Abstract
Background: We are currently in a period of transition, from the pre-COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) era and the initial reactive lockdowns, to now the ongoing living with and potentially the after COVID-19 period. Each country is at its own individual stage of this transition, but many have gone through a period of feeling adrift; disconnected from normal lives, habits and routines, finding oneself betwixt and between stages, similar to that of liminality. Children and young people have been particularly affected. Aim: To increase the understanding of home and community-based strategies that contribute to children and young people's capacity to adjust to societal changes, both during and after pandemics. Moreover, to identify ways in which children's actions contribute to the capacity of others to adjust to the changes arising from the pandemic. The potential for these activities to influence and contribute to broader social mobilisation will be examined and promoted. Research design: To achieve the aim of this study, a participatory health research approach will be taken. The overarching theoretical framework of the COVISION study is that of liminality. The study design includes four work packages: two syntheses of literature (a rapid realist review and scoping review) to gain an overview of the emerging international context of evidence of psychosocial mitigations and community resilience in pandemics, and more specifically COVID-19; qualitative exploration of children and young people's perspective of COVID-19 via creative outlets and reflections; and participatory learning and action through co-production.
Highlights
Over 100 years ago the world was dealing with the effects of the 1918 influenza pandemic, or ‘Spanish Flu’, in which an estimated 500-million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with the H1N1 virus
In 2020, the declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO) that the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2 causing coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19) outbreak was to be characterised as a pandemic, has been the most impactful, far reaching pandemic, in recent times (John Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, 2021; World Health Organization, 2020)
By recognising children as rights holders, active citizens, and agents of change, this project seeks to harness their creative expertise in order to develop rapid response deliverables that can be translated into policy and practice in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Summary
Over 100 years ago the world was dealing with the effects of the 1918 influenza pandemic, or ‘Spanish Flu’, in which an estimated 500-million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with the H1N1 virus. Guidance and rapidly undertaken/delivered research studies on these restrictions have occurred, for example, on self-isolation (Arden et al, 2020; Smith et al, 2020), working from home (Hadi et al, 2021; Kinman et al, 2020; Toniolo-Barrios & Pitt, 2021; Vyas & Butakhieo, 2021), school closures which affected over 1.5 billion (85%) of school children worldwide, liable to increase educational inequalities (Grewenig et al, 2020; Kasturkar & Gawai, 2020; UNESCO, 2021); quarantine periods with the psychological impact and perception on quality of life (Brooks et al, 2020; Lardone et al, 2020), and social distancing experienced barriers and facilitators for adult (Coroiu et al, 2020) and young people (Public Health Agency Behaviour Change Group, 2020). The study design includes four work packages: two syntheses of literature (a rapid realist review and scoping review) to gain an overview of the emerging international context of evidence of psychosocial mitigations and community resilience in pandemics, and COVID-19; qualitative exploration of children and young people’s perspective of COVID-19 via creative outlets and reflections; and participatory learning and action through co-production
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