Community Teens' COVID-19 Experience: Implications for Engagement Moving Forward.

ABSTRACT: Data collected from pediatric primary care settings during the pandemic suggest an increase in internalizing symptoms and disparities in care based upon minoritized identity status(es). To inform care moving forward, the current study characterized the pandemic and related technology usage experiences of teenaged pediatric patients from communities with high hardship indexes. As part of a larger mixed-methods study, 17 teens (Mean age = 15.99 ± .99) and 10 caregivers independently voiced experiences related to the pandemic during remote focus group and interview sessions. Thematic analyses were used to assess qualitative data; descriptive analyses were used to characterize qualitative data. Despite no direct queries about the pandemic, 41% of teens and 40% of caregivers described their liv

SUBMITTER: Stiles-Shields C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11174976 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature