What was a gap is now a chasm: Remote schooling, the digital divide, and educational inequities resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic

Current Opinion in Psychology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 52, P. 101632 - 101632

Published: June 12, 2023

Language: Английский

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Screen Time, Sociodemographic Factors, and Psychological Well-Being Among Young Children

JAMA Network Open, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7(3), P. e2354488 - e2354488

Published: March 5, 2024

Importance Young children’s screen time increased during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, but it is unknown whether their returned to prepandemic levels 2021. Knowledge of relationship between and child development health will inform prevention intervention targets strategies. Objective To evaluate by family income race ethnicity (ie, 2018, 2019) pandemic 2021) periods examine psychological well-being among young children US. Design, Setting, Participants Cross-sectional population-based web or mail survey study 2018-2021 National Survey Children’s Health participants aged 6 months 5 years. Exposure Daily (<1, 1, 2, 3, ≥4 h/d) reported participants’ primary caregivers. Main outcomes Measures Flourishing externalizing behaviors, as indicators well-being. All analyses were weighted, accounting for complex sample design. Results Of 48 775 (50.7% female), proportion those with high (defined ≥1 h/d months-1 year ≥2 2-5 years) was 48.5% (95% CI, 46.3%-50.7%) 49.2% 47.0%-51.5%) 2019, 55.3% 53.4%-57.2%) 50.0% 48.3%-51.6%) Among living poverty (federal level <100%), 48.7% 42.8%-54.6%) 52.0% 45.4%-58.6%) 60.9% 55.4%-66.4%) 58.9% (53.7%-64.1%) Adjusted odds ratio flourishing 0.66 0.51-0.85), 0.81 0.66-0.99), 0.68 0.52-0.88), 0.53 0.42-0.69) less than 4 more hours per day vs 1 hour time, respectively, 3 No association found 2 An adjusted behavior score higher 0.2 points −0.1 0.5), 0.5 0.3 0.8), 1.3 1.0 1.6), 2.1 1.7 2.5) Conclusions Relevance In this multiyear cross-sectional a representative US, prevalence 2020 2021; however, remained elevated poverty. Two daily associated lower preschool-aged children.

Language: Английский

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American Indian Adolescent Perspectives on COVID-19 Impacts Within Great Plains Area Reservations

Journal of Transcultural Nursing, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 14, 2025

Introduction: COVID-19 created unprecedented disruption for school-age children and adolescents across the United States. This educational was significant American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) students. Our study’s purpose to understand COVID-19’s impact on AI/AN adolescents’ education their physical, emotional, mental, social, spiritual well-being, as well coping mechanisms. Methodology: We employed a qualitative descriptive design with 14 aged 18 years among three Tribes in Great Plains August 2023. Results: participants reported several disruptions, yet they found unique ways stay connected. The themes identified were social network, physical activity, emotional gaming, responses of reservation schools COVID-19, challenges virtual learning. Discussion: There is lack focus resilience protective factors rural adolescents. Understanding how these may enhance well-being essential providing culturally responsive care promoting healthy growth development.

Language: Английский

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Shifting from “What’s Wrong” to “What’s Strong”: Developing a Trauma-Informed Assessment of Student Character Strength Usage

Contemporary School Psychology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 21, 2025

Language: Английский

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Employing life course epidemiology to catalyse larger impacts of early childhood policies on lifelong health

Oxford University Press eBooks, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 335 - 352

Published: Feb. 20, 2025

Abstract Life course epidemiological research demonstrates the importance of early childhood as a sensitive period where experiences can shape long-term health and well-being. Early policies programmes grounded in life theory—including economic policies, educational parenting programmes, place-based initiatives—show promise; however, effectively translating findings into large-scale impact remains challenging. There is need for interventions to more explicitly link their theories change key outcomes causal pathways. Cross-sector collaboration coordination could also help develop multilevel, innovative solutions. With focus on testing understanding heterogeneity effectiveness, evaluations optimize existing approaches inform aiming reduce inequities over lifespan.

Language: Английский

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Disparities in Pediatric Medical and Childcare Disruption Due to COVID-19

JAMA Pediatrics, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 177(4), P. 432 - 432

Published: Feb. 20, 2023

This cross-sectional study uses National Survey of Children’s Health data to assess demographic disparities in medical and childcare disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Language: Английский

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The promotive and protective effects of parents’ perceived changes during the COVID-19 pandemic on emotional well-being among U.S. households with young children: an investigation of family resilience processes

Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14

Published: Jan. 8, 2024

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic may constitute a traumatic event for families with young children due to its acute onset, the unpredictable and ubiquitous nature, highly distressing disruptions it caused in family lives. Despite prevalent challenges such as material hardships, child care disruptions, social isolation, some evinced remarkable resilience face of this potentially event. This study examined domains changes perceived by parents that were consistent post-traumatic growth (PTG) model factors facilitate processes. Methods drew data from RAPID project, large ongoing national used frequent online surveys examine impact on U.S. households children. A subsample 669 was leveraged current investigation, including 8.07% Black, 9.57% Latino(a), 74.44% non-Latino(a) White families, 7.92% other racial/ethnic backgrounds. In subsample, 26.36% below 200% federal poverty level. Results Approximately half reported moderate-to-large degrees during pandemic, most domain change appreciation life, followed personal strengths, new possibilities, improved relationships, spiritual growth. Black Latino(a) more all five than groups. Moreover, parent-reported relationships found indirectly reduce children’s overall fussiness/defiance fear/anxiety symptoms through reducing parents’ emotional distress. Perceived life serve protective buffered indirect impacts hardship mean levels behavioral via mitigating Discussion These findings shed light processes system large-scale, disruptive, stressful socio-historical pandemic. PTG could inform therapeutic intervention practices future similar events. Importantly, these should not negate urgent needs policy program efforts address financial instabilities, race/ethnicity-based structural inequalities

Language: Английский

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Factors Fuelling the Persistence of Child Labour: Evidence from Pakistan

Child Indicators Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(4), P. 1771 - 1790

Published: May 16, 2024

Language: Английский

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From Oyster Reefs to Turnaround Schools: An Educational Restoration Model for the COVID-19 Era

Leadership and Policy in Schools, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 18

Published: Jan. 10, 2024

COVID-19 shocked preK-12 education systems, disrupting reform efforts and straining schools' capacities for improvement. Yet accountability policies – in particular, school turnaround marched on unabated, potentially exacerbating pandemic-related crisis conditions. This conceptual paper draws the field of ecological restoration to reconstruct as educational restoration. Mirroring best practices restoring oyster reefs degraded by climate crisis, we explain how accounts responds disruption damage schools. We propose an Educational Recovery Wheel support policymakers practitioners innate implement sustainable improvement strengthen resilience systems.

Language: Английский

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Did Inequalities in Mothers’ and Children’s Health and Well-Being in Japan Increase through the Pandemic? Evidence from Nationwide Surveys and Routinely Collected Data

Children, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11(3), P. 330 - 330

Published: March 9, 2024

Marginalised families faced significant challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study explores inequalities in Japanese mothers’ and children’s health well-being family economic stability before Data sources were as follows: nationwide surveys 2019 2021 of with children using medical institutions across Japan; infant mortality adolescent suicide rates between 2018 from publicly available sources. Outcomes by poor non-poor compared for simple descriptive statistics. Poor part-time working increased 41% to 61% regular employment was reduced two thirds. The mothers worsened 39% 55%. Employment opportunities did not change mothers. School subsidies among 23% rate (IMR) unemployed significantly 12.9/1000 18.2/1000 a decreasing overall IMR 1.9/1000 1.7/1000. Suicide 10–19-year-olds over same period although no socio-economic indicators available. Inequalities economics Japan. cannot attribute causes but suggests possible role

Language: Английский

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