在COVID-19大流行期间,儿童积极体验的变化
Elizabeth Crouch1, Elizabeth Radcliff1, Janice Probst1
1Rural and Minority Health Research Center, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
Academic pediatrics
|June 24, 2023
概括
由于COVID-19的预防措施,儿童获得积极的童年体验 (PCE) 的机会减少,课后活动和社区志愿者活动减少. 增加的家长压力需要改变政策,以促进疫情后的PCE.
科学领域:
- 儿童发展与公共卫生.
- 流行病对家庭的社会影响.
背景情况:
- 由于COVID-19流行病的预防措施改变了家庭生活,可能会限制儿童获得积极童年体验 (PCE) 的机会.
- 了解疫情前和疫情期间PCE的流行程度对于儿童福祉至关重要.
- 之前的研究强调了PCE对健康儿童发育的重要性.
研究的目的:
- 检查COVID-19大流行之前和期间在学龄儿童中积极童年体验 (PCE) 的流行率.
- 量化特定PCE的变化,以告知干预.
主要方法:
- 一项采用2018-19年和2020-21年国家儿童健康调查 (NSCH) 数据的横截面研究.
- 在大流行前期 (2018年6月至2020年1月) 和大流行初期 (2020年6月至2022年1月) 的PCE患病率的比较.
- 使用双变量分析和Z测试来评估显著差异.
主要成果:
- 测量了七个关键的积极童年体验 (PCE).
- 在课外活动 (79.8%至72.2%),社区志愿服务 (43.9%至35.1%),指导导师 (88.8%至86.3%) 和有弹性的家庭 (92.7%至84.6%) 中观察到显著下降.
- 安全邻居 (64.7%至67.2%),支持邻居 (55.8%至57.5%) 和联网照顾者 (65.3%至94.7%) 的PCE增加.
结论:
- COVID-19 疫情对儿童的几个关键积极童年体验 (PCE) 产生了负面影响.
- 疫情期间父母的压力增加和生活中断强调了需要进行干预的必要性.
- 政策制定者和计划制定者应优先考虑在后流行环境中加强儿童暴露在PCE的策略.
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