TY - JOUR T1 - 'What would Bandit do?': reaffirming the educational role of Australian children's television during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond JF - MEDIA INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA A1 - Balanzategui J Burke, L McIntyre, J KW - eppi-reviewer4 Australian children's television; Australian content quotas; COVID-19; education; home-school education AB - The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the multifaceted socio-cultural functions of Australian children's television. As social distancing measures forced school students to study from home, local children's TV producers and distributors contributed to home-based learning. Yet, in response to the pandemic, the Federal Government has indefinitely suspended Australian children's television quotas, the regulatory framework that sets minimum hours of local children's content for commercial television broadcasters. In response to government imposed budgetary restraints, public broadcaster, the ABC, has also made redundances in its children's content department. Such changes have occurred at a critical juncture in which the sector's long-standing contributions to the education of Australian children and pedagogy of local teachers, caregivers and parents have been brought to the fore. We argue that this pedagogical function is a core but often overlooked element of the socio-cultural value of the sector that has been highlighted during the pandemic. DO - 10.1177/1329878X20948272 VL - IS - CY - LONDON PB - SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD SN - WOS:000558727000001 U1 - 50806718 N1 - Communication ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Pandemic school closures: risks and opportunities JF - LANCET CHILD & ADOLESCENT HEALTH A1 - [Anonymous] KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - DO - 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30105-X VL - 4 IS - 5 SP - 341 EP - 341 CY - OXFORD PB - ELSEVIER SCI LTD SN - WOS:000536730700002 U1 - 50806911 N1 - Pediatrics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19 schools guidance JF - BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION A1 - [Anonymous] KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/04// Y1 - 2020/04// AB - VL - 98 IS - 4 SP - 234 EP - 234 CY - GENEVA 27 PB - WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SN - WOS:000523183600009 U1 - 50806936 N1 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A quasi-experiment on using guided mobile learning interventions in ESL classrooms: Time use and academic performance JF - EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES A1 - Ng SF Azlan, MAK Kamal, ANA Manion, A KW - eppi-reviewer4 Web learning tools; Online applications; Mobile devices; Language learning; Pedagogical innovation STUDENTS PERCEPTIONS; TECHNOLOGIES; MANAGEMENT; ENGLISH AB - This quasi-experimental study examined a guided learning approach towards the use of mobile devices and investigated the performance of language learners who were guided in the usage. A total of 419 students from two faculties were invited to participate in this 8-week intervention, 155 participants in the control group and 264 in the experimental group. In the experimental group, the researchers incorporated guided activities Module Intervention Model (MIM) using mobile devices into the ESL lessons whereas the control group lessons were without guided activities. Participants from both groups were asked to record their daily mobile device use for activities related to English language learning using an online form. These data were compared to the results of the tests conducted pre- and post-treatment. At the end of the study, students who received guided language activities utilizing the mobile devices had significantly higher levels of language performance than control group students. However, treatment group students who spent more time using mobile devices to learn the language did not display better performance compared to those who spent minimal time. This finding re-established the importance of guided activities as intervention to facilitate students' learning and points to the need for curricular modernization and faculty development in the instructional use of technology. Due to the increased need for online instruction precipitated by "social distancing and isolation' required to overcome the coronavirus pandemic, the need for faculty to acquire skills in guided use of mobile devices for school-related learning is anticipated to be greater than ever. DO - 10.1007/s10639-020-10191-7 VL - IS - CY - NEW YORK PB - SPRINGER SN - WOS:000529582600002 U1 - 50806921 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A rapid response to COVID-19: one district's pivot from technology integration to distance learning JF - INFORMATION AND LEARNING SCIENCES A1 - Peterson L A1 - Scharber C A1 - Thuesen A A1 - Baskin K Scharber, C Thuesen, A Baskin, K KW - eppi-reviewer4 Distance learning; Case study; Technology integration; COVID-19; Crisis remote learning; Pragmatic guidelines PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - Purpose In March of 2020, Minnesota schools were mandated to transition to distance learning to slow the spread of COVID-19. The charge of providing equitable and appropriate remote learning to all students gave administrators, educators and non-academic staff a few weeks to completely redesign education. This paper aims to describe one district's experience in planning and offering distance education and build precedent other educational leaders may use in future designs. Design/methodology/approach This case study documents how one rural K12 district leveraged their strong foundation of technology integration and created crisis remote learning solutions for its most marginalized student populations including special education students, English learners and financially disadvantaged students. Findings This study shares examples of how this district prioritized relationships and the well-being of students and staff and outlines practical strategies for equitable distance learning that should be considered during and beyond emergency remote teaching. Originality/value This paper provides just-in-time practical advice for K12 administrators and educators on navigating crisis distance learning. DO - https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-04-2020-0131 VL - IS - SP - 461 EP - 469 CY - BINGLEY PB - EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000547544700001 U1 - 50806827 N1 - Information Science & Library Science ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A Scoping Review of Literature About Mental Health and Well-Being Among Immigrant Communities in the United States JF - HEALTH PROMOTION PRACTICE A1 - Rodriguez DX Hill, J McDaniel, PN KW - eppi-reviewer4 health disparities; qualitative research; health research; international; cross-cultural health; minority health; social determinants of health UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS; CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS; DEFERRED ACTION; DISPARITIES; INTEGRATION; LATINO; INTERVENTIONS; IMPACT; ISSUES; YOUTH AB - Immigration-both the experience of migrating and events after migration-can affect the mental health and well-being of immigrants and their communities. However, evidence suggests that immigrants in the United States do not access mental health services to the same extent as nonimmigrants. In particular, immigrant adolescents and young adults may have unique stressors related to their developmental stage, experiences in school and with peer groups, and shifting roles within family systems. This scoping review summarizes findings from published research studies and practitioner-focused gray literature about the mental health needs of immigrant communities in the United States. The review finds that specific mental health needs vary across factors like age, racial/ethnic group, immigration status, and place of residency. Findings also indicate that structural factors like immigration-related laws affect both access to mental health services and stressors in the overall environment for immigrants and their families. This review also explores models of community-level initiatives that utilize strengths-based approaches to promoting mental health and well-being among immigrant communities. Findings highlight the need for a better understanding of the mental health needs and current barriers to care among diverse immigrant populations, as immigration continues to play a major role in U.S. public policy and discourse. The COVID-19 pandemic taking place as this article goes to press in 2020 also raises questions regarding health equity and access for marginalized populations, including immigrants and their communities, and so these findings also indicate the need for further interdisciplinary research to assess intersections among the pandemic's many impacts, including those related to mental health and well-being. DO - 10.1177/1524839920942511 VL - IS - CY - THOUSAND OAKS PB - SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC SN - WOS:000554076300001 U1 - 50806752 N1 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Anthony Fauci, MD, on COVID-19 Vaccines, Schools, and Larry Kramer JF - JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION A1 - Abbasi J KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - DO - 10.1001/jama.2020.9222 VL - 324 IS - 3 SP - 220 EP - 222 CY - CHICAGO PB - AMER MEDICAL ASSOC SN - WOS:000555963000002 U1 - 50806767 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Simulating the effect of school closure during COVID-19 outbreaks in Ontario, Canada JF - BMC MEDICINE A1 - Abdollahi E Haworth-Brockman, M Keynan, Y Langley, JM KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; School closure; Self-isolation; Social distancing; Pandemic; Simulation INFLUENZA-A H1N1; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; HOUSEHOLD TRANSMISSION; CHILDREN; IMPACT PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - Background The province of Ontario, Canada, has instituted indefinite school closures (SC) as well as other social distancing measures to mitigate the impact of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We sought to evaluate the effect of SC on reducing attack rate and the need for critical care during COVID-19 outbreaks, while considering scenarios with concurrent implementation of self-isolation (SI) of symptomatic cases. Methods We developed an age-structured agent-based simulation model and parameterized it with the demographics of Ontario stratified by age and the latest estimates of COVID-19 epidemiologic characteristics. Disease transmission was simulated within and between different age groups by considering inter- and intra-group contact patterns. The effect of SC of varying durations on the overall attack rate, magnitude and peak time of the outbreak, and requirement for intensive care unit (ICU) admission in the population was estimated. Secondly, the effect of concurrent community-based voluntary SI of symptomatic COVID-19 cases was assessed. Results SC reduced attack rates in the range of 7.2-12.7% when the duration of SC increased from 3 to 16 weeks, when contacts among school children were restricted by 60-80%, and in the absence of SI by mildly symptomatic persons. Depending on the scenario, the overall reduction in ICU admissions attributed to SC throughout the outbreak ranged from 3.3 to 6.7%. When SI of mildly symptomatic persons was included and practiced by 20%, the reduction of attack rate and ICU admissions exceeded 6.3% and 9.1% (on average), respectively, in the corresponding scenarios. Conclusion Our results indicate that SC may have limited impact on reducing the burden of COVID-19 without measures to interrupt the chain of transmission during both pre-symptomatic and symptomatic stages. While highlighting the importance of SI, our findings indicate the need for better understanding of the epidemiologic characteristics of emerging diseases on the effectiveness of social distancing measures. DO - 10.1186/s12916-020-01705-8 VL - 18 IS - 1 CY - LONDON PB - BMC SN - WOS:000555750700001 U1 - 50806761 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Adapting to online teaching during COVID-19 school closure: teacher education and teacher competence effects among early career teachers in Germany JF - EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TEACHER EDUCATION A1 - Konig J Jager-Biela, DJ Glutsch, N KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; ICT; teacher competence; technological pedagogical knowledge; teacher education SELF-EFFICACY; KNOWLEDGE; METAANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - As in many countries worldwide, as part of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown schools in Germany closed in March 2020 and only partially re-opened in May. Teachers were confronted with the need to adapt to online teaching. This paper presents the results of a survey of early career teachers conducted in May and June 2020. First, we analysed the extent to which they maintained social contact with students and mastered core teaching challenges. Second, we analysed potential factors (school computer technology, teacher competence such as their technological pedagogical knowledge, and teacher education learning opportunities pertaining to digital teaching and learning). Findings from regression analyses show that information and communication technologies (ICT) tools, particularly digital teacher competence and teacher education opportunities to learn digital competence, are instrumental in adapting to online teaching during COVID-19 school closures. Implications are discussed for the field of teacher education and the adoption of ICT by teachers. DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/02619768.2020.1809650 VL - IS - CY - ABINGDON PB - ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD SN - WOS:000560480000001 U1 - 50806710 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Addressing the Consequences of School Closure Due to COVID-19 on Children's Physical and Mental Well-Being JF - WORLD MEDICAL & HEALTH POLICY A1 - Hoffman JA Miller, EA KW - eppi-reviewer4 health; mental health; food assistance; obesity prevention; schools; homelessness; maltreatment; COVID-19 HEALTH-CARE AB - Prolonged school closures are one of the most disruptive forces in the COVID-19 era. School closures have upended life for children