A qualitative study about how families coped with managing their well-being, children's physical activity and education during the COVID-19 school closures in England.

ABSTRACT: In 2020, schools in England closed for six months due to COVID-19, resulting in children being home-schooled. There is limited understanding about the impacts of this on children's mental and physical health and their education. Therefore, we explored how families coped with managing these issues during the school closures. We conducted 30 qualitative interviews with parents of children aged 18 years and under (who would usually be in school) between 16 and 21 April 2020. We identified three themes and eight sub-themes that impacted how families coped whilst schools were closed. We found that family dynamics, circumstances, and resources (Theme 1), changes in entertainment activities and physical movement (Theme 2) and worries about the COVID-19 pandemic (Theme 3) impacted how well familie

SUBMITTER: Woodland L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9778504 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature