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Article History

Received: 9 February 2025

Accepted: 9 May 2025

First Online: 20 May 2025

Declarations

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: We confirm that all methods used in this study were conducted as according to the World Medical Association Decleration of Helsinki []. We obtained ethical approval from the Mbarara University of Science and Technology Research Ethics Committee (Approval number: MUST-2023–1232). We also obtained administrative clearance from the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (HS3913ES), the Mbarara city health offcier and the health facility in-charges. All participants provided written informed consent before participating in the study. Participation was volunatry and participants had the right to withdraw from the study at any point without any consequences whatsoever.Information collected was anonymissed with codes and kept private. In cases of disclosed ongoing abuse (like sexual abuse, physical abuse, e.t.c), participants were linked to the social worker at the referral mental health facility who intitiated the required legal processes where necessary in consultation with the pregnant teenager victim.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.