Creating a better post-pandemic future for adolescents with disabilities

Baird, Sarah; Hamad, Bassam Abu; Baniodeh, Kifah; Carew, Mark T.; Goel, Nimisha; Ismail, Anas; Oakley, Erin; Seager, Jennifer; Woldehanna, Tassew; Jones, Nicola

doi:10.1136/bmj-2022-072343

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“…Our study highlights the importance of including young people’s voices in research, particularly those who are less represented in the literature and marginalised in society, but also of adolescent-centred pandemic prevention work, 23 particularly for individuals living with inequalities and disabilities. 24 …”

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

Lee,

Wong

2024

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“…The covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated many of these challenges for adolescents in humanitarian and fragile settings, with the disease and its related response measures having long-lasting and often irreversible effects on their health and wellbeing. 4 Economic deterioration associated with covid-19 and with the war in Ukraine has also had particularly drastic implications for adolescent wellbeing in humanitarian and fragile settings, and associated phenomena such as early marriage, early pregnancy, and adolescent or child labour are likely to rise. 5 Yet, despite this greater need, humanitarian funding for these populations is increasingly squeezed.…”

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Adolescent wellbeing in humanitarian and fragile settings: moving beyond rhetoric

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Creating a better post-pandemic future for adolescents with disabilities

Abstract: Adolescents with disabilities must have their needs prioritised in recovery and future pandemic responses to improve health, educational, and social outcomes, argue Sarah Baird and colleagues

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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

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

Adolescent wellbeing in humanitarian and fragile settings: moving beyond rhetoric

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