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The literature demonstrates that culturally and contextually tailored programs to reduce and ultimately prevent SGBV for university students have received little priority in sub-Saharan African countries.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This pilot study assessed the feasibility, acceptability, and safety of the peer-delivered\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Relationship Tidbits<\/jats:italic>\n                      intervention for use with health science students in Ghana.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a pilot feasibility test to determine if this approach and content were feasible for this setting and these students.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Health science students enrolled at a central university in Ghana were recruited in July 2019 for participation in a peer-delivered primary prevention intervention,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Relationship Tidbits.<\/jats:italic>\n                      All participants completed pre- and post-test surveys focused on acceptability, safety, gender equality, and rape myth acceptance.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Health science student participants (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009137) had a significant history of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and emotional abuse. Overall, this pilot study demonstrated that the\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Relationship Tidbits<\/jats:italic>\n                      intervention is feasible, acceptable, and safe for use with health science students in Ghana during their university education. While this study was not powered to focus on outcomes, there were indications that this short, one-time intervention may result in at least short-term attitudinal changes related to gender equality and rape myth acceptance.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The findings of this study highlight the importance of implementing comprehensive, culturally appropriate SGBV prevention efforts in Ghanaian university settings.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/17455057251353328","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,10]],"date-time":"2025-07-10T15:00:38Z","timestamp":1752159638000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Expanding a primary prevention program to address sexual and gender-based violence among health sciences students in Ghana: A pilot study"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9734-9054","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Abdul-Aziz","family":"Seidu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia"},{"name":"Centre for Gender and Advocacy, Takoradi Technical University, Ghana"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3152-2317","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kwamena Sekyi","family":"Dickson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Population and Health, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Ghana"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sarah D.","family":"Compton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9657-1956","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ruth","family":"Owusu-Antwi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana"},{"name":"Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maria Jose Baeza","family":"Robba","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Global Health Equity, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Carrie Ann","family":"Valadez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Nursing, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4298-6790","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Michelle L.","family":"Munro-Kramer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_3_2_2","unstructured":"Center for Disease Prevention & Control. 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