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Building cooperative learning to address alcohol and other drug abuse in Mpumalanga, South Africa: a participatory action research process

Oladapo Oladeindea Aberdeen Centre for Health Data Science (ACHDS) Institute of Applied Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UKView further author information
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Denny Mabethab MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaView further author information
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Rhian Twineb MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0766-6556View further author information
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Jennifer Hoveb MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5392-8537View further author information
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Maria Van Der Merwec Maria Van Der Merwe Consultancy Group, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4174-2994View further author information
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Peter Byassa Aberdeen Centre for Health Data Science (ACHDS) Institute of Applied Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK;b MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;d Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5474-4361View further author information
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Sophie Wittere Institute for Global Health and Development, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7656-6188View further author information
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Kathleen Kahnb MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;d Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3339-3931View further author information
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Lucia D’Ambruosoa Aberdeen Centre for Health Data Science (ACHDS) Institute of Applied Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK;b MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;d Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Article: 1726722 | Received 14 Oct 2019, Accepted 30 Jan 2020, Published online: 02 Mar 2020

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