The Urban-Rural Difference in Child Mental Health in Vietnam: The Continuing Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health DOI Creative Commons
Dao Dinh Nguyen, Long Khanh‐Dao Le,

Thi Phuc Duyen Tran

et al.

Value in Health Regional Issues, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 40, P. 35 - 44

Published: Nov. 14, 2023

We aimed to explore the difference between rural and urban children's mental health quality of life after pandemic.

Language: Английский

Child health and development in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic: are there social inequalities? DOI Creative Commons
Simone Weyers, Mariann Rigó

European Journal of Pediatrics, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 182(3), P. 1173 - 1181

Published: Jan. 6, 2023

COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns and closures have influenced all children's health development (HAD). We aimed to examine whether this differs by social circumstances. hypothesised that socially disadvantaged children experienced more pronounced deterioration in their HAD compared with better-off children. In our trend study, we included five cohorts of school enrolment medical screening (school entrance 2018-2022) the city Dusseldorf, Germany. To compensate for selection bias due limited number examinations months, chose first 800 each cohort. computed predicted prevalences overweight, coordination language problems as indicators HAD. Neighbourhood deprivation, single-parent families non-German nationality were used disadvantage. All groups a Its magnitude is comparable between different For instance, 2018 2021, prevalence overweight increased from 19.2 24.2% deprived neighbourhoods, 8.1 16.5% well-off neighbourhoods. Prevalence (prepositions) 49.9 72.1% among children, 14.4 39.1% German Conclusion: Results only partly confirmed hypothesis. However, since pre-pandemic already higher, further - regardless its has led particularly poor situation. those should be priorities prevention. Generally, important settings child such kindergartens or leisure facilities remain open future pandemics. What known: • The had negative impact on general development. Before pandemic, inequalities common phenomenon. new: Children over course pandemic. Over neighbourhoods demonstrated high overweight. Language are prevalent

Language: Английский

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Cross-National Trends in Adolescents Psychological and Somatic Complaints Before and After the Onset of COVID-19 Pandemic DOI Creative Commons
Alina Cosma, Gina Martin, Margaretha de Looze

et al.

Journal of Adolescent Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Nov. 1, 2024

Building on research suggesting that the COVID-19 pandemic may have led to an exacerbation of deteriorating trends in mental health among adolescents, this paper examined adolescents' psychological and somatic complaints across 35 countries from 2010 2022, tested sociodemographic inequalities these outcomes between 2018 2022.

Language: Английский

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Overcoming language barriers in pediatric care: a multilingual, AI-driven curriculum for global healthcare education DOI Creative Commons
Fouzi Benboujja,

Elizabeth Hartnick,

Evelyn Zablah

et al.

Frontiers in Public Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: Feb. 22, 2024

Online medical education often faces challenges related to communication and comprehension barriers, particularly when the instructional language differs from healthcare providers' caregivers' native languages. Our study addresses these within pediatric by employing generative models produce a linguistically tailored, multilingual curriculum that covers topics of team training, surgical procedures, perioperative care, patient journeys, educational resources for providers caregivers. An interdisciplinary group formulated video in English, addressing nuanced healthcare. Subsequently, it was translated into Spanish, primarily emphasizing Latin American demographics, utilizing OpenAI's GPT-4. Videos were enriched with synthetic voice profiles speakers uphold consistency narrative. We created collection 45 modules, each ranging 3 8 min length covering essential such as teamwork, how improve interpersonal communication, "How I Do It" well focused anesthesia, intensive care unit ward nursing, transitions hospital home. Through AI-driven translation, this comprehensive ensures global accessibility offers professionals caregivers inclusive resource elevating standards worldwide. This development content marks progressive step toward standardization care. By advanced we ensure is accessible. initiative aligns World Health Organization's Digital Guidelines, advocating digitally enabled education.

Language: Английский

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Impact of COVID‐19 inequalities on children: An intersectional analysis DOI Creative Commons
Gabriel Lemkow–Tovías, Louis Lemkow, Lucinda Cash‐Gibson

et al.

Sociology of Health & Illness, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 45(1), P. 145 - 162

Published: Oct. 1, 2022

Societal concerns about the effects of COVID-19 pandemic have largely focussed on social groups most directly affected, such as elderly and health workers. However, less focus has been placed understanding other collectives, children. While children's physical appears to be affected than adult population, their mental health, learning wellbeing is likely significantly negatively during due varying policy restrictions, withdrawal from face schooling, limited peer-to-peer interactions mobility increased exposure digital world amongst things. Children vulnerable backgrounds, especially girls, will by impact COVID-19, given different intersecting realities power structures already affecting them. To strengthen determinants crisis that unequally influence wellbeing, this article presents a conceptual framework considers multiple axes inequalities relations. This can then used inform analyses assessments, in turn development effective equitable mitigation strategies well assist better prepared for future pandemics.

Language: Английский

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Child Motor Development before and after the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are There Social Inequalities? DOI Creative Commons
Mariann Rigó, Simone Weyers

Children, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11(8), P. 936 - 936

Published: July 31, 2024

COVID-19 pandemic has influenced all children's motor development. We examine whether this differs by social circumstances. hypothesise that socially disadvantaged children experienced more pronounced problems compared with better-off children.

Language: Английский

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Children’s Voices on the COVID-19 Pandemic as Presented in Swedish Junior and Daily Newspapers DOI Creative Commons
Sigrid Stjernswärd, Marie Meier, Carola Tilgmann

et al.

Journal of Childhood Studies, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 57 - 74

Published: Feb. 24, 2024

This study focuses on children’s voices as they were presented in Swedish newspapers during the COVID-19 pandemic. It explores ways which journalists featured experiences of everyday life a time crisis. A descriptive, thematic text analysis 83 articles resulted four prominent themes: mouthpiece for or against school closure, children cocreators new normal daily life, responsible and caring citizens, magnifying glass existing vulnerabilities life. The selection representation viewpoints was adult led limited, thus calls further research media constructions children/childhood related consequences.

Language: Английский

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Risk of partial school closure for COVID-19 by socio-economic level in the period 2020–22 DOI
Carles Pericas,

Gülcan Avcii,

José Miguel Baena-Díez

et al.

Journal of Public Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 45(4), P. 794 - 798

Published: June 8, 2023

Abstract Background The objective was to analyse the risk of partial school closure by economic level in Barcelona city. Methods In this ecological study, for academic years 2020–21 and 2021–22 estimated dividing total number days that each child quarantine or isolation at be year. association between mean income district with Spearman rho. Results lower income, higher (Spearman rho = 0.83; P-value 0.003) during year 2020–21. Specifically, children from lowest had a six times greater compared those highest-income district. This did not show significant socioeconomic gradient 2021–22. Conclusions presented an inverse city according average distribution observed

Language: Английский

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Social determinants associated with psychological distress in children and adolescents during and after the first COVID-19-related lockdown in France: results from the CONFEADO study DOI Creative Commons
Mégane Estevez,

Nicolas Oppenchaim,

Dalila Rezzoug

et al.

BMC Public Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 23(1)

Published: July 18, 2023

Abstract Background This study aimed to analyze the parental socio-demographic characteristics of children and adolescents aged 9 18 years old, as well living housing conditions associated with psychological distress in these two sub-populations during after France’s first national COVID-19-related lockdown spring 2020. Methods We used data from cross-sectional, observational, web-based CONFEADO, which collected on adolescents’ those their parents. It also children’s health behaviors distress. assessed using 10-item Children Adolescents Psychological Distress Scale (CAPDS-10), performed a multinomial logistic regression. Results A total 2882 were included present study. Factors moderate being female, financial difficulties, lack private space at home for child/adolescent, following child behaviors: no leisure or recreational activities adults household, doing less than one hour school homework day, not going outside lockdown. Severe was parent’s occupation (especially essential frontline workers), spending over 5 h day social media, household. Conclusions emphasizes impact conditions, parents’ socio-economic needs France. Our results suggest that policies implemented future pandemics should consider structural determinants prevent severe adolescents.

Language: Английский

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Health inequalities in childhood diseases: temporal trends in the inter-crisis period DOI Creative Commons
Neus Carrilero, Anna García−Altés

International Journal for Equity in Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 23(1)

Published: April 17, 2024

Abstract Background Since 2008, children in Catalonia (Spain) have suffered a period of great economic deprivation. This situation has generated broad-ranging health inequalities variety diseases. It is not known how these changed over time. The aim the present study to determine trends this ten relevant diseases according sex and age. Methods A retrospective cross-sectional population-based all under 15 years old resident during 2014–2021 (over 1.2 million children/year) their diagnoses registered by Catalan Health System. were estimated calculating relative index inequality time using logistic regression models. Interaction terms added test for effects on trends. Results Increasing significant temporal shown both sexes almost or adverse events studied (asthma, injuries, poisoning, congenital anomalies, overweight obesity), mood disorders boys, birth outcomes girls. Adjustment anxiety girls showed decreasing trend inequalities. More than half experienced annual increases inequality. Poisoning stood out with an average increase 8.65% [4.30, 13.00], p ≤ 0.001 boys 8.64% [5.76, 11.52], 0.001) girls, followed obesity 5.52% [4.15, 6.90], = < 4.89% [4.26, 5.51], Conclusions Our results suggest that persist increased since 2014. Policy makers should turn attention interventions reduce are designed, who benefits from them.

Language: Английский

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Socioeconomic inequalities in the incidence of COVID-19 in Barcelona students DOI Creative Commons
Marc Olivella-Cirici, Glòria Pérez, Maica Rodríguez‐Sanz

et al.

Public Health in Practice, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 8, P. 100527 - 100527

Published: June 21, 2024

This study aimed to assess socioeconomic inequalities in schools regarding the COVID-19 incidence during different epidemic waves among Barcelona students, differentiating by sex and educational stage.

Language: Английский

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