Addressing the mental health needs of children/adolescents, families, and ourselves during our unprecedented COVID‐19 times

Lusk, Pamela

doi:10.1111/jcap.12297

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“…Since May, face-to-face lessons have resumed in many schools in Japan [ 16 ]. In other countries as well, several researchers have pointed out that mental health problems among students would have increased if schools were to remain closed and schooling from home [ 17 , 18 ]. Unfortunately, while schools have reopened in many countries around the world, some of these schools have also formed COVID-19 clusters [ 19 , 20 ].…”

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Knowledge and preventive actions toward COVID-19, vaccination intent, and health literacy among educators in Japan: An online survey

2021

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Countermeasures against the spread of COVID-19 have become an urgent issue in educational settings, where many group activities are necessary. Educators are key to preventing the spread of COVID-19 in educational settings. Infection prevention behavior requires comprehensive and complex measures such as self-restraint. disinfection care, hand washing, wearing masks and recommendation and implementation of vaccination. Improvement in the knowledge, skills, and preventive actions of educators vis-à-vis COVID-19 could allow for the continued provision of educational services while ensuring safety in educational settings. Therefore, the objective of this study was to explore the knowledge and preventive actions of educators regarding COVID-19 and vaccination awareness to provide appropriate support for educators. The study used data collected from 1,000 Japanese educators in January 2021 when the third wave of viral infections spread. Online surveys and multivariate linear regression analysis were used to determine age and whether respondents were being cared for by a doctor. We investigated the effects of factors on educators’ willingness to be vaccinated and changes in their behavior. This study found that factors such as age, gender, whether a respondent was under a physician’s care, and health literacy, affected the willingness of educators to receive vaccinations and engage in preventive actions. The study also suggests that the reliability of national government public relations efforts is lower than the reliability of local government public relations and that of information from family physicians, pharmacies, and mass media. It is therefore necessary to reexamine how information is disseminated by the national government and to increase the degree of trust in that information among the public. The findings of the study also revealed the importance of improving the provision of appropriate information and health literacy for the behavior of educators, not only during the initial outbreak, but also during the subsequent period of pandemic life.

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Knowledge and preventive actions toward COVID-19, vaccination intent, and health literacy among educators in Japan: An online survey

2021

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“…Schools, both K-12 and universities, have also partially or fully pivoted to online education, requiring parents to stay home with their children, lose work hours, and/or find already-limited childcare. Restrictions on interpersonal interactions, even among extended family members, have limited parental access to childcare resources (2). With the added stress of becoming infected with the virus in conjunction with prolonged requirements for physical distancing, the pandemic has increased the risk of a global mental health crisis (3,4).…”

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Emotional Correlates of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Individuals With and Without Diabetes

2021

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OBJECTIVE To compare the mental health experiences associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adults with and without diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Between 29 May 2020 and 30 June 2020, 2,176 U.S. adults completed an online survey including demographics, COVID-19 experiences, depression (eight-item Patient Health Questionnaire) and anxiety (seven-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder) symptoms, perceived stress (17-item Diabetes Distress Scale), resilience (Brief Resilience Scale), and diabetes-related distress (in participants with diabetes). RESULTS Mean age was 49.6 years (SD 16.9); participants were primarily women (80.0%) and White (88.3%), with an annual household income of ≥$60,000 (57.6%). One hundred reported a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (4.6%), 304 type 2 diabetes (13.9%), and 145 prediabetes (6.6%). Nearly one-third (29.7%) indicated decreases in income attributable to the pandemic. Participants with type 1 diabetes had higher levels of diabetes distress than participants with type 2 diabetes (P < 0.05), with moderate severity in both groups. Participants with type 2 diabetes had significantly more comorbidities and COVID-19 risk factors than all other groups (all P < 0.01). After controlling for covariates, participants with type 2 diabetes reported significantly more depressive symptoms than those without diabetes (P < 0.05) and lower levels of resilience (P < 0.05). Subgroup analyses by sex and age indicated that women and younger adults, particularly those age 18–34 years, reported significantly more depression and anxiety symptoms, stress, and diabetes-related distress and lower levels of resilience than men and adults age ≥51 years. CONCLUSIONS In this naturalistic observational study, participants with type 2 diabetes reported more depression, lower resilience, and significantly more COVID-19 risk factors and medical comorbidities than participants without diabetes. Overall, our participants demonstrated worse depression and anxiety symptoms during compared with before the pandemic.

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“…Another area of study for TIC is pertaining to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children's health. Lusk (2020) explains, "Anxiety, lack of peer contact, and reduced opportunities for stress regulation are main concerns and children and teens with lack of resources and history of ACEs and social complex needs are at greater risk for poor outcomes" (p. 185).…”

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Trauma-Informed Care Approach in Family Practice: Steps to Implementing

Coleman

2023

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Traumatic experiences can have a lasting effect on children’s mental and physical well-being. The short- and long-term benefits of addressing trauma earlier in life is evidenced in the literature. Trauma-informed care (TIC) is the framework used to guide those who seek to help others who have experienced trauma in life. TIC has long been utilized by multiple disciplines such as mental health care, social services, and substance use services with success. Even with the present evidence, TIC is underutilized in the care of children in the family practice primary care setting. Providers cite lack of knowledge on how to address trauma and how to implement a trauma-informed care approach with children in the primary care family practice setting. The implementation of TIC in family practice primary care, where many children are cared for, has the potential to impact the health outcomes of children in the short term and as they move into adulthood. TIC helps support children and family’s mental and physical well-being, thus reducing much suffering. This article presents best practices to implementing a universal TIC approach in family practice primary care setting in a step-by-step approach.

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Addressing the mental health needs of children/adolescents, families, and ourselves during our unprecedented COVID‐19 times

Cited by 4 publications

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Knowledge and preventive actions toward COVID-19, vaccination intent, and health literacy among educators in Japan: An online survey

Knowledge and preventive actions toward COVID-19, vaccination intent, and health literacy among educators in Japan: An online survey

Emotional Correlates of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Individuals With and Without Diabetes

Trauma-Informed Care Approach in Family Practice: Steps to Implementing

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