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How do social norms influence sexual and gender-based violence and access to care and support services among youth? A qualitative study in Busia and Mbale districts, Eastern Uganda.
9 affiliations
- 1Department of Government Studies, School of Civil Service and Public Administration, Uganda Management Institute, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda [email protected].
- 2Department of Health Policy Planning and Management, School of Public Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda.
- 3Department of Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation, Afrislum Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.
- 4Department of Programmes, Reproductive Health Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.
- 5School of Child and Youth Care, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
- 6The Dutch Expertise Centre on Sexuality, Rutgers, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- 7Department of Research, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, Sonke Gender Justice, Cape Town, South Africa.
- 8Department of Regional Programs Network, Sonke Gender Justice, Cape Town, South Africa.
- 9Department of Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning, Amref Health Africa, Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya.
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BibTeX
@article{babirye2026social,
title = {{How do social norms influence sexual and gender-based violence and access to care and support services among youth? A qualitative study in Busia and Mbale districts, Eastern Uganda.}},
author = {Susan Babirye and Dianah Nanyange and Robinah Nalwoga and Jacqueline Nassimbwa and Edward Kiggundu and Harald Kedde and Lizhan Brown and Nambuyaga Martha Kavuma and Mercy S Apanja and Loes Loning},
journal = {BMJ open},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115108},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42849952},
note = {CC BY-NC},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - How do social norms influence sexual and gender-based violence and access to care and support services among youth? A qualitative study in Busia and Mbale districts, Eastern Uganda.
AU - Susan Babirye
AU - Dianah Nanyange
AU - Robinah Nalwoga
AU - Jacqueline Nassimbwa
AU - Edward Kiggundu
AU - Harald Kedde
AU - Lizhan Brown
AU - Nambuyaga Martha Kavuma
AU - Mercy S Apanja
AU - Loes Loning
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/08
JO - BMJ open
DO - 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115108
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42849952
SN - 2044-6055
ER -