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AUTHOR(S) Thomas Walters; Nicola J. Simkiss; Robert J. Snowden (et al.)
Student engagement and concentration is critical for successful learning. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a dramatic increase in the use of online learning which may affect engagement and concentration, particularly for those students with specific learning difficulties. This study is a retrospective online survey comparing pupils’ normal classroom experience to learning online during the first national lockdown in the United Kingdom (March–July 2020).
AUTHOR(S) Ben Brewster; Grace Robinson; Bernard W. Silverman (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Nicola Hall; Nikki Rousseau; David W. Hamilton (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Michaela James; Hope Jones; Amana Baig (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Jo Dawes; Tom May; Alison McKinlay (et al.)
Parents have faced unique challenges during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, including mobility constraints, isolation measures, working from home, and the closure of schools and childcare facilities. There is presently a lack of in-depth qualitative research exploring how these changes have affected parents’ mental health and wellbeing. Semi-structured qualitative interviews with 29 parents of young children. Interviews were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis.
AUTHOR(S) David Odd; Tom Williams; Louis Appleby (et al.)
There is concern about the impact of COVID-19, and the control measures to prevent the spread, on children's mental health. The aim of this work was to identify if there had been a rise of childhood suicide during the COVID pandemic. Using data from England's National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) the characteristics and rates of children dying of suicide between April and December 2020 were compared with those in 2019. In a subset (1st January to 17th May 2020) further characteristics and possible contributing factors were obtained.
AUTHOR(S) Sara Spear; John Parkin; Tommy van Steen (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Bruna Costa; Danielle McWilliams; Sabrina Blighe (et al.)
Previous literature finds that having a child with a cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) may pose social and emotional challenges for parents. For parents of children born during the Covid-19 pandemic, such challenges may be heightened. Further, novel demands brought about by the pandemic could have caused additional hardships. The aim of this study was to describe the impact of the pandemic on new parents through qualitative exploration of their experiences. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 parents of children born in the United Kingdom with CL/P between January and June 2020, around the start of the pandemic. Data were analysed using inductive thematic analysis.
AUTHOR(S) Channing J. Mathews; Luke McGuire; Angelina Joy (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Graziella Favarato; Linda Wijlaars; Tom Clemens (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Ting Shi; Jiafeng Pan; Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi (et al.)
There is an urgent need to inform policy deliberations about whether children with asthma should be vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 and, if so, which subset of children with asthma should be prioritised. The authors were asked by the UK's Joint Commission on Vaccination and Immunisation to undertake an urgent analysis to identify which children with asthma were at increased risk of serious COVID-19 outcomes. This national incident cohort study was done in all children in Scotland aged 5–17 years who were included in the linked dataset of Early Pandemic Evaluation and Enhanced Surveillance of COVID-19 (EAVE II).
AUTHOR(S) Shamez N. Ladh
AUTHOR(S) Clare Smith; David Odd; Rachel Harwood (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Jill Cadwgan; Jane Goodwin; Tomoki Arichi (et al.)
This paper aims to evaluate clinicians’ perspectives on the impact of “lockdown” during the COVID-19 pandemic for children and young people with severe physical neurodisability and their families. Framework analysis of comments from families during a recent service review was used to code the themes discussed according to the World Health Organization International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and interpreted into emergent themes to summarise the impact of lockdown (Stage 1). They were presented to a clinician focus group for discussion (consultants and physiotherapists working in a specialist motor disorders service, [Stage 2]).
AUTHOR(S) Anastasia Gouseti
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