equally to this work with: Joshua Kiyingi, Proscovia Nabunya, Ozge Sensoy Bahar, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Susan S. Witte, Fred M. Ssewamala

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD), Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis Brown School, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson

Contributed equally to this work with: Joshua Kiyingi, Proscovia Nabunya, Ozge Sensoy Bahar, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Susan S. Witte, Fred M. Ssewamala

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Applied Health Science, School of Public Health, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Yesim Tozan

Roles Writing – review & editing

‡ YT, JN, FN, EN, SK, JN, FN, JK and AM also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation College of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, NY, United States of America

Josephine Nabayinda

Roles Writing – review & editing

‡ YT, JN, FN, EN, SK, JN, FN, JK and AM also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD), Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis Brown School, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Flavia Namuwonge

Roles Project administration

‡ YT, JN, FN, EN, SK, JN, FN, JK and AM also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD), Masaka, Uganda

Edward Nsubuga

Roles Project administration

‡ YT, JN, FN, EN, SK, JN, FN, JK and AM also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD), Masaka, Uganda

Samuel Kizito

Roles Writing – review & editing

‡ YT, JN, FN, EN, SK, JN, FN, JK and AM also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD), Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis Brown School, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Jennifer Nattabi

Roles Writing – review & editing

‡ YT, JN, FN, EN, SK, JN, FN, JK and AM also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD), Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis Brown School, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Fatuma Nakabuye

Roles Project administration

‡ YT, JN, FN, EN, SK, JN, FN, JK and AM also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD), Masaka, Uganda

Joseph Kagayi

Roles Project administration

‡ YT, JN, FN, EN, SK, JN, FN, JK and AM also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Rakai Health Sciences Program, Rakai, Uganda

Abel Mwebembezi

Roles Project administration

‡ YT, JN, FN, EN, SK, JN, FN, JK and AM also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Reach the Youth Uganda, Kampala, Uganda

Susan S. Witte

Contributed equally to this work with: Joshua Kiyingi, Proscovia Nabunya, Ozge Sensoy Bahar, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Susan S. Witte, Fred M. Ssewamala

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States of America

Fred M. Ssewamala

Contributed equally to this work with: Joshua Kiyingi, Proscovia Nabunya, Ozge Sensoy Bahar, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Susan S. Witte, Fred M. Ssewamala

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision

fms1@wustl.edu

Affiliation International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD), Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis Brown School, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.