and families, and educators have been forced to determine how to provide distance learning. Schools are also an essential source of nonacademic supports in the way of health and mental health services, food assistance, obesity prevention, and intervention in cases of homelessness and maltreatment. This article focuses on the physical and emotional toll resulting from school closures and the withdrawal of nonacademic supports that students rely on. The COVID-19 pandemic is shining a spotlight on how important schools are for meeting children's nonacademic needs. We argue that when students return to school there will be a more acute and wider-spread need for school-based nonacademic services and supports. Further, we expect that COVID-19 will serve as a focusing event opening a window of opportunity for programmatic and policy change that improves nonacademic services and supports in the future. DO - 10.1002/wmh3.365 VL - IS - CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000560795600001 U1 - 50806709 N1 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Advancing scientific knowledge in times of pandemics JF - NATURE REVIEWS IMMUNOLOGY A1 - Vabret N Samstein, R Fernandez, N Merad, M KW - eppi-reviewer4 AB - Researchers at the Precision Immunology Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine (PrIISM), New York, describe their contribution to the global research effort against COVID-19 by trying to separate signal from noise in the preprint arena. This Comment article from the Precision Immunology Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine (PrIISM), New York, describes their efforts to provide critical reviews of COVID-19 articles posted daily on the preprint servers bioRxiv and medRxiv. DO - 10.1038/s41577-020-0319-0 VL - IS - CY - LONDON PB - NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP SN - WOS:000528330200002 U1 - 50806923 N1 - Immunology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Evidence from the Lebanon Global School-based Student Health Survey on midwakh tobacco smoking in school students: a harbinger of the next global tobacco pandemic? JF - EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN HEALTH JOURNAL A1 - Afifi R Saravanan, M El Salibi, N Nakkash, R Rady KW - eppi-reviewer4 tobacco use; smoking; midwakh pipe; students; Lebanon DOKHA SMOKING; SYSTEMS; FORM PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - Background: Cigarette smoking is the most common form of tobacco consumption but other methods have grown in popularity. In the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf countries, smoking dokha, a form of tobacco mixed with herbs and spices in a midwakh pipe, is common. Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of midwakh use in school students in Lebanon and factors associated with its use. Methods: Data on tobacco use from the Lebanon Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS), 2017 were analysed, including current midwakh use (defined as midwakh use at least once in the 30 days before the survey). The survey includes school students in grades 7-12 (12-18 years). Current midwakh use was analysed according to sociodemographic and tobacco-related variables using bivariate and logistic regression analyses. Results: Of the 5590 students included in the analysis, 4.6% were current midwakh users. Current midwakh use was significantly more prevalent in students 13 years and older and in male students (P < 0.01). Current use was also statistically significantly more prevalent in students in public than private schools. Current cigarette smoking (OR = 15.22; 95% CI: 11.08-20.90), ever use of a waterpipe (OR = 9.61; 95% CI: 6.66-13.86) and parental smoking (OR = 1.56; 95% CI: 1.05-2.31) were also significantly associated with current midwakh use. Conclusion: Although midwakh use is low in Lebanon, the patterns of association of midwakh use are similar to those of cigarette and waterpipe smoking in young people. Further research is needed to understand the context of midwakh use and prevent it from spreading.' DO - 10.26719/2020.26.1.116 VL - 26 IS - 1 SP - 116 EP - 121 CY - NASR CITY, CAIRO PB - WHO EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGIONAL OFFICE SN - WOS:000511140700016 U1 - 50806978 N1 - Health Care Sciences & Services; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Investment Behavior of Orphan and Nonorphan Investors During COVID-19 in Shanghai Stock Market JF - PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT A1 - Ahmad MI Zhuang, WQ Sattar, A KW - eppi-reviewer4 global pandemic; risk-taking behavior; adulthood; investment choices RISK-TAKING; PARENTAL DEATH; SCHOOL; GENDER; SCALE PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - `Purpose: Orphaned children carry many psychological and emotional issues with them throughout their lives, which influence every decision they make, including investment decisions. A lack of self-determination and low confidence may make orphans make more risky decisions than their nonorphan counterparts. In this study, we aimed to see how this risky behavior was reflected in investment choices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A well-structured questionnaire was distributed to 230 adult investors (130 orphans and 100 nonorphans) between January 22 and March 13, 2020. Results: Orphans were found to be risk-takers during the COVID-19 pandemic, as hypothesized from their childhood history. Moreover, female investors showed more sensible (less risky) behavior than male investors when investing in fixed-income securities. Income and age showed significant inverse relationships with risk tolerance, while education showed a positive but insignificant effect. Conclusion: This study indicates that orphan investors enjoy taking risks and their behavior toward risk remains consistent, even in abnormal conditions, such as a global pandemic. It also suggests that their risk-taking behavior remains stable from orphanhood through to adulthood, contradicting many reports that orphans make reasonable decisions in adulthood. DO - 10.2147/PRBM.S260541 VL - 13 IS - SP - 705 EP - 711 CY - ALBANY PB - DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD SN - WOS:000563045600001 U1 - 50806956 N1 - Psychology; Psychiatry ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Public Trust and Compliance with the Precautionary Measures Against COVID-19 Employed by Authorities in Saudi Arabia JF - RISK MANAGEMENT AND HEALTHCARE POLICY A1 - Almutairi AF BaniMustafa, A Alessa, YM Almutairi, SB A KW - eppi-reviewer4 precautionary measures; infectious disease; compliance; public trust HEALTH; RIYADH PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - Background: The newly emerged and highly infectious coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which first broke out in Wuhan, China, has invaded most countries around the globe. As both the daily positive cases and death toll increase, countries have taken aggressive action to halt its spread. Saudi Arabia recognized the danger early and implemented a series of urgent precautions. Thus, this study aims to evaluate public trust and compliance with the precautionary measures implemented by authorities to combat the COVID-19. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of the Saudi public using an electronic questionnaire during the COVID-19 outbreak. The data, which were collected using a validated public trust and compliance tool, were analyzed using the chi-square test, t test, and binary logistic regression. Findings: Of the 1232 participants, there were 655 (53.2%) males and 577 (46.8%) females with 34 +/- 10 years as the mean and standard deviation of their age. Participants demonstrated a high level of trust and agreement (98.2%) with the implemented precautionary measures. A positive association between participants' age and their level of agreement with the government actions (r=-.082, P=0.004) was observed, with a significant difference between males (97.1 +/- 6.2) and females (98.0 +/- 4.7) (t=-2.7, P=0.006). Among the participants, 657 (53.3%) were considered to be practicing poor precautionary measures and 575 (46.7%) good precautionary measures. Males (OR=1.8 times, P<0.001) and those with a school education level (OR=1.7 times, P=0.002) were more likely to have poor precautionary practices compared to others. Married individuals (369, 49.0%; P=0.04) were more likely to comply with good practices. Conclusion: A high level of trust was exhibited by the Saudi public in relation to the precautionary measures taken by authorities in Saudi Arabia. Gender, age, marital status, and educational level were found to be significant factors with regard to compliance with precautionary practices. DO - 10.2147/RMHP.S257287 VL - 13 IS - SP - 753 EP - 760 CY - ALBANY PB - DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD SN - WOS:000546651100001 U1 - 50806967 N1 - Health Care Sciences & Services ER - TY - JOUR T1 - How technology affects instruction for English learners JF - PHI DELTA KAPPAN A1 - Altavilla J KW - eppi-reviewer4 technology; English language learners; Els; ELLs; language; second-language; software; online; speech-recognition; digital divide; pandemic; COVID-19 LANGUAGE LEARNERS; EDUCATION PY - 2020 DA - 2020/09// Y1 - 2020/09// AB - In response to federal policy and the COVID-19 pandemic, schools and districts are using technology to support students designated as English learners (ELs). However, school leaders and teachers have little guidance about how to implement technology effectively to foster these students' language development and content instruction. To address this need, Jennifer Altavilla raises three concerns specific to technology use with ELs: (1) Technology accessibility and use are equally important, (2) Technologies have baked-in biases, (3) Technology should promote authentic social interaction. DO - 10.1177/0031721720956841 VL - 102 IS - 1 SP - 18 EP - 23 CY - THOUSAND OAKS PB - SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC SN - WOS:000563018500015 U1 - 50806693 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Dealing with sleep problems during home confinement due to the COVID-19 outbreak: Practical recommendations from a task force of the European CBT-I Academy JF - JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH A1 - Altena E Baglioni, C Espie, CA Ellis, J Gavriloff, KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; home confinement; sleep problems; stress COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; INFANT SLEEP; STRESS; INSOMNIA; TIME; DISRUPTION; MOTHERS; FATHERS; IMPACT PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - In the current global home confinement situation due to the COVID-19 outbreak, most individuals are exposed to an unprecedented stressful situation of unknown duration. This may not only increase daytime stress, anxiety and depression levels, but also disrupt sleep. Importantly, because of the fundamental role that sleep plays in emotion regulation, sleep disturbance can have direct consequences upon next day emotional functioning. In this paper, we summarize what is known about the stress-sleep link and confinement as well as effective insomnia treatment. We discuss those effects of the current home confinement situation that can disrupt sleep but also those that could benefit sleep quality. We suggest adaptions of cognitive behavioural therapy elements that are feasible to implement for those facing changed work schedules and requirements, those with health anxiety and those handling childcare and home-schooling, whilst also recognizing the general limitations imposed on physical exercise and social interaction. Managing sleep problems as best as possible during home confinement can limit stress and possibly prevent disruptions of social relationships. DO - 10.1111/jsr.13052 VL - 29 IS - 4 CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000530428200001 U1 - 50806902 N1 - Neurosciences & Neurology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on funding basic education JF - REVISTA DE ADMINISTRACAO PUBLICA A1 - Alves T Farenzena, N Silveira, AAD Pinto, JMD KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; school funding; educational inequalities; educational policies PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - This article aims to estimate the impact of lower tax revenues on the funding of basic education, in the context of the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Three hypothetical scenarios of lowering tax revenues are estimated and analyzed, along with their effects on the investment in education in the states and municipalities, per-pupil and overall, using a methodology that combines data on tax revenues, mandatory allocation in education, and enrollment numbers. In the most optimistic scenario, the reduction of 7% in the net tax revenues would lead to a decrease in investment in basic education of more than R$ 16.6 billion. The monthly per-pupil expenditure, which in 2018 was R$ 460 on average, could drop between 4.1% and 26.9% depending on which scenario is considered. This probable reduction in revenues requires urgent measures to attenuate the deepening of educational inequalities, converging to the transference of federal funds to sub-national governments. Finally, we highlight the economic virtue of investing in education, when considering the capillarity of education, and its character of intensive investment in personnel. DO - 10.1590/0034-761220200279x VL - 54 IS - 4 SP - 979 EP - 993 CY - RIO DE JANEIRO RJ PB - FUNDACAO GETULIO VARGAS, EDITORA SN - WOS:000565842100024 U1 - 50806802 N1 - Public Administration ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Food Acquisition in the Geography of Brazilian Obesity JF - FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH A1 - Alves CE Dal' Magro, GP Viacava, KR Dewes, H KW - eppi-reviewer4 supply chain; agribusiness; short supply chain; food insecurity; food security; malnutrition; hunger; agri-food INSECURITY; GENDER; INCOME PY - 2020 DA - 2020/03// Y1 - 2020/03// AB - Overweight and obesity are a worldwide pandemic with geographic differences. Possible explanations include variable access to food and its quality, dietary habits of the populations, behavioral patterns, and characteristics of the food markets. This study aimed to examine the acquisition of food in the different regions of Brazil and to relate it with the geography of Brazilian obesity. We used data provided by a Brazilian official organ, which gathers periodic data on the household food acquisition. Descriptive statistics and multidimensional scaling techniques were used to ascertain the similarity of food acquisition among populations in the Brazilian states. High levels of overweight and obesity occur in all states (>44%), especially in the southern half of the country (>54%). We found differences in the food acquisition patterns throughout the country. Furthermore, we identify that states with similar dietary patterns have similar population levels of overweight and obesity, demonstrating a possible relationship between the food supply models and these food insecurity manifestations as expressed in the individual health. However, the occurrence of regional singularities suggests that the food supply model constitutes only one of the multiple variables that compete for diversity in the Brazilian regional distribution of obesity and overweight. We found that socioeconomic conditions influence nutritional misalignment in the geography of Brazil. Our results show that overweight and obesity have a higher occurrence in middle age (35-79 years), and it is more present in females. Moreover, women with lower education and lower incomes have higher levels of overweight and obesity, an association of unhealthy food intake with poverty. In men, obesity is more frequent in those with more schooling and higher incomes. Based on the widely variable geographical characteristics of the distant states of Brazil, we conclude that overweight and obesity go beyond an individual lifestyle and access to quality food, and is more related to a complex framing of factors, like schooling, age, sex, income, feeding patterns, food markets, and anthropological circumstances. DO - 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00037 VL - 8 IS - CY - LAUSANNE PB - FRONTIERS MEDIA SA SN - WOS:000525031900001 U1 - 50806945 N1 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Learning in times of lockdown: how Covid-19 is affecting education and food security in India JF - FOOD SECURITY A1 - Alvi M Gupta, M KW - eppi-reviewer4 School feeding programs; Covid-19; Education; Maternal nutrition; Nutrition security; Child health; Gender SCHOOL MEALS PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - A vast majority of the relief and rehabilitation packages announced in the months following the nationwide lockdown in India have focused on economic rehabilitation. However, the education sector has remained absent from this effort, including in India's central government's 250 billion dollar stimulus package. In this paper, we discuss the implications of lockdown-induced school and rural child-care center closures on education and health outcomes for the urban and rural poor. We especially focus on food and nutritional security of children who depend on school feeding and supplementary nutrition programs. We argue that the impacts are likely to be much more severe for girls as well as for children from already disadvantaged ethnic and caste groups. We also discuss ways in which existing social security programs can be leveraged and strengthened to ameliorate these impacts. DO - 10.1007/s12571-020-01065-4 VL - 12 IS - 4 SP - 793 EP - 796 CY - NEW YORK PB - SPRINGER SN - WOS:000547605900001 U1 - 50806787 N1 - Food Science & Technology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19 medical papers have fewer women first authors than expected JF - ELIFE A1 - Andersen JP Nielsen, MW Simone, NL Lewiss, RE Jagsi, KW - eppi-reviewer4 GENDER PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in school closures and distancing requirements that have disrupted both work and family life for many. Concerns exist that these disruptions caused by the pandemic may not have influenced men and women researchers equally. Many medical journals have published papers on the pandemic, which were generated by researchers facing the challenges of these disruptions. Here we report the results of an analysis that compared the gender distribution of authors on 1893 medical papers related to the pandemic with that on papers published in the same journals in 2019, for papers with first authors and last authors from the United States. Using mixed-effects regression models, we estimated that the proportion of COVID-19 papers with a woman first author was 19% lower than that for papers published in the same journals in 2019, while our comparisons for last authors and overall proportion of women authors per paper were inconclusive. A closer examination suggested that women's representation as first authors of COVID-19 research was particularly low for papers published in March and April 2020. Our findings are consistent with the idea that the research productivity of women, especially early-career women, has been affected more than the research productivity of men. DO - 10.7554/eLife.58807 VL - 9 IS - CY - CAMBRIDGE PB - ELIFE SCIENCES PUBLICATIONS LTD SN - WOS:000543494400001 U1 - 50806853 N1 - Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Trauma-Informed Strategies to Support Complexly Traumatized Adolescents in Schools in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic JF - THEORY IN ACTION A1 - Aponte EM KW - eppi-reviewer4 Adolescent Development; Education; Policy; Reform; COVID-19; Identity; Trauma-Informed Strategies PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - Complexly and collective traumatic experiences change the brain's structure and functioning. This affects children's and adolescents' perception and abilities to integrate information into a cohesive whole. It alters adolescents' developmental trajectory in seven domains including cognition, affect regulation, and behavioral control. These survivors need access to support systems to help them develop stable relationships that scaffold therapeutic practices to foster neuroplasticity, which facilitates coping and building resilience. Education policy reform addressing the need for courses in neuro-education for complexly and collectively traumatized students in the aftermath of COVID-19, trauma-informed strategies and a systematic campaign to raise awareness are recommended. Additional research that focuses on adolescent trauma prevalence is necessary. (C) 2020 by The Transformative Studies Institute. All rights reserved. DO - 10.3798/tia.1937-0237.2040 VL - 13 IS - 3 SP - 124 EP - 139 CY - FAIR LAWN PB - TRANSFORMATIVE STUDIES INST SN - WOS:000558587800006 U1 - 50806809 N1 - Social Sciences - Other Topics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Application of creative learning principles within blended teacher professional development on integration of computer programming education into elementary and middle school classrooms JF - INFORMATION AND LEARNING SCIENCES A1 - Murai Y Muramatsu, H KW - eppi-reviewer4 Online learning; Professional development; Blended learning; Community of practice; Computer programming education; Creative learning ONLINE COMMUNITIES; PARTICIPATION AB - Purpose - While it is particularly important that professional programs help teachers become members of a community of practice, especially in crisis situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a lack of research about strategies to effectively encourage the development