Commentary: COVID-19 and the Vulnerability of Single Mothers in Institutions of Higher Education

Ajayi, Kobi V.; Ma, Ping; Akinlotan, Marvellous A.

doi:10.1097/fch.0000000000000304

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“…For instance, processes should be put in place to identify and connect student-mothers (and not on a case-by-case basis) with available on-campus services (e.g., student services department, parenting workshops) and off-campus community resources that provide social services (e.g., faith-based groups, parenting workshops, the Special Supplementary Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, etc.) [22]. Because most studentmothers are socioeconomically disadvantaged, connecting them to social services can contribute greatly to ameliorate financial stressors.…”

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Meeting the Mental Health Needs of College Student-Mothers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States

Ajayi

2021

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The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is the deadliest public health emergency in the twenty-first century. To mitigate the rapid spread of the virus, institutions around the globe, including higher education, instituted infection control measures such as social distancing and restricted movements with virtual/remote work and learning environments. These changes, including the pandemic-related stressors, are associated with poor mental health among college students. However, student-mothers may encounter an aggravated psychological impact of the pandemic because of their competing and challenging intersecting roles. Multipronged strategies and targeted-mental health services that consider the needs of student-mothers, their children, and families are encouraged to mitigate the pandemic’s impact. Doing so has important implications for public health, policy, and research.

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Section: Charting a Way Forwardmentioning

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Meeting the Mental Health Needs of College Student-Mothers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States

Ajayi

2021

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“…Over the past decade, there has been an increase in the number of parents who have enrolled in institutes of higher education. 3 Yet, women's education and careers are disproportionately negatively affected by parenting when compared to their male counterparts. 3 While this problem is not exclusive to women, there is a paucity of data on the parenting experience for those in nontraditional families.…”

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“…3 Yet, women's education and careers are disproportionately negatively affected by parenting when compared to their male counterparts. 3 While this problem is not exclusive to women, there is a paucity of data on the parenting experience for those in nontraditional families. 4 For the purposes of this study, nontraditional families are defined as any family that is not made up of a cis-female and cis-male parent and a child/ children.…”

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Transparency of Parental Leave Policies to Prospective Students in US Physician Assistant Programs: A Cross-Sectional Study

Neary

Kamauf

Ruggeri

2023

J Physician Assist Educ

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Introduction Parental leave policies are not well established or always available for prospective graduate students. This study examined the availability and inclusivity of PA program parental leave policies to prospective students at accredited US programs.Methods The websites and available student handbooks of the 282 currently accredited PA programs were searched for the terms "pregnant," "pregnancy," "maternity," "parent," "family," "child," and/or "birth." Descriptive statistics and Pearson's chi-square test were used to analyze the data. ResultsIn total, 13.5% (38/282) of PA program websites and available handbooks met search criteria. Of these 38 programs, 23 (60.5%) provide information with gendered language that discriminates based on sex, most commonly only mentioning the pregnant female.Discussion PA programs should create specific policies for pregnancy-related and parental leaves that are inclusive to heteronormative families as well as nontraditional and nonnuclear families, and these policies should be widely available to potential applicants and students.

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Socio-ecological barriers to student-parents academic success: A systematic review

Ajayi

Odonkor

Panjwani

et al. 2022

Journal of Further and Higher Education

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Commentary: COVID-19 and the Vulnerability of Single Mothers in Institutions of Higher Education

Abstract: CONCLUSIONAs the world adjusts to the "new normal," and as IHE continue hybrid (face-to-face, remote, and online) learning in the spring of 2021, without an imminent end in sight, it is our collective responsibility

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Meeting the Mental Health Needs of College Student-Mothers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States

Meeting the Mental Health Needs of College Student-Mothers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States

Transparency of Parental Leave Policies to Prospective Students in US Physician Assistant Programs: A Cross-Sectional Study

Socio-ecological barriers to student-parents academic success: A systematic review

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