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AUTHOR(S) Lauren Arundell; Laura Gould; Nicola D. Ridgers (et al.)
Managing children’s screen time is challenging for most families. Interventions have had limited success in reducing screen time, potentially due to a lack of understanding of the experiences, needs and recommendations of families. This study aimed to 1) understand the screen time experiences of families, particularly during COVID-19 lockdowns; and 2) explore parent and child suggestions for the design, components, and content of a screen time management program. Parents and children from 30 families living in Victoria, Australia completed a semi-structured interview (63 interviews) via Zoom in October–November 2021. Parents were maged 40.8 (± 8.9) years and predominantly female (90%). Children were maged 11.4 (± 2.4) years and 47% female. The interviews were audio recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using inductive thematic analysis combined with a summative content analysis approach.
AUTHOR(S) Sharon Bessell; Celia Vuckovic
AUTHOR(S) Penny Van Bergen; Emily Daniel
AUTHOR(S) Sybil Nolan; Katherine Day; Wonsun Shin (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Ahmed Mardinli; Rona Weerasuriya; Alanna Gillespie (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Megan Galbally; Stuart J. Watson; Andrew J. Lewis (et al.)
This paper aims to examine the maternal and child mental health and parenting outcomes in the context of COVID-19 pandemic conditions using a sample from Melbourne, Australia – a city exposed to one of the longest lockdowns world-wide in response to the pandemic. This study utilises observational data from a prospective, pregnancy cohort, Mercy Pregnancy Emotional Wellbeing Study and includes 468 women and their children followed up in Melbourne to 3–4 years postpartum pre-COVID pandemic and compared to those followed up during the COVID-19 pandemic.
AUTHOR(S) Vanessa S. Sakalidis; Alethea Rea; Sharon L. Perrella (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Penny Levickis; Lisa Murray; Lynn Lee-Pang (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Anna M. H. Price; Mary-Anne Measey; Monsurul Hoq (et al.)
There are calls for research into the mental health consequences of living through the COVID-19 pandemic. Australia’s initial, effective suppression of COVID-19 offers insights into these indirect impacts in the relative absence of the disease. We aimed to describe the mental health experiences of Australian caregivers and children over 12 months, reporting differences related to demographic, socioeconomic and lockdown characteristics. Data were from Australia’s only nationally representative, repeated cross-sectional survey of caregivers with children (0–17 years). N=2020 caregivers participated in June 2020, N=1434 in September 2020 and N=2508 in July 2021. Caregivers reported their mental health (poor vs not, Kessler-6), and perceived impacts of the pandemic on theirs and their children’s mental health (negative vs none/positive). Data were weighted to approximate population distributions of caregiver age, gender, sole caregiving, number and ages of children, state/territory and neighbourhood-level disadvantage.
AUTHOR(S) Ryan Nolan; Matthew D. Zbaracki
AUTHOR(S) Irteja Islam; Joseph Freeman; Verity Chadwick (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Ashwin Ramanathan; Paddy Ramanathan; Amit Saha
AUTHOR(S) Ami N. Seivwright; Zoe Callis; Paul R. Flatau
AUTHOR(S) Matthew McQueen; Penelope Strauss; Ashleigh Lin (et al.)
Following the outbreak of COVID-19, social distancing restrictions limited access to face-to-face mental health services in Western Australia (WA), necessitating a rapid transition to non-face-to-face alternatives, including telehealth. The current study investigated barriers and facilitators to telehealth access and engagement, and preferences for child and youth mental health service delivery during and beyond COVID-19. Three participant groups were recruited via social media and partner organisations, and completed a tailored online survey: i) young people (14–25 years) who had ever accessed or attempted to access mental health support or services (n = 84), ii) parents of young people with a child aged 0–25 years who had ever accessed or attempted to access mental health support or services with or on behalf of their child (n = 68), and iii) professionals working in the child or youth mental health sector (n = 167).
AUTHOR(S) Li Ming Wen; Huilan Xu; Chris Rissel (et al.)
Having a COVID-19 vaccination, getting tested, and self-isolating if symptomatic are some of the most important mitigation strategies for preventing the spread of COVID-19. This study aimed to investigate whether demographic factors are associated with mothers' willingness to vaccinate their 4-year-old children against COVID-19 if a suitable vaccine becomes available or to get tested and self-isolate if they themselves have COVID-19 symptoms and whether the willingness could be influenced by the Greater Sydney lockdown 2021. A cross-sectional telephone survey was conducted between 24th February and 26th October 2021. Questions from the NSW Adult Population Health Survey and from previously published studies were used to assess family demographics, mothers' willingness to vaccinate their young children, and willingness to get tested and self-isolate if symptomatic. The survey involved 604 mothers of children aged 4 years who participated in an existing trial in Sydney, Australia.
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