About the Authors

Kate Winskell

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

swinske@emory.edu

Affiliation Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Robyn Singleton

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Gaëlle Sabben

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Georges Tiendrébéogo

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - Fondation Bouisson Bertrand / Montpellier-France

Chris Obong’o

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Fatim Louise Dia

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Siphiwe Nkambule-Vilakati

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Super Buddies Club, Mbabane, Swaziland

Benjamin Mbakwem

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Community and Youth Development Initiatives, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria

Rob Stephenson

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Winskell and her spouse Daniel Enger initiated the Scenarios from Africa/Global Dialogues communication process. Dr. Tiéndrébéogo, Dr. Dia, Mr. Mbakwem and Ms. Nkambule-Vilakati were involved in implementation of the scriptwriting contests and in the collection of narratives. Mr. Enger serves as executive director and paid consultant to the Global Dialogues non-profit organization, which provided the data for this study.