Combatting COVID-19's effect on children : OECD Policy Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Combatting COVID-19's effect on children : OECD Policy Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
OECD
- OECD, 2020
- electronic document (40 pages) ; PDF file, HTML
- Tackling coronavirus (COVID-19): Contributing to a global effort .
Published 5 May 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is harming health, social and material well-being of children worldwide, with the poorest children, including homeless children and children in detention, hit hardest. School closures, social distancing and confinement increase the risk of poor nutrition among children, their exposure to domestic violence, increase their anxiety and stress, and reduce access to vital family and care services. Widespread digitalisation mitigates the education loss caused by school-closures, but the poorest children are least likely to live in good home-learning environments with internet connection. Furthermore, increased unsupervised on-line internet use has magnified issues around sexual exploitation
and cyber-bullying. Immediate government measures need to ensure that children have access to good food, receive protection against child abuse and neglect, have continued access to child physical and mental health services, and can navigate safely on the internet. Policies also need to support parental employment since it is key to fighting child poverty. (Author's abstract). Follow the link for more OECD analysis of key impacts, policy responses and more. Record #6683
CHILD ABUSE
CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
CHILD NEGLECT
COVID-19
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
EDUCATION
HEALTH
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
MENTAL HEALTH
PANDEMICS
POVERTY
RISK FACTORS
SOCIAL WELFARE
STATISTICS
WELLBEING
YOUNG PEOPLE
INTERNATIONAL
Published 5 May 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is harming health, social and material well-being of children worldwide, with the poorest children, including homeless children and children in detention, hit hardest. School closures, social distancing and confinement increase the risk of poor nutrition among children, their exposure to domestic violence, increase their anxiety and stress, and reduce access to vital family and care services. Widespread digitalisation mitigates the education loss caused by school-closures, but the poorest children are least likely to live in good home-learning environments with internet connection. Furthermore, increased unsupervised on-line internet use has magnified issues around sexual exploitation
and cyber-bullying. Immediate government measures need to ensure that children have access to good food, receive protection against child abuse and neglect, have continued access to child physical and mental health services, and can navigate safely on the internet. Policies also need to support parental employment since it is key to fighting child poverty. (Author's abstract). Follow the link for more OECD analysis of key impacts, policy responses and more. Record #6683
CHILD ABUSE
CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
CHILD NEGLECT
COVID-19
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
EDUCATION
HEALTH
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
MENTAL HEALTH
PANDEMICS
POVERTY
RISK FACTORS
SOCIAL WELFARE
STATISTICS
WELLBEING
YOUNG PEOPLE
INTERNATIONAL