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Article History

Received: 6 April 2023

Accepted: 29 August 2023

First Online: 4 September 2023

Declarations

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: Ethical approval was obtained by the Department Research Ethics Committee (DREC) at the University of Oxford (CUREC 2 Ref No: R69569/RE008). All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants prior to enrolling the study and the intervention.

: Not applicable.

: As part of this project, MS is a researcher at the University of Oxford and JML and FG are employed as staff at the University. Furthermore, JML is the CEO of Parenting for Lifelong Health (PLH), a charitable organization based in the United Kingdom that developed the ParentText intervention. MS, JML, PZ, QH, FC, and FG have participated/are participating in several research studies involving the program as investigators, and the Universities of Oxford, Cape Town, and Glasgow. FC and LC are employees of IDEMS International, a technology development company that co-developed the ParentText intervention and provided support on data analysis of user engagement. Conflict is avoided by declaring these potential conflicts of interest and by conducting and disseminating rigorous, transparent, and impartial evaluation research on both this and other similar parenting programs. No profit or financial gain will be made from this programme.