Assuring Primary Healthcare Services to Vulnerable Children in a Disadvantaged Suburb of Rome Metropolitan City During the Pandemic: Responses to the Crisis.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objective: This retrospective observational study describes the social, health, and psychological conditions of children living in a disadvantaged and degraded suburb of Rome Metropolitan City during the COVID-19 pandemic as registered by the primary healthcare service of the Solidarity Medicine Institute, with the aim of fighting social exclusion and health disparities during lockdown and offering free health care to vulnerable families. Methods: The access to pediatric interventions was assessed from April 2020 to December 2022. For each child, biometric parameters were recorded, and the physical and psychological states of health were assessed. Furthermore, data regarding family socio-economic variables were collected. Results: From April 2020 to December

SUBMITTER: Rughetti A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12025899 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature