Supporting children and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: A rights-centred approach

Suleman, Shazeen; Ratnani, Yasmine; Stockley, Katrina; Jetty, Radha; Smart, Katharine; Bennett, Susan; Gander, Sarah; Loock, Christine

doi:10.1093/pch/pxaa086

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“…The researchers took notes during and shortly following the interview. Our interview guide (Supplementary File S1) was informed by the recent literature on schoolwork transitions [37] and employment, volunteering, and schooling during pandemics and similar disruptive events [12,19,20,[38][39][40][41]. Questions were asked about school and employment status, career plans before the pandemic, and how COVID-19 affected them, including psychosocial issues (see Supplemental File).…”

Section: Data Collectionmentioning

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School and Employment-Related Barriers for Youth and Young Adults with and without a Disability during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area

Lindsay

Ahmed

2021

Adolescents

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Purpose: Youth and young adults are particularly vulnerable to the socio-economic impacts of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). The purpose of this study was to explore barriers to school and employment for youth with and without a disability during the pandemic. Methods: This qualitative comparison study involved in-depth interviews with 35 youth and young adults (18 with a disability; 17 without), aged 16–29 (mean age 23). An interpretive, thematic analysis of the transcripts was conducted. Results: Our findings revealed several similarities and some differences between youth and young adults with and without disabilities regarding barriers to school and employment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Key themes related to these barriers involved: (1) difficult transition to online school and working from home (i.e., the expense of setting up a home office, technical challenges, impact on mental health), (2) uncertainty about employment (i.e., under-employment, difficult working conditions, difficulty finding work, disability-related challenges) and (3) missed career development opportunities (i.e., canceled or reduced internships or placements, lack of volunteer opportunities, uncertainties about career pathway, the longer-term impact of the pandemic). Conclusion: Our findings highlight that youth and young adults with disabilities may need further support in engaging in meaningful and accessible vocational activities that align with their career pathway.

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Section: Data Collectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

School and Employment-Related Barriers for Youth and Young Adults with and without a Disability during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area

Lindsay

Ahmed

2021

Adolescents

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“…Considering the vital importance of early childhood development, global agencies working on ECD got occupied in ensuring that children worldwide get some support in times of pandemic. Many educational institutions, healthcare agencies, and civil society organizations planned interventions to support the children's mental health, nutritional, and well-being needs 7 . In this global pandemic, all the key actors were engaged in ensuring care to basic care and providing the maximum amount of awareness and sensitization to the communities to contain the virus.…”

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confidence: 99%

Interventions to support early childhood development in times of COVID-19: A systematic review protocol.

Bhamani¹,

Rahim²,

Tabani³

et al. 2021

Int. j. endorsing health sci. res.

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Background: Coronavirus Disease 2019 , which came as an emerging disease, was announced as a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. In an attempt to limit this virus's spread, strict measures were taken, amongst which closure of schools and child care facilities were also present. This impacted the holistic well-being of the children. This systematic review aimed to identify early childhood development (ECD) interventions conducted and reported during the COVID-19 pandemic in low and middleincome countries and identify the barriers and facilitators to taking up ECD activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methodology: A systematic literature explores all published and pre-print studies done during this pandemic starting from 31 st December 2019 onwards using PRISMA guidelines. Databases such as MEDLINE, Embase, ERIC, CINAHL, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Google Scholar, and the WHO COVID-19 database would be searched. All types of studies that are reporting ECD interventions and outcomes will be considered. Discussion: The review will be one of the initiatives to support and provide directions for the programmatic agencies and academia to support post-Covid-19 interventions for the young children living in lower middleincome countries. By gathering the data pertinent to the interventions that were done during the times of lockdown for early childhood will also provide evidence to the programs of what has worked and how well it has worked for the nurturing care of children and their families. Systematic review registration number: PROSPERO CRD42020202541

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“…Most prominently, each resource-limited country’s response to COVID-19 has failed to acknowledge the many rights that young people have; this finding is also apparent in the Canadian context (Suleman et al, 2020). Decisions about the relative importance of particular pandemic impacts systematically dismiss what is really at stake for young people – namely, their rights.…”

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Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children: An ethical analysis with a global-child lens

Campbell

Oneto

Saini³

et al. 2020

Global Studies of Childhood

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the lives of children and adolescents in resource-limited countries have been significantly impacted in complex ways, while largely having their interests overlooked. The purpose of this colloquium is to examine these impacts across seven resource-limited nations and apply an ethical lens to examine the ways in which children and adolescents have been treated impermissibly. We finish with recommendations and calls to action for key stakeholders to consider.

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Supporting children and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: A rights-centred approach

Cited by 17 publications

References 8 publications

School and Employment-Related Barriers for Youth and Young Adults with and without a Disability during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area

School and Employment-Related Barriers for Youth and Young Adults with and without a Disability during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area

Interventions to support early childhood development in times of COVID-19: A systematic review protocol.

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children: An ethical analysis with a global-child lens

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