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AUTHOR(S) Josaphat Tchetan Awo
The crisis affecting the Lake Chad Basin is one of the most severe humanitarian emergencies in the world, having displaced more than 2.4 million people, half of whom are children. Most are internally-displaced but this number also includes refugees and returnees. With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, people living in humanitarian contexts are particularly vulnerable to the pandemic and will continue to feel the post-pandemic impacts. For people living in areas with weak health systems, disrupted social support networks, and ongoing conflict and instability, the coronavirus is an additional crisis that they have to face and adapt to. Within this population, youth face increased vulnerability. Youth groups however, provide a critical voice for accountability at the community, state/district and national level. In addition, most youth groups tend to be self-led, volunteer-based, internally-funded and informal with little to no structure. As the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on nations’ economies, the pressure for economic survival is heightened for this group who already face bleak employment or income generation prospects. Beyond the impact on youth as individuals, there’s a threat to their ability to contribute to community building through youth groups, as their focus shifts to economic survival. This report seeks to highlight the effects of the pandemic on young people, and how they are facing their future.
AUTHOR(S) Amin Sajeda; Rob Ubaidur; Ainul Sigma (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Claudio Longobardi; Rosalba Morese; Matteo Angelo Fabris
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic, and Italy was among the nations most affected, with more than 29,000 victims. Measures to counter the progression of the epidemic have forced a review and reformulation of the day-to-day activities of the affected populations, necessitating restrictive measures such as social distancing and quarantine. Several studies have hypothesized that quarantine could have a negative psychological impact on the population. Studies have shown that quarantine leads to a decrease in positive emotions and an increase in negative emotions, such as anger and fear. The experience of quarantine tends to correlate with decreased psychological well-being and the onset of psychological symptoms and emotional disorders, such as depression, anxiety, insomnia, and post-traumatic symptoms. Factors such as the quarantine duration, the uncertainty of information, and the fear of being infected or of the infection of loved ones appear to be factors that increase distress. In addition, the loss of routine and confinement, which causes a drastic reduction in physical and social contact with others, can increase the sense of isolation and loneliness, resulting in psychological distress. The literature has focused mainly on the psychological well-being of adults and health professionals, and not on adolescent well-being, and, in particular, the risk of suicidal ideation. Suicide is estimated to be the world's second leading cause of death among adolescents, and suicidal ideation, which contributes to the risk of committing suicide, is at its peak in adolescence.
AUTHOR(S) Chiara Fioretti; Benedetta Emanuela Palladino; Annalaura Nocentini (et al.)
Despite a growing interest in the field, scarce narrative studies have delved into adolescents’ psychological experiences related to global emergencies caused by infective diseases. The present study aims to investigate adolescents’ narratives on positive and negative experiences related to COVID-19. Italian adolescents, 2,758 (females = 74.8%, mean age = 16.64, SD = 1.43), completed two narrative tasks on their most negative and positive experiences during the COVID-19 emergency. Data were analyzed by modeling an analysis of emergent themes.
AUTHOR(S) Sophie Yates; Helen Dickinson; Catherine Smith
Individualized funding schemes are designed to offer people with disability greater choice and control over the services they receive. This research reports on a survey of over 700 families to explore how Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) supported children and young people and their families to learn remotely during COVID‐19. NDIS funding to support education during the first COVID‐19 lockdown period forms an important case study of the flexibility of individualized funding schemes.
AUTHOR(S) Marci F. Hertz; Lisa Cohen Barrios
AUTHOR(S) Winnie W. Y. Tso; Rosa S. Wong; Keith T. S. Tung (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Kwok Ng; Jemima Cooper; Fiona McHale
AUTHOR(S) Sarah Baird; Jennifer Seager; Shwetlena Sabarwal (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Farrukh Shah; Deepika Luthra; Namrata Jaitli (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Prerna Banati; Nicola Jones; Sally Youssef
AUTHOR(S) Erin Oakley; Sarah Baird; Mohammad Ashraful Haque (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Loes H. C. Janssen; Marie-Louise J. Kullberg; Bart Verkuil (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Suzanne van de Groep; Kiki Zanolie; Kayla H. Green (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Caiyun Zhang; Maolin Ye; Yunwei Fu
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