Impact of COVID-19 inequalities on children : An intersectional analysis
Lemkow-Tovias, Gabriel ![ORCID Identifier](/img/uab/orcid.ico)
(Universitat Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya)
Lemkow, Louis ![ORCID Identifier](/img/uab/orcid.ico)
(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Cash-Gibson, Lucinda ![ORCID Identifier](/img/uab/orcid.ico)
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Teixidó-Compañó, Ester ![ORCID Identifier](/img/uab/orcid.ico)
(Universitat Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya)
Benach, Joan ![ORCID Identifier](/img/uab/orcid.ico)
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Date: |
2023 |
Abstract: |
Societal concerns about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have largely focussed on the social groups most directly affected, such as the elderly and health workers. However, less focus has been placed on understanding the effects on other collectives, such as children. While children's physical health appears to be less affected than the adult population, their mental health, learning and wellbeing is likely to have been significantly negatively affected during the pandemic due to the varying policy restrictions, such as withdrawal from face to face schooling, limited peer-to-peer interactions and mobility and increased exposure to the digital world amongst other things. Children from vulnerable social backgrounds, and especially girls, will be most negatively affected by the impact of COVID-19, given their different intersecting realities and the power structures already negatively affecting them. To strengthen the understanding of the social determinants of the COVID-19 crisis that unequally influence children's health and wellbeing, this article presents a conceptual framework that considers the multiple axes of inequalities and power relations. This understanding can then be used to inform analyses and impact assessments, and in turn inform the development of effective and equitable mitigation strategies as well as assist to be better prepared for future pandemics. |
Grants: |
"la Caixa" Foundation SR20-00386 European Commission 872104
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Note: |
Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M |
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Language: |
Anglès |
Document: |
Article de revisió ; recerca ; Versió publicada |
Subject: |
Child health ;
COVID-19 ;
Education ;
Impact ;
Inequalities ;
Intersectionality |
Published in: |
Sociology of Health and Illness, Vol. 45, Issue 1 (January 2023) , p. 145-162, ISSN 1467-9566 |
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.13557
PMID: 36181484
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