of a community of practice and to support teachers' transformation of their way of teaching. Thus, this paper aims to report on lessons learned from a blended professional development (PD) program for elementary and middle school teachers in Japan focused on computer programming education. In particular, the authors explored how application of the creative learning principles in the blended teacher PD may have helped to nurture a community of practice among teachers in Japan, and how the creative learning principles may be a valuable framework for designing online or blended teacher PD to support teachers' transition into emergency remote education. Design/methodology/approach - This paper reports on the lessons learned from two iterations of blended teacher PD situated within a larger design-based research project on applying creative learning pedagogy in teacher PD. Creative learning is a learning approach focused on engagement in personally meaningful projects by tinkering with materials and learning from peers. A total of 26 teachers and coaches participated, all of whom work in elementary or middle schools across Nagano prefecture in Japan. Participant experiences were evaluated based on a pre-survey and a post-survey conducted before and after the in-person kick-off camp; observation notes taken; a final report submitted by each teacher; a debrief meeting at the end of the program; and semi-structured interviews with three selected participants after the program concluded. For this paper, the authors focus on two participants who fully and actively engaged in the program, and they introduce their stories to highlight the outcomes from the PD. Findings - The results highlight how a blended PD designed to support creative learning of teachers provided teachers with opportunities to gain help from other teachers and cultivate their expertise. The results also illustrated that how a community of practice emerged from the PD program, providing teachers with moral support when they tried new lesson designs. This paper offers several recommendations for designing professional learning experiences for instructional designers and professional developers that incorporate remote learning technologies. Originality/value - While an increased number of studies have shown the values of online and blended communities of practice for teacher PD, there are still limited insights on different strategies to support teachers in transforming their teaching practices. They generally do not provide teachers with opportunities to continue learning with and from one another beyond the program itself. This study examined the teachers' experiences in a unique PD that implemented a creative learning approach into a blended learning environment for teachers. DO - 10.1108/ILS-04-2020-0122 VL - IS - CY - BINGLEY PB - EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000547549600001 U1 - 50806826 N1 - Information Science & Library Science ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Considering inequalities in the school closure response to COVID-19 JF - LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH A1 - Armitage R Nellums, LB KW - eppi-reviewer4 CHILDREN PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - DO - 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30116-9 VL - 8 IS - 5 SP - E644 EP - E644 CY - OXFORD PB - ELSEVIER SCI LTD SN - WOS:000529064000017 U1 - 50806919 N1 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Medical education engagement during the COVID-19 era - A student parents perspective JF - MEDICAL EDUCATION ONLINE A1 - Arowoshola L KW - eppi-reviewer4 Medical education; student parents; online teaching; home-schooling; education engagement PY - 2020 DA - 2020/01// Y1 - 2020/01// AB - The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the delivery of medical education and has limited the ability of student parents to fully engage with their studies. Student parents have been faced with additional challenges such as increased childcare roles and home-schooling responsibilities, splitting their focus. Identifying the issues student parents face and adopting workable solutions at all levels, will ensure the best outcomes for these students and better preparedness for the future. DO - 10.1080/10872981.2020.1788799 VL - 25 IS - 1 CY - ABINGDON PB - TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD SN - WOS:000545812200001 U1 - 50806969 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Initial evidence on the relationship between the coronavirus pandemic and crime in the United States JF - CRIME SCIENCE A1 - Ashby MPJ KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; Coronavirus; Crime; Crime trends EVENTS PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - The COVID-19 pandemic led to substantial changes in the daily activities of millions of Americans, with many businesses and schools closed, public events cancelled and states introducing stay-at-home orders. This article used police-recorded open crime data to understand how the frequency of common types of crime changed in 16 large cities across the United States in the early months of 2020. Seasonal auto-regressive integrated moving average (SARIMA) models of crime in previous years were used to forecast the expected frequency of crime in 2020 in the absence of the pandemic. The forecasts from these models were then compared to the actual frequency of crime during the early months of the pandemic. There were no significant changes in the frequency of serious assaults in public or (contrary to the concerns of policy makers) any change to the frequency of serious assaults in residences. In some cities, there were reductions in residential burglary but little change in non-residential burglary. Thefts of motor vehicles decreased in some cities while there were diverging patterns of thefts from motor vehicles. These results are used to make suggestions for future research into the relationships between the coronavirus pandemic and different crimes. DO - 10.1186/s40163-020-00117-6 VL - 9 IS - 1 CY - LONDON PB - BMC SN - WOS:000536793700001 U1 - 50806894 N1 - Criminology & Penology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Social determinants of health: the role of effective communication in the COVID-19 pandemic in developing countries JF - GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION A1 - Ataguba OA Ataguba, JE KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; social determinants of health; effective communication; developing countries RISK COMMUNICATION PY - 2020 DA - 2020/12// Y1 - 2020/12// AB - The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected many countries with increasing morbidity and mortality. Interestingly, many of the actions and policies adopted in countries are linked to the social determinants of health (SDH). The SDH are critical determinants of health and health inequalities that are not directly within the health sector. Policies such as social distancing, good hygiene, avoiding large gatherings, cancelling of social and sports events, using personal protective equipment, schools and restaurants closure, country lockdown, etc. are not necessarily within the health sector but have been promoted to prevent and attenuate COVID-19 infection rates significantly. The SDH that serve to reduce morbidity will forestall or substantially reduce the pressure on many weak health systems in developing countries that cannot cope with increased hospitalisation and intensive health care. This paper argues that one of the most critical social determinants of health (i.e. effective crisis and risk communication), is crucial in many developing countries, including those with fewer confirmed coronavirus cases. We note that the effectiveness of many of the other SDH in reducing the burden of the COVID-19 pandemic hinges on effective communication, especially crisis and risk communication. Although many countries are adopting different communication strategies during the COVID-19 crisis, effective crisis and risk communication will lead to building trust, credibility, honesty, transparency, and accountability. The peculiarity of many developing countries in terms of regional, cultural, linguistic and ethnic diversity is an essential consideration in ensuring effective crisis and risk communication. Developing countries facing significant poverty and disease burden cannot afford to handle the burgeoning of COVID-19 infections and must take preventive measures seriously. Thus, we submit that there is a need to intensify SDH actions and ensure that no one is left behind when communicating crisis and risk to the population to address the COVID-19 pandemic. DO - 10.1080/16549716.2020.1788263 VL - 13 IS - 1 CY - ABINGDON PB - TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD SN - WOS:000547684200001 U1 - 50806687 N1 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - EFL Classes Must Go Online! Teaching Activities and Challenges during COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia JF - REGISTER JOURNAL A1 - Atmojo AEP A1 - Nugroho A KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; EFL teachers; online EFL learning; technology enhanced language learning; technology in language learning PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - In view of the COVID-19 pandemic and government policy to carry out online learning, the present research is aimed at investigating how EFL teachers carry out online EFL learning and its challenges. 16 EFL teachers volunteered to participate in this research through invitation. The EFL teachers were requested to make written reflections regarding their practices in carrying out online EFL learning and the challenges they encounter. Five of them were involved in a follow-up interview individually. Semi-structured interview was administered. Data coding was done and appropriate extracts were informed in results section. To validate the data, data coding was done independently by both researchers, continued by several cycles of discussion. As results, the EFL teachers have carried out online learning through a series of activities ranging from checking the students' attendance to giving score on the students' works synchronously or asynchronously depending on each school policy. Various applications and platforms ranging from learning management system to additional resource are employed. However, many problems emerge from the students, the teachers, and the students' parents along with the valid reasons. Therefore, the online learning does not run well since it lacks of preparation and planning. Implications for better online learning are discussed. Future prospective researches are directed and encouraged. DO - https://doi.org/10.18326/rgt.v13i1.49-76 VL - 13 IS - 1 SP - 49 EP - 76 CY - SALATIGA PB - STATE INST ISLAMIC STUDIES SALATIGA, TEACHER TRAINING & EDUC FAC SN - WOS:000537545000002 U1 - 50806974 N1 - Education & Educational Research; Linguistics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - School Geography under COVID-19: Geographical Knowledge in the German Formal Education JF - TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR ECONOMISCHE EN SOCIALE GEOGRAFIE A1 - Bagoly-Simo P Hartmann, J Reinke, V KW - eppi-reviewer4 Geography education; Germany; interview; COVID-19; geographical knowledge; powerful knowledge PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - This paper aims to explore some of the changes affecting the teaching and learning of secondary geography as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In doing so, it sets a focus on geographical knowledge and its alteration in times of extraordinary measures to diagnose its challenges. Against the background of current debates on competence- and standard-based education from the sociology and history of education as well as from geography education, problem-centred interviews served to explore the perspectives of 15 German secondary school teachers on the alterations their Geography teaching suffered since the COVID-19 lockdown. Analytical categories were general challenges, communication with stakeholders, educational media usage, and the role of COVID-19 in geographical knowledge acquisition. The results uncovered, along with systemic challenges, two main areas in need of consideration to redefine subject-specific knowledge in times of competence-based education, namely geography teachers' professional identity and perspectives on the role of geographical competencies. DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12452 VL - 111 IS - 3 SP - 224 EP - 238 CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000546539700004 U1 - 50806821 N1 - Business & Economics; Geography ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Coronavirus Disease 2019, School Closures, and Children's Mental Health JF - JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY A1 - Bahn GH KW - eppi-reviewer4 Coronavirus disease 2019; COVID-19; School closures; Children; Mental health; Economy; Pandemic; Resilience PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; SARS OUTBREAK; IMPACT; CARE; TRANSMISSION; WORKERS; CHINA; LIFE PY - 2020 DA - 2020/04// Y1 - 2020/04// AB - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was first identified in Wuhan, China, in late December of 2019 is rapidly spreading across the globe. The South Korean government has ordered the closure of all schools, as part of its attempts to use social distancing measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The effects of the school closures on reducing contagion are generally positive; however, the measure is controversial because of the socioeconomic ripple effect that accompanies it. The author briefly reviewed the existing literature on the mental health aspects of disasters and presents the issues related to school closures due to pandemics, from medical and socioeconomic perspectives and in terms of children's mental health. The results of this review suggest that research on children's mental health in relation to the adoption of school closures as a pandemic mitigation strategy is urgently needed. DO - 10.5765/jkacap.200010 VL - 31 IS - 2 SP - 74 EP - 79 CY - SEOUL PB - KOREAN ACAD CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY SN - WOS:000525761900006 U1 - 50806935 N1 - Psychiatry ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Weathering the storm: School funding in the COVID-19 era JF - PHI DELTA KAPPAN A1 - Baker BD Weber, M Atchison, D KW - eppi-reviewer4 school finance; budget; crisis; COVID-19; pandemic; funding; taxes; federal; state; equity STAR PY - 2020 DA - 2020/09// Y1 - 2020/09// AB - The COVID-19 pandemic is creating a crisis in state and local budgets, potentially leaving many schools to face budgetary declines even as they've had to transform the way they serve their students, particularly those who are most vulnerable. Bruce Baker, Mark Weber, and Drew Atchison offer four recommendations for mitigating the looming fiscal crisis. 