MedPage Today August 6, 2020
-Survey finds that well-being and food security declined during pandemic
Study Authors: Stephen W. Patrick, Laura E. Henkhaus, et al.
Target Audience and Goal Statement: Pediatricians, infectious disease specialists, psychiatrists
The goal of this study was to examine the well-being of parents and children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Question Addressed:
- How did the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigation efforts affect the well-being of parents and children in the U.S. through early June 2020?
Study Synopsis and Perspective:
Will the mental health fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic have a lasting effect? If the 2003 SARS outbreak, which lasted about 6 months, is a barometer, the answer is that the suffering will not end once the reproduction number of the contagion...