Lessons learnt during covid-19 lockdown: A qualitative study of south african families

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dc.contributor.authorDonga, Gift T
dc.contributor.authorRoman, Nicolette V
dc.contributor.authorAdebiyi, Babatope O
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-10T09:41:53Z
dc.date.available2021-12-10T09:41:53Z
dc.date.issued2021-11
dc.description.abstractIn a pandemic, such as COVID-19, with every single person struggling to deal with the unknown, it is often within the family that support is found but it is also within the family that circumstances, contexts and behaviours could further drive the pandemic and where they struggle to cope. This is novel research in the South African context with no known information regarding family life during and post the pandemic. This study, therefore, explores the lessons learnt during COVID-19 by South African families. A qualitative approach was employed to guide the gathering and analysis of the data. Data were collected from a sample of 31 family members above the age of 18 years from communities of the Western Cape Province and analysed through thematic analysis. According to the participants interviewed some of the significant lessons learnt from the lockdown include hygiene and health consciousness, appreciation for family, valuing life, self-introspection, less dependency, remote working, and financial savings. The realisation of such lessons even post-pandemic has the potential of strengthening families to be a resource of coping and resilience during very difficult times at the same time, contributing to greater physical, social, and economic functioning of families across South Africa.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDonga, G.T.; Roman, N.V.; Adebiyi, B.O.; Omukunyi, B.; Chinyakata, R. Lessons Learnt during COVID-19 Lockdown: A Qualitative Study of South African Families. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 12552. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph182312552en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph182312552
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/7065
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectLockdownen_US
dc.subjectCovid 19en_US
dc.subjectPandemicen_US
dc.subjectFamily healthen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleLessons learnt during covid-19 lockdown: A qualitative study of south african familiesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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