The Association Between School Closures and Child Mental Health During COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In-person schooling has been disrupted for most school-aged youth during the COVID-19 pandemic, with low-income, Black, and Hispanic populations most likely to receive fully remote instruction. Disruptions to in-person schooling may have negatively and inequitably affected children's mental health.

Objective

To estimate the association between school closures and child mental health outcomes and how it varies across sociodemographic factors.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional population-based survey study included a nationally representative sample of US adults aged 18 to 64 years with at least 1 child in the household. The survey was administered between December 2 and December 21, 2020, via web and telephone in English and Spanish. Par

SUBMITTER: Hawrilenko M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8417763 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature