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Research Article

Adaptations and staff experiences in delivering parenting programmes and other family support services in three community-based organisations in Cape Town, South Africa during the COVID pandemic

Yulia Shenderovicha Wolfson Centre for Young People's Mental Health, Cardiff, UK;b Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), School of Social Sciences, Cardiff, UK;c Department of Social Policy and Intervention, Centre for Evidence-Based Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Hlengiwe Sacolo-Gwebud Department of Psychology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6066-4074View further author information
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Zuyi Fangc Department of Social Policy and Intervention, Centre for Evidence-Based Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK;e School of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People's Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8619-0137View further author information
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Jamie Lachmanc Department of Social Policy and Intervention, Centre for Evidence-Based Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK;f MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9475-9218View further author information
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Lucie Cluverc Department of Social Policy and Intervention, Centre for Evidence-Based Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK;g Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Groote Schuur Hospital Observatory, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0418-835XView further author information
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Catherine Wardd Department of Psychology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8727-4175View further author information
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Article: 2129725 | Received 18 Feb 2022, Accepted 14 Sep 2022, Published online: 07 Nov 2022

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