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AUTHOR(S) Bronwynè J. Coetzee; Hermine Gericke; Suzanne Human (et al.)
Little is known about the potential impact of COVID-19 disease containment measures on children's mental health and well-being, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This study sought to explore this amongst young adolescents in South Africa and from the perspectives of multiple key stakeholders. It conducted 25 individual semi-structured telephonic interviews with children (n = 7, aged 12–13 years), teachers (n = 8), parents/caregivers (n = 7) and school counsellors (n = 3) from two public primary schools in the Western Cape, South Africa. Interviews were conducted between July and September 2020 and transcribed verbatim. The data were analysed inductively using thematic analysis procures.
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) Miriam S. Johnson; Nora Skjerdingstad; Omid V. Ebrahimi (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Nora Skjerdingstad; Miriam S. Johnson; Sverre U. Johnson (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Ipek Arslan; Sema Aydinoğlu
Personal protective equipment (PPE) gained importance during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is a global hot topic for all healthcare staff. This study aims to assess children and parents preferences about dentists’ appearance concerning their PPE and to determine the relationship between the preferences of the children and their parents. A total of 250 children aged 6-12 years and their parents were enrolled in the study. Standardised pictures with different sexes, attires, eye protectors, hair protectors, masks and gloves were shown to children and their parents separately and they were asked to chose their preferences. The dental anxiety of the children and their parents were determined using the MCDASf and MDAS, respectively. Decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) indices were employed for the children.
AUTHOR(S) Carol Bibiana Colonia; Rosanna Camerano-Ruiz; Andrés Felipe Mora-Salamanca (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Eva Yi Hung Lau; Jian-Bin Li
AUTHOR(S) Kwok Ng; Pasi Koski; Nelli Lyyra (et al.)
Physical activity (PA) is recognised as one of the leading and effective strategies to prevent non-communicable diseases that boosts the immune system to fight against diseases. Closures of schools, sport clubs and facilities because of COVID-19 reduced the opportunities to participate in PA. This study aimed to examine physical activity levels of late adolescents, the contexts to be physical active and its changes during the spring 2020 lockdown. A national representative sample of late adolescents in general upper secondary school (n = 2408, females = 64%, mean age = 17.2y, SD = 0.63) completed self-report online surveys on PA behaviours between March and June 2020. Multinominal logistic regression analyses were performed to identify correlates with PA, and decision tree analyses to ascertain the perceived changes on PA during lockdown based on sport club aspirations and levels of PA.
AUTHOR(S) Tharani Loganathan; Zhie X. Chan; Fikri Hassan (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Beyhan Ertanir; Wassilis Kassis; Ariana Garrote
AUTHOR(S) Andrea E. Spencer; Rachel Oblath; Rohan Dayal (et al.)
There is concern about the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychosocial functioning among school-age children, who have faced unusual stressors during this time. This study's goal is to assess mental health symptoms and social risks during COVID-19, compared to before the pandemic, for urban, racial and ethnic minority school-age children, and investigate the relationship between mental health and social risks. It is a cohort study from September 2019 until January 2021 of children age 5–11 years old recruited from an urban safety net hospital-based pediatric primary care practice.
AUTHOR(S) Chantal D. Tan; Eveline K. Lutgert; Sarah Neill (et al.)
This study aims to assess the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on parents’ health-seeking behaviour and care for a sick or injured child in the Netherlands. It is an online survey on parents’ experiences with a sick or injured child during the COVID-19 lockdown periods was disseminated through social media. Descriptive statistics and thematic analysis were used to analyse family and children’s characteristics, parents’ response to a sick or injured child, and the perceived impact of the lockdown on child’s severity of illness and treatment reported by parents. Analyses were stratified for children with and without chronic conditions.
AUTHOR(S) Katya Saliba; Sarah Cuschieri
Childhood obesity is a global epidemic and a chronic disease. Multifactorial determinants have long been linked with childhood obesity. These have been challenged with the onset of COVID-19 and the associated mitigation measures. The study aimed to re-highlight these determinants while exploring the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on these pre-existing childhood obesity determinants, while providing evidence that may be beneficial for the post-COVID-19 recovery plan. A PubMed literature search (2016–2021) using the keywords, “childhood obesity”, “gender”, “sex”, “obesity in youth”, “obesity in adolescents”, “COVID-19″ and “SARS-CoV2” was performed.
AUTHOR(S) Zeliha Özlü-Erkilic; Oswald D. Kothgassner; Thomas Wenzel (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Alina Cosma; Jan Pavelka; Petr Badura
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