Harmful Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Parents and Carers
Duration: 27 mins
Publication Date: 3 Jan 2023
Next Review Date: 3 Jan 2026
DOI: 10.13056/acamh.22059
Description
In this podcast, we welcome Dr. Hope Christie to discuss her recently published JCPP Advances paper ‘Examining harmful impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and school closures on parents and carers in the United Kingdom: A rapid review’. Hope is the first author of the paper.
Learning Objectives
1. Why parents appear to have suffered disproportionately compared to non-parents during national lockdown restrictions
2. Why the pandemic was so hard for so many parents
3. Why kinship carers may have struggled more 4. Parents with children aged 10 or younger reported high levels of stress when restrictions were highest, whereas parents with older children reported more depressive symptoms
5. How the impact of COVID-19 pandemic continues to manifest with many parents still suffering disproportionately
6. How parents at the greatest risk might be best supported, now and in the event of a future lockdown
7. Advice for parents or carers, CAMH professionals and policy makers.
