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Mixed-methods findings from the Ngutulu Kagwero (agents of change) participatory comic pilot study on post-rape clinical care and sexual violence prevention with refugee youth in a humanitarian setting in Uganda

Carmen H. Logiea Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;b Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Canada;c United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment & Health (UNU-INWEH), Hamilton, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Moses Okumud School of Social Work, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA;e Department of Social Work, Uganda Christian University, Mukono, UgandaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2555-3077View further author information
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Miranda Loutetf Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6293-3047View further author information
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Isha Berryf Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3138-664XView further author information
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Simon Odong Lukoneg Uganda Refugee and Disaster Management Council, Yumbe, UgandaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6780-1705View further author information
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Simon Mwimad School of Social Work, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA;h National AIDS Coordinating Program, Ugandan Ministry of Health, Kampala, UgandaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2745-2026View further author information
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Peter Kyambaddeh National AIDS Coordinating Program, Ugandan Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda;i Most at Risk Population Initiative (MARPI), Mulago Hospital, Kampala, UgandaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9606-218XView further author information
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Article: 2092178 | Received 18 Nov 2021, Accepted 13 Jun 2022, Published online: 30 Jun 2022

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