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Accelerating progress towards improved mental health and healthy behaviours in adolescents living in adversity: findings from a longitudinal study in South Africa

Stefani Du Toita Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Katharina Haagb Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5358-7894View further author information
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Sarah Skeena Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa;c Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7464-2861View further author information
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Lorraine Sherrb Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5902-8011View further author information
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Mark Orkind Department of Social Policy & Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK;e MRC-NRF Developmental Pathways to Health Research Unit, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9951-6733View further author information
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William E Rudgardd Department of Social Policy & Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7301-5217View further author information
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Marguerite Marlowa Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South AfricaView further author information
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Pages 14-26 | Received 24 Feb 2022, Accepted 25 Jul 2022, Published online: 08 Aug 2022

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