Open schools! Weighing the effects of viruses and lockdowns on children.
Trends Neurosci Educ
; 22: 100151, 2021 03.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1161970
ABSTRACT
This review weighs the risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 against the side effects of school closures on physical and mental health, education, and well-being of those affected by the school closures. Whereas short term effects - decreased learning and food security, and increased anxiety, violence against children, child labor and teen pregnancies - are frequently discussed, the long-term effects of school closures will be much more detrimental across the lifespan of the "Generation Corona" Existing pandemics of inactivity and myopia, already affecting billions of people, are worsening due to less physical exercise and less time spent outdoors, poor diet, weight gain, and increased screen time during lockdowns, causing future increases of stroke, heart attack, cancer, and blindness. Socio-emotional complications of isolation, learned helplessness, economic and existential insecurity will include increased depression and suicide, decreased empathy and increased loneliness. Together with decreased educational attainment and economic productivity, the amount of ensuing increased future global morbidity and mortality justifies immediate action of school reopening.
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Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Schools
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Behavioral Symptoms
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Communicable Disease Control
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Sedentary Behavior
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Trends Neurosci Educ
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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