{"id":4598,"date":"2022-01-25T17:45:39","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T06:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/?p=4598"},"modified":"2022-03-01T12:58:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T01:58:54","slug":"the-indirect-impacts-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-children-and-adolescents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/2022\/01\/25\/the-indirect-impacts-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-children-and-adolescents\/","title":{"rendered":"The indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and adolescents"},"content":{"rendered":"

A CCCH-led review explores the evidence of the potential indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and proposes five strategy areas to help mitigate these impacts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The research, published in the Medical Journal of Australia<\/a>, used a community child health lens to review findings from previous pandemics, epidemics and natural disasters.<\/p>\n

The review found clear evidence of adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children were either repeated or extended from previous large-scale outbreaks of infectious disease and were exacerbated by a lack of health services to meet demand and family pressures.<\/p>\n

Centre Director Professor Sharon Goldfeld\u00a0said children were facing a \u201cgeneration-defining disruption\u201d with public health restrictions\u00a0to mitigate COVID-19 infection\u00a0such as virtual\u00a0learning,\u00a0social distancing,\u00a0increased screen time, reduced access to healthcare,\u00a0no structured sport and less outside play,\u00a0to have both immediate\u00a0and longer-term\u00a0impacts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe public health measures\u00a0have resulted\u00a0in positive\u00a0benefits for some, while\u00a0others have\u00a0been adversely\u00a0and inequitably\u202fimpacted,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The review proposes five strategy areas to begin to address these inequities:<\/p>\n