Covid-19 pandemic: our relationships, environment, and health

Wong, Keri Ka‐Yee

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“…Several of the articles in the special series linked to that editorial deal with the way the environment in which people live and work was changing as a consequence of the pandemic. Perhaps picking up from that editorial’s themes on how changes to people’s environment can affect their mental health [ 24 ], has now set out in this journal the rationale, within the UCL–Penn global study on Covid-19, for examining the ways the pandemic affected people’s mental health in their living environments changed and made more challenging by restrictions linked to Covid-19 control measures. Readers will be able to see the individual papers with their clear health focus placed in the broader context of both the series editorial and the views of invited discussants recording the policy relevance and study implications about the lessons learned, some of whom are experts from outside the academic community 4 .…”

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“…It is my hope that the special series the journal is running presently on water [ 29 ], community responses to climate change [ 30 ], mould in the built environment 6 and that on Covid-19 [ 23 ] and mental health in the environments in which we live [ 24 ] will all help provide the knowledge and evidence needed to spur action and reduce the delays being seen in the response of governments and society to the real challenges that people face all around the world.…”

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Environment and health: how do we close the gap to prevent ill-health, poor well-being, and environmental degradation?

Osborn

2022

UCL Open Environ

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Environment and health: how do we close the gap to prevent ill-health, poor well-being, and environmental degradation?

Osborn

2022

UCL Open Environ

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“…COVID-19 has brought into sharp focus society’s inequalities. 1 Four years on, COVID-19 continues to impact lives 2 with an ever-widening gap between groups living with/without inequalities and deprivation (eg, pre-existing health conditions and minoritised groups 3 ). Conversations about pandemic experiences and access to support are no longer discussed, hence lessons learnt are forgotten.…”

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Mental health inequalities, challenges and support needs during COVID-19: a qualitative study of 14-to-25-year-olds in London

Lee,

Wong

2024

BMJ Open

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ObjectivesThe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent’s mental health and relationships has received growing attention, yet the challenges and support needs of adolescents living in existing deprivation are not well understood. The current qualitative study, part of a broader project cocreating mental health and life-skill workshops with young people, documents adolescents’ lived experience and support needs 4 years on from the COVID-19 pandemic.Design20 semi-structured interviews and 6 focus groups were transcribed and thematically analysed in NVivo V.12 to inform codesigned workshops to support adolescents’ needs.SettingIslington borough in North London, United Kingdom.Participants20 adolescents aged 14–25 years (mean=18.3; 60% female, 60% white) from Islington with a history of difficulties (eg, mental health, deprivation, court order) were referred by Islington local authority teams to our study.ResultsThematic analyses revealed eight themes on adolescents’ COVID-19 experiences and five associated suggestions on ‘support needs’: health challenges and support; relationships and support; routines and support; educational challenges and learning support; inequality and support; distrust; loss of opportunities and grief.ConclusionsIn our qualitative study, adolescents spoke of positive reflections, challenges, and need for support 4 years on from the COVID-19 pandemic. Many adolescents shared their lived experiences for the first time with someone else and wished they would have the space and time to acknowledge this period of loss. Adolescents living with existing inequality and deprivation before the pandemic have reported sustained and exacerbated impacts during the pandemic, hence coproduced support for adolescents should be a priority.

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“…COVID-19 has brought into sharp focus society's inequalities. 1 Four years on, COVID-19 continues to impact lives 2 with an everwidening gap between groups living with/ without inequalities and deprivation (eg, preexisting health conditions and minoritised groups 3 ). Conversations about pandemic experiences and access to support are no longer discussed, hence lessons learnt are forgotten.…”

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Mental health inequalities, challenges and support needs during COVID-19: a qualitative study of 14-to-25-year-olds in London

Lee¹,

Wong²

2023

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BackgroundThe impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on adolescent’s mental health and social lives has received growing attention, yet the challenges and support needs of adolescents living in existing deprivation is not well understood. The current qualitative study is part of a larger co-production study aimed to understand adolescents’ lived experience and support needs four years on from the Covid-19 pandemic.MethodSemi-structured interviews (N = 20) and focus groups (N = 6) were conducted with 14-to-25-year-olds (60% female) referred by local authority teams. Transcripts were transcribed verbatim, inductively thematically analysed by researchers, and results fed back to participants and the local council. ResultsEight themes were identified for adolescents’ Covid-19 ‘lived experiences’ with five including ‘support needs’: health challenges and support; relationships and support; routines and support; educational challenges and learning support; inequality and support; distrust; loss of opportunities; and grief.ConclusionsAdolescents spoke of ‘silver linings’, challenges, and need for support still being felt four years on from the Covid-19 pandemic. Many adolescents shared their lived experiences for the first time with someone else, and wished they would have the space and time to acknowledge this period of loss. Study findings scratch the surface of how young people’s experience of living with inequality and deprivation before the pandemic have been sustained and exacerbated during the pandemic. Co-produced support for adolescents should still be prioritised.Key practitioner message •The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on adolescents’ mental health and relationships has received growing attention, yet the type of support that they would like is underexplored.•Adolescent spoke about the forced societal expectation of ‘moving on’ with their lives and not having the time and safe space to just ‘talk about’ their lived experiences and support needs, four years on from the Covid-19 pandemic.•Challenging experiences were shared by the majority of adolescents yet positive ‘silver linings’ were also highlighted for a minority.•Through co-production research, practitioners can provide low-intensity support to adolescent-identified areas of support need: mental health, rebuilding relationships, relearning routines, learning/working techniques, and reducing the inequality-deprivation gap.•Given the concerns raised, adolescents from this community are living with sustained inequalities and deprivation that existed before the Covid-19 pandemic, and need targeted and immediate support more than ever before.Keywords: adolescence, inequality, qualitative, co-production, mental health, support.

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Covid-19 pandemic: our relationships, environment, and health

Cited by 4 publications

References 15 publications

Environment and health: how do we close the gap to prevent ill-health, poor well-being, and environmental degradation?

Environment and health: how do we close the gap to prevent ill-health, poor well-being, and environmental degradation?

Mental health inequalities, challenges and support needs during COVID-19: a qualitative study of 14-to-25-year-olds in London

Mental health inequalities, challenges and support needs during COVID-19: a qualitative study of 14-to-25-year-olds in London

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