Poor mental health among male students and its links to their perpetration of sexual violence against women students in higher education institutions in Africa: protocol for a scoping review
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@article{allodium:10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107019,
title = {Poor mental health among male students and its links to their perpetration of sexual violence against women students in higher education institutions in Africa: protocol for a scoping review},
author = {Tsidiso Tolla and Andrew Gibbs and Mercilene T Machisa and Pinky Mahlangu and Rachel Jewkes and Carrie Brooke-Sumner and Esnat D Chirwa and Kayla Bagg and Sara Cooper and Yandisa Sikweyiya},
year = {2026},
journal = {BMJ Open},
doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107019},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107019}
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TY - JOUR TI - Poor mental health among male students and its links to their perpetration of sexual violence against women students in higher education institutions in Africa: protocol for a scoping review AU - Tsidiso Tolla AU - Andrew Gibbs AU - Mercilene T Machisa AU - Pinky Mahlangu AU - Rachel Jewkes AU - Carrie Brooke-Sumner AU - Esnat D Chirwa AU - Kayla Bagg AU - Sara Cooper AU - Yandisa Sikweyiya PY - 2026 JO - BMJ Open DO - 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107019 UR - https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107019 ER -
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Tolla, T., Gibbs, A., Machisa, M. T., Mahlangu, P., Jewkes, R., Brooke-Sumner, C., Chirwa, E. D., Bagg, K., Cooper, S., & Sikweyiya, Y. (2026). Poor mental health among male students and its links to their perpetration of sexual violence against women students in higher education institutions in Africa: protocol for a scoping review. BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107019
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