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AUTHOR(S) Aqsa Farooq; Eirini Ketzitzidou Argyri; Anna Adlam (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Josh W. Newbury; Wee Lun Foo; Matthew Cole (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Charlotte Mindel; Louisa Salhi; Crystal Oppong (et al.)
The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have disproportionately affected young people, and those who are vulnerable are disadvantaged further. Here, we seek to understand the experiences of vulnerable young people accessing Web-based therapeutic support during the pandemic and early lockdown, as revealed through the observations of mental health professionals. Four focus groups with 12 professionals from a digital mental health service were conducted to understand the experiences of vulnerable young people during the pandemic lockdown. Workshops with young people with diverse experiences resulted in the co-design of the focus group topic guide and the interpretation and validation of analysis. The experiential inductive–deductive framework of thematic analysis was used to analyse the workshop transcripts.
AUTHOR(S) Charlotte L. Hall; Louise Marston; Kareem Khan (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Laura Colucci-Gray
AUTHOR(S) Silvia Mendolia; Agne Suziedelyte; Anna Zhu
AUTHOR(S) Harry Ferguson; Sarah Pink; Laura Kelly
AUTHOR(S) Laura Basterfield; Naomi L Burn; Brook Galna (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Bettina Moltrecht; Louise J. Dalton; Jeffrey R. Hanna (et al.)
Young parents (aged 16–24 years) in the perinatal period are at an increased risk of poor mental health especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, due to multiple risk factors including social and economic instability. COVID-19 related restrictions had profound implications for the delivery of perinatal care services and other support structures for young parents. Investigating young parents’ experiences during the pandemic, including their perceived challenges and needs, is important to inform good practice and provide appropriate support for young parents. Qualitative interviews were conducted with young parents (n = 21) during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom from February – May 2021. Data were analysed using thematic analysis.
AUTHOR(S) Victoria C. P. Knowland; Elaine van Rijn; M. Gareth Gaskell (et al.)
Sleep and mental wellbeing are intimately linked. This relationship is particularly important to understand as it emerges over childhood. Here we take the opportunity that the COVID-19 pandemic, and resulting lockdown in the UK, presented to study sleep-related behaviour and anxiety in school-aged children. Parents and children were asked to complete questionnaires towards the start of the UK lockdown in April-to-May of 2020, then again in August of that year (when many restrictions had been lifted). We explored children’s emotional responses to the pandemic and sleep patterns at both time points, from the perspectives of parents and children themselves.
AUTHOR(S) Anna A. Mensah; Helen Campbell; Julia Stowe (et al.)
Reinfection after primary SARS-CoV-2 infection is uncommon in adults, but little is known about the risks, characteristics, severity, or outcomes of reinfection in children. This study aimed to assess the risk of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in children and compare this with the risk in adults, by analysis of national testing data for England. National surveillance study to assess reinfection of SARS-CoV-2 in children in England used national SARS-CoV-2 testing data to estimate the risk of reinfection at least 90 days after primary infection from Jan 27, 2020, to July, 31, 2021, which encompassed the alpha (B.1.1.7) and delta (B.1.617.2) variant waves in England. Data from children up to age 16 years who met the criteria for reinfection were included. Disease severity was assessed by linking reinfection cases to national hospital admission data, intensive care admission, and death registration datasets.
AUTHOR(S) Sapfo Lignou; Jenny Greenwood; Mark Sheehan (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) E. K. M. Tisdall; F. Morrison
AUTHOR(S) Kathy Hampson; Stephen Case; Ross Little
AUTHOR(S) Ruth Copson; Anne M. Murphy; Laura Cook (et al.)
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