ReviewTrends in neuroscience and education2021
Open schools! Weighing the effects of viruses and lockdowns on children.
Review in Trends in neuroscience and education, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
- The impact of a health promotion program on toddlers' socio-emotional development: a cluster randomized study.BMC public health · 2024Trial
- The Feeling of Pleasure for Overweight Children during Different Types of Physical Activity.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 Prevention Measures on Adolescent Growth in Italy.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Performance increases in mathematics during COVID-19 pandemic distance learning in Austria: Evidence from an intelligent tutoring system for mathematics.Trends in neuroscience and education · 2023Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on Physical Activity in Families Managing ADHD and the Cyclical Effect on Worsening Mental Health.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Myopia risk behaviour related to the COVID-19 lockdown in Europe: The generation R study.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2023Article
- Self-compassion buffers the impact of learned helplessness on adverse mental health during COVID-19 lockdown.Journal of affective disorders · 2023Article
- Pandemic Education-Insights into Teachers' Perceptions of Hygiene Measures in Schools Due to COVID-19.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Understanding COVID: Collaborative Government Campaign for Citizen Digital Health Literacy in the COVID-19 Pandemic.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Health promoting schools and COVID-19: preparing for the future.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2022Article
- COVID 19 pandemic challenges and their management: A review of medicines, vaccines, patents and clinical trials with emphasis on psychological health issues.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2022Review
- Prevalence and Correlates of Overweight, Obesity and Physical Activity in Italian Children and Adolescents from Lombardy, Italy.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Sleep Quality, Mental Health and Learning among High School Students after Reopening Schools during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a Cross-Sectional Online Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Feasibility of SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance Testing Among Children and Childcare Workers at German Day Care Centers: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- The relationship between dimensions of empathy and symptoms of depression among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A network analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Results of WICOVIR Gargle Pool PCR Testing in German Schools Based on the First 100,000 Tests.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
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Abstract
This review weighs the risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 against the side effects of school closures on physical and mental health, education, and well-being of those affected by the school closures. Whereas short term effects - decreased learning and food security, and increased anxiety, violence against children, child labor and teen pregnancies - are frequently discussed, the long-term effects of school closures will be much more detrimental across the lifespan of the "Generation Corona": Existing pandemics of inactivity and myopia, already affecting billions of people, are worsening due to less physical exercise and less time spent outdoors, poor diet, weight gain, and increased screen time during lockdowns, causing future increases of stroke, heart attack, cancer, and blindness. Socio-emotional complications of isolation, learned helplessness, economic and existential insecurity will include increased depression and suicide, decreased empathy and increased loneliness. Together with decreased educational attainment and economic productivity, the amount of ensuing increased future global morbidity and mortality justifies immediate action of school reopening.
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