Knowing Well, Being Well: well-being born of understanding: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Children: Implications for Future Health

Abstract

Student absences nearly doubled during the first part of the pandemic,[148] with low-income, minority students most likely to miss school, further exacerbating existing educational disparities.[149],[150] Recent reports also highlight significant declines in academic performance in math and in reading, especially among students in high-poverty schools, who were likely to have spent more time in remote learning due to living in communities with high levels of COVID-related risks.[151],[152] The factors that contributed to the exacerbation of mental health and educational issues concerns among youth during the pandemic are myriad. J Epidemiol Community Health (1978). 2003;57(10):778-783. doi:10.1136/jech.57.10.778 279 Witt WP, Palmer A, Ruppert E, Fennessey M. The COVID-19 Pandemic and Health Equity: The Role of the Social Determinants of Health in Parental and Child Health and Well-Being. Impact on Adolescent Well-Being: Mental Health and Educational Outcomes The mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been widely covered; in particular, increasing rates of depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among young people have received broad attention and calls for action.[135],[136],[144] [147] Information on the educational impact of the pandemic is also beginning to emerge; in our work, we have heard school personnel describe students who have reached 11 SP th sp grade with no experience taking high school-level tests, wide variability in academic skills among students at the same grade level, an increase in physical fights, and students struggling to maintain daily routines and social norms that previously would have been taken for granted. Extracted from the article