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AUTHOR(S) Elif Erol; Dilara Demirpençe Seçinti
AUTHOR(S) Renata Maria Silva Santos; Camila Guimarães Mendes; Débora Marques (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Jiying Ling; Paige Duren; Lorraine B. Robbins (et al.)
This paper aimed to examine the interaction effects of adult and child food insecurity on parents’ and children’s mental well-being. An online survey study was conducted. Four hundred and eight parents under poverty level and having a child aged 3–5 years participated. Food insecurity was assessed by the U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module. Parents’ stress, anxiety and depression; and children’s sadness, fear, anger, and positive affect were measured using instruments from HealthMeasures.
AUTHOR(S) Yusuke Kusumi; Mitsuaki Tominaga; Hironobu Nagasawa (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) Barbara Obst; Megan Roesler; Patricia Fato (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Robert S. Weisskirch; Kimberly A. Crossman
AUTHOR(S) Takuto Naito; Yasutake Tomata; Tatsui Otsuka (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Maria Gayatri; Dian Kristiani Irawaty
AUTHOR(S) Anna Erica Fäldt; Filippa Klint; Georgina Warner (et al.)
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with disabilities has been described as a ‘triple jeopardy’. Not only have they experienced the negative social impacts of disease control measures, but access to required health services has been affected, and, not least, they are at increased risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19. This study aimed to determine how children with disabilities have experienced the pandemic in Sweden and its impact on their lives.Six children (5–13 years) were interviewed via video conferencing. An interview guide was adapted based on the children’s communicative abilities and included augmentative and alternative communication support. Reflective field notes were included in the analysis. The data were analysed using qualitative content analysis.
AUTHOR(S) Johanna Kostenzer; Charlotte von Rosenstiel-Pulver; Julia Hoffmann (et al.)
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted healthcare systems, challenging neonatal care provision globally. Curtailed visitation policies are known to negatively affect the medical and emotional care of sick, preterm and low birth weight infants, compromising the achievement of the 2030 Development Agenda. Focusing on infant and family-centred developmental care (IFCDC), we explored parents’ experiences of the disruptions affecting newborns in need of special or intensive care during the first year of the pandemic. Cross-sectional study using an electronic, web-based questionnaire.
AUTHOR(S) Tarja Korpilahti-Leino; Terhi Luntamo; Terja Ristkari (et al.)
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on families’ daily routines and psychosocial well-being, and technology has played a key role in providing socially distanced health care services. The first objective of this paper was to describe the content and delivery of a single-session, internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) intervention, which has been developed to help parents cope with children’s anxiety and manage daily situations with their children. The second objective was to report user adherence and satisfaction among the first participants who completed the intervention.
AUTHOR(S) Charlotte L. Hall; Louise Marston; Kareem Khan (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Xiao Zhang
AUTHOR(S) Jenna Stadheim; Ashley Johns; Melissa Mitchell (et al.)
The unprecedented challenges introduced by the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may be amplified for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families. The current study aimed to describe the experiences of children with ASD and their families during the pandemic and to identify the needs of this community during emergency situations.
UNICEF Innocenti's Children and COVID-19 Library is a database collecting research from around the world on COVID-19 and its impacts on children and adolescents.
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