Evaluating a Culturally Tailored Digital Storytelling Intervention to Improve Trauma Awareness in Conflict-Affected Eastern Congo: Quasi-Experimental Pilot Study

Achille Bapolisi   ^{1, 2} , MD, PhD ;   Jennifer Foucart   ³ , PhD ;   Déborah Kabambi   ² , MD ;   Raïssa Mirishe   ² , BSc ;   Elvis Musa   ² , BSc ;   Aline Ruvunangiza   ² , BSc ;   Joyce Bosomi   ² , BSc ;   Victor Bulabula   ² , MD ;   Marc Ilunga   ⁴ , LLD ;   Emmanuel Kajibwami   ⁴ , LLD ;   Odile Bapolisi   ⁵ , LLB ;   Arsene Daniel Nyalundja   ^{6, 7} , MD ;   Marie-Hélène Igega   ² , MD ;   Pacifique Mwene-batu   ⁸ , MD, PhD ;   Philippe de Timary   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Yasser Khazaal   ^{9, 10} , MD

¹ Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Neurosciences, Faculté de Medecine, UCLouvain, Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

² Faculty of Medicine, Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

³ Facultés des sciences de la motricité humaine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

⁴ No academic affiliation at the time of publication, Bukavu, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

⁵ Faculté de droit, Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

⁶ Center for Tropical Diseases and Global Health, Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

⁷ Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

⁸ Ecole Régionale de santé publique, Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

⁹ Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

¹⁰ Department of Psychiatry and Addictology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada