Displaying 51 - 60 of 134
Abstract
Background
While COVID-19 outbreak has had adverse psychological effects in children with special needs, the mental state and burden on their caregivers during this pandemic has yet to be reported.
Aims
The objectives of this study were to describe the mental health status and the change in perceived strain among caregivers during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Methods and procedures
Two hundred sixty four caregivers completed an online survey that assessed demographics, use and perspective on tele-rehabilitation, homecare therapy, caregiver’s strain and mental health.…
This document provides interim guidance for child protection and health actors in the context of quarantine and isolation measures to mitigate related child protection risks, minimize family separation, and promote family unity and social cohesion. Actions will require multi-sector collaboration and contextualization, taking into account national laws and guidelines related to child protection and health, and the public health measures for COVID-19 control that are in place in the country.
It contains recommendations to prevent family separation and preserve family unity, underlining that…
При реализации мероприятий общественного здравоохранения, нацеленных на снижение передачи COVID-19, таких как ограничение передвижения, закрытие детских учреждений и школ, а также помещение на карантин и изоляция лиц с подозреваемыми и подтвержденными случаями, важно предвидеть и устранять риски и проблемы для без того уязвимых групп, включающих женщин, детей, людей с ограниченными возможностями и людей другой сексуальной ориентации или гендерной идентичности. Меры, принятые для снижения распространения вируса, могут повысить риски и уязвимость перед насилием по половому признаку,…
A la hora de aplicar medidas en materia de salud pública para reducir la transmisión del COVID-19, como las restricciones de los desplazamientos, el cierre de las guarderías y las escuelas y la cuarentena y el aislamiento de casos sospechosos y confirmados, es importante prever y abordar los riesgos y las vulnerabilidades de los grupos que ya son vulnerables, entre los que se encuentran las mujeres, los niños, niñas y adolescentes, las personas con discapacidad y las personas con una orientación sexual o una identidad de género diferentes. Las medidas adoptadas para reducir la transmisión…
Introduction
This knowledge resource discusses and provides examples of practice tools and calming techniques (in English and Hindi) which counsellors and adults can use while working with children who are in institutional care. The paper reviews evidence on the impact of institutionalisation on children as well as evidence-based interventions that can help mitigate this impact. The latter part of the paper presents tools and calming techniques in the form of worksheets and pictorial representations. These tools are developed and compiled by Counsel to Secure Justice (CSJ), Delhi. These…
En el marco de la pandemia por COVID-19 y las medidas de aislamiento preventivo dispuestas por el Gobierno Nacional, desde DONCEL redoblamos esfuerzos para promover el cumplimiento de los derechos de niñas, niños, adolescentes y jóvenes (en adelante: NNAJ) privados de cuidado parental que se encuentran alojados en dispositivos de cuidado institucional.
El presente informe sistematiza la información recabada en encuentros virtuales realizados con adolescentes y jóvenes y con equipos del Sistema de promoción y protección de derechos desde el inicio del aislamiento. Se pudo relevar…
“Left-behind” children in rural China are those whose parents seek work in urban areas and leave them behind in their hometowns. In this article, the author focuses on the experiences of five young “left-behind” girls who were socially isolated because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on the Chinese authorities’ instruction to schools to “Stop classes, but don’t stop learning,” the author examines microlevel data on the tensions and challenges experienced by these girls during the COVID-19 lockdown. The author looks at how the pandemic has affected these girls in relation to school and family…
This report (translated into Bahasa Indonesia) has one central purpose: To raise the alarm globally as to the catastrophic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on persons with disabilities worldwide, including children with disabilities, and to catalyse urgent action in the weeks and months to come. Read the English version here.
The report sets…
This report has one central purpose: To raise the alarm globally as to the catastrophic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on persons with disabilities worldwide, including children with disabilities, and to catalyse urgent action in the weeks and months to come.
The report sets out the outcomes of a rapid human rights-based global monitoring initiative – the COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor (COVID-DRM) – sponsored by a consortium of seven leading disability rights organisations, which took place between 20 April and 8 August this year. Through centring the testimonies of 2,152 respondents…
This Call to Action outlines some of the impacts of both displacement and COVID-19 that are threatening the positive development of many young children around the world. It calls for governments and donors honor existing commitments, ensure inclusion of young children and families in public systems and take FIVE immediate actions to increase investments in:
- Food supplements, health care access, cash assistance & other social protection measures
- Emergency early learning programs
- Remote and ongoing mental health and child protection…