Mitigate the effects of home confinement on children during the COVID-19 outbreak

By Guanghai Wang, Yunting Zhang, Jin Zhao, Jun Zhang, F. Jiang. The Lancet, 2020

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www.thelancet.com Published online March 3, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30547-X 1 Submissions should be made via our electronic submission system at http://ees.elsevier.com/ thelancet/ to innovative courses for a better learning experience, promotional videos can be useful to motivate children to have a healthy lifestyle at home by increasing physical activities, having a balanced diet, regular sleep pattern, and good personal hygiene. To make these educational materials truly effective, they must be ageappropriate and attractive. They require professional expertise and real resources to create. Communities can serve as valuable resources in managing difficulties of family matters. For instance, parents’ committees can work together to bridge the needs of students with school requirements and to advocate for children’s rights to a healthy lifestyle. Psychologists can provide online services to cope with mental health issues caused by domestic conflicts, tension with parents, and anxiety from becoming infected. Social workers can play an active role in helping parents cope with family issues arising from the situation, when needed. Such a social safety net could be particularly useful for disadvantaged or single-parent families, but action is needed to make it accessible to them. Schools have a critical role, not only in delivering educational materials to children, but in offering an opportunity for students to interact with teachers and obtain psychological counselling. Schools can actively promote a health-conscious schedule, good personal hygiene, encourage Mitigate the effects of home confinement on children during the COVID-19 outbreak

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science

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An investigation of mental health status of children and adolescents in china during the outbreak of COVID-19 (2020, neutral): “Therefore, in order to effectively cooperate with the government's epidemic prevention work, more than 220 million children and adolescents were confined at home and informed to postpone the start of the spring semester until further notice (Wang et al., 2020).”
Psychological Impact of COVID-19 and Lockdown among University Students in Malaysia: Implications and Policy Recommendations (2020, background): “The results in this study are similar to that of [11,12,33].”
Rapid Systematic Review: The Impact of Social Isolation and Loneliness on the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents in the Context of COVID-19 (2020, background): “Eighteen studies followed participants over time (Table 3).(61,62,64,65,67-72,74-77,79,80) Several of these were conducted in childhood (N 1⁄4 6), or adolescence (N 1⁄4 8), although three were in university students.”
The Impact of COVID-19 on Physical Activity Behavior and Well-Being of Canadians (2020, background): “Public health advocates continue to strongly promote physical activity in the home environment to prevent the potential detrimental impact of the COVID-19 protective lifestyle regulations [6], and to ensure that restrictions do not require physical activity be eliminated [7].”
How is COVID-19 pandemic impacting mental health of children and adolescents? (2020, background): “Additionally, many articles postulated the importance of physical activity [2,30,31] and the maintenance of physical health [32,33] during the quarantine.”
Review: Mental health impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on children and youth – a systematic review (2021, background): “Pandemic control measures such as restrictions on recreational spaces and activities may also limit options for physical activity, time spent outside the home, and respite care (Phillips et al., 2020; Tison et al., 2020; Wang et al., 2020).”
Mental health considerations for children quarantined because of COVID-19 (2020, background): “2 However, children who are separated from their caregivers require special attention, including children infected with or suspected of being infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), who are quarantined in local hospitals or collective medical observation centres; ”
COVID-19 School Closure-Related Changes to the Professional Life of a K–12 Teacher (2020, background): “Most of his students missed social interactions, peers, and their school [29].”
Affirming Basic Psychological Needs Promotes Mental Well-Being During the COVID-19 Outbreak (2020, background): “Indeed, some warn of emerging challenges such as loneliness (Stephenson, 2020) and boredom (Wang et al., 2020).”