About the Authors

Violet Nkwanzi

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Social Work, College of Health Sciences, East Tennessee State University (ETSU), United States of America

Robert M. Bulamba

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

rbulamba@ambso.org

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Behavioral Research, Africa Medical and Behavioral Sciences Organization (AMBSO), Kampala, Uganda,

David Okech

Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Social Work, University of Georgia, United States of America

Catherine Carlson

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Social Work, School of Social Work, University of Alabama, United States of America

Emmanuel Kyasanku

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Behavioral Research, Africa Medical and Behavioral Sciences Organization (AMBSO), Kampala, Uganda,

Sylvia Namakula

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Research, Healing and Resilience after Trauma (HART), Kampala, Uganda,

Deneen Evans

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Social Work, College of Health Sciences, East Tennessee State University (ETSU), United States of America

Alex Daama

Roles Project administration, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Behavioral Research, Africa Medical and Behavioral Sciences Organization (AMBSO), Kampala, Uganda,

Stephen Mugamba

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Behavioral Research, Africa Medical and Behavioral Sciences Organization (AMBSO), Kampala, Uganda,

Dorah Akello

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Research, Centre on Anti-trafficking Research and Empowerment (CATRE), Kampala, Uganda,

Emmanuel Menya

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Behavioral Research, Africa Medical and Behavioral Sciences Organization (AMBSO), Kampala, Uganda,

Jackline B. Nammanda

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Behavioral Research, Africa Medical and Behavioral Sciences Organization (AMBSO), Kampala, Uganda,

James Nkale

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Behavioral Research, Africa Medical and Behavioral Sciences Organization (AMBSO), Kampala, Uganda,

Rogers Kasirye

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Research, Uganda Youth Development Link (UYDEL), Kampala, Uganda

Fred Nalugoda

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Behavioral Research, Africa Medical and Behavioral Sciences Organization (AMBSO), Kampala, Uganda,

Godfrey Kigozi

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Behavioral Research, Africa Medical and Behavioral Sciences Organization (AMBSO), Kampala, Uganda,

Gertrude Nakigozi

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Behavioral Research, Africa Medical and Behavioral Sciences Organization (AMBSO), Kampala, Uganda,

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.