TY  - BOOK
ED  - OECD
TI  - Combatting COVID-19's effect on children: OECD Policy Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
PY  - 2020///
PB  - OECD, 
KW  - CHILD ABUSE
KW  - CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
KW  - CHILD NEGLECT
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - ECONOMIC ASPECTS
KW  - EDUCATION
KW  - HEALTH
KW  - INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
KW  - MENTAL HEALTH
KW  - PANDEMICS
KW  - POVERTY
KW  - RISK FACTORS
KW  - SOCIAL WELFARE
KW  - STATISTICS
KW  - WELLBEING
KW  - YOUNG PEOPLE
KW  - INTERNATIONAL
N1  - Published 5 May 2020
N2  - 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
UR  - https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/combatting-covid-19-s-effect-on-children-2e1f3b2f/
UR  - http://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/en/
ER  -