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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.
AUTHOR(S) Wojtek Tomaszewski; Tomasz Zajac; Emily Rudling (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Caitlin H. Douglass; Aidan Borthwick; Megan S. C. Lim (et al.)
Digital technology and social media use are common among young people in Australia and worldwide. Research suggests that young people have both positive and negative experiences online, but we know little about the experiences of Muslim communities. This study aims to explore the positive and negative experiences of digital technology and social media use among young people and parents from Muslim backgrounds in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. This study involved a partnership between researchers and a not-for-profit organization that work with culturally and linguistically diverse communities. We adopted a participatory and qualitative approach and designed the research in consultation with young people from Muslim backgrounds. Data were collected through in-person and online focus groups with 33 young people aged 16-22 years and 15 parents aged 40-57 years. Data were thematically analyzed.
AUTHOR(S) Melanie Heyworth; Simon Brett; Jacquiline den Houting (et al.)
Little is known about autistic parenthood. The literature that exists suggests that autistic parents can find it difficult to manage the everyday demands of parenting and domestic life. While emerging research has also highlighted more positive parenting experiences, greater understanding of autistic parenthood is needed. This study sought to understand autistic parents' parenting experiences during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thirty-five Australian autistic parents (95% women) of autistic children (aged 4–25 years) took part in semi-structured interviews designed to elicit their experiences of life during lockdown.
AUTHOR(S) Jessica Gildersleeve; Kate Cantrell; India Bryce (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Zoi Triandafilidis; Ashleigh Old; Tanya Hanstock (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Riana Marie; Audrey-Ann Journault; Rebecca Cernik (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Gemma Sicouri; Sonja Marc; Elizabeth Pellicano (et al.)
COVID-19 has led to disruptions to the lives of Australian families through social distancing, school closures, a temporary move to home-based online learning, and effective lockdown. Understanding the effects on child and adolescent mental health is important to inform policies to support communities as they continue to face the pandemic and future crises. This paper sought to report on mental health symptoms in Australian children and adolescents during the initial stages of the pandemic (May to November 2020) and to examine their association with child/family characteristics and exposure to the broad COVID-19 environment. An online baseline survey was completed by 1327 parents and carers of Australian children aged 4 to 17 years. Parents/carers reported on their child’s mental health using five measures, including emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, anxiety symptoms and depressive symptoms. Child/family characteristics and COVID-related variables were measured.
AUTHOR(S) Meredith O'Connor; Christopher J. Greenwood; Primrose Letcher (et al.)
This study examined (1) the frequency of financial difficulties in Australian families with young children (0–8 years) in the early and later phases of the pandemic; (2) the extent to which parents' pre-pandemic socio-economic disadvantage (SED) predicted financial difficulties; and (3) whether grandparent intergenerational SED further amplified this risk. Australian Temperament Project (ATP; established 1983, N = 2443) and ATP Generation 3 study (ATPG3; established 2012; N = 702), of which 74% (N = 553) completed a COVID-specific module in the early (May–September 2020) and/or later (October–December 2021) phases of the pandemic. Outcomes: Parent-reported loss of employment/reduced income, difficulty paying for essentials, and financial strain. Exposures: Pre-pandemic parent and grandparent education and occupation. Analysis: Logistic regressions, estimated via generalized estimating equations, were used to examine associations between the pre-pandemic SED of parents and grandparents and their interaction with financial difficulties, adjusting for potential confounders.
AUTHOR(S) Felipe Retamal-Walter; Monique Waite; Nerina Scarinci
This paper aimed to explore and describe families’ and professionals’ perspectives about building and maintaining engagement in telepractice early intervention (EI). Individual semi-structured reflexive interviews were conducted with Australian families of young children with communication disability receiving telepractice EI and their treating professionals. These interviews were conducted within one day of a telepractice EI session and analysed using thematic analysis.
AUTHOR(S) Shannon K. Bennets; Sharinne B. Crawford; Tiffani Howell (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Alison Fogarty; Stephanie Brown; Deirdre Gartland (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Anna Jackson; Glenn A. Melvin; Melissa Mulraney (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Emily Berger; Gloria Quinones; Melissa Barnes (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Stephen Houghton; Michael Kyron; David Lawrence (et al.)
The impact of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic school lockdowns on the mental health problems and feelings of loneliness of adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) is hypothesized to be greater than that of their non-NDD peers. This two and a half year longitudinal study compared changes in the mental health and loneliness of Western Australian adolescents pre-COVID-19 (November 2018 and April 2019), immediately prior to COVID-19 school lockdowns (March 2020), and post schools reopening (July/August 2020). An age-and-gender matched sample of 476 adolescents with-or-without NDDs completed online assessments for mental health and loneliness.
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