1) Provide a robust federal aid package; 2) Consider tax increases; 3) Distribute state aid equitably; and 4) Cancel aid programs that favor affluent districts. DO - 10.1177/0031721720956839 VL - 102 IS - 1 SP - 8 EP - 13 CY - THOUSAND OAKS PB - SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC SN - WOS:000563018500013 U1 - 50806692 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - While We Wait for a Vaccine Against SARS-CoV-2, Why Not Think About Available Drugs? JF - FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY A1 - Barrantes FJ KW - eppi-reviewer4 coronavirus; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; design drugs; ACE2; prophylaxis ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME-2; RESPIRATORY-DISTRESS-SYNDROME; RECEPTOR-BINDING DOMAIN; MOUSE HEPATITIS-VIRUS; KAWASAKI-LIKE DISEASE; SARS CORONAVIRUS; FUNCTIONAL RECEPTOR; SPIKE PROTEIN; SURFACE-AREA; MERS-COV PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - At the time of reception of this article (April 2, 2020), efforts to develop a specific vaccine against SARS-Cov-2, the causative agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), had just begun trial phase 1, but full validation of this and other current developments is likely to take many more months to reach completion. The ongoing pandemic constitutes a major health burden of world proportions that is also having a devastating impact on whole economies worldwide, the knock-on effects of which could be catastrophic especially in poorer countries. Alternative measures to ameliorate the impact and hamper or minimally slow down disease progression are urgently called for. This review discusses past and currently evolving data on the etiological agent of the current pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, and its host cell receptors with a view to disclosing alternative drugs for palliative or therapeutic approaches. Firstly, SARS-CoV-2 exhibits marked tropism for cells that harbor the membrane-bound metalloprotease angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) at their plasmalemma, predominantly in cells lining the oral cavity, upper respiratory tract, and bronchoalveolar cells, making these epithelial mucosae the most likely viral receptor cell targets and entry routes. Secondly, the crystal structures of several coronavirus spike proteins in complex with their cell host target receptors, and of SARS-Cov-2 in complex with an inhibitor, are now available at atomic resolution through X-ray diffraction and cryo-electron microscopy studies. Thirdly, viral entry of other viruses has been successfully blocked by inhibiting viral endogenous proteases or clathrin/dynamin-dependent endocytosis, the same internalization pathway followed by ACE2 and some viruses. Fourthly, the target cell-surface receptor molecules and SARS-CoV-2 possess other putative sites for drugs potentially modulating receptor activity or virus processing. A multi-pronged pharmacological approach attacking more than one flank of the viral-receptor interactions is worth considering as a front-line strategy. DO - 10.3389/fphys.2020.00820 VL - 11 IS - CY - LAUSANNE PB - FRONTIERS MEDIA SA SN - WOS:000552341500001 U1 - 50806792 N1 - Physiology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Medical schools receive $5 million to support trainees during pandemic JF - CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL A1 - Batara L KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - DO - 10.1503/cmaj.1095866 VL - 192 IS - 19 SP - E523 EP - E523 CY - OTTAWA PB - CMA-CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOC SN - WOS:000536083700011 U1 - 50806898 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - E-learning in 15 days. Challenges and renovations in Primary and Secondary Education of the Republic of Croatia during the COVID-19 crisis. How have we Introduced distance Learning? JF - REVISTA ESPANOLA DE EDUCACION COMPARADA A1 - Bautista AS Lissen, ES KW - eppi-reviewer4 Republic of Croatia; Information and Communication Technologies; distance learning; COVID19; digital skills PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - The Republic of Croatia initiated in 2015 a pilot project named e-School that included, among its aims, the development of a model of "digitally mature" schools, so that Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have a relevant place at all educational levels and are incorporated into the curriculum with a view to improve the technological skills of both teachers and students alike. The implementation of this experimental project, which has been given the title of 'School for Life', is expected to be carried out this very year, 2020. Given the current situation that many education systems find themselves in as a result of the COVID19 pandemic, the project has proven to be a particularly timely and significant reform. However, classrooms and educational centres, that have normally been the witnesses of such transformations, have been replaced by a completely different scenario: i. e the home and family environment. It is in this new context in which many of the proposals the reform was created and promoted with must be applied today. Among its challenges was developing a comprehensive change in relation to teaching methods, with an increased emphasis to be placed on technological resources. Nowadays, computers and tablets, together with other technological resources, have become the primary means for its application. Facing this reality, the Croatian Ministry of Science and Education has published several reports in which they present guidelines, specific rules and diverse patterns that may be followed by teachers, headmasters, families and also students, in order to achieve an effective online learning model. Considering both circumstances, a running reform and the need of establishing a new virtual education model due to unexpected circumstances, we analyse in this article reports published by the Croatian government outlining the facilitation of this transition in which the value of the technological resources with regard to curricular reform has been shown. DO - 10.5944/reec.36.2020.27637 VL - IS - 36 SP - 181 EP - 195 CY - MADRID PB - UNIV NACIONAL EDUCACION DISTANCIA SN - WOS:000546492500009 U1 - 50806818 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - "Global Health": Time to Refocus while We still Have Time JF - AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE A1 - Bell D Aronoff-Spencer, E KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - Two decades of growing resource availability from agencies and foundations in wealthy countries has transformed approaches to health in poorly resourced nations. This progress looks increasingly unstable as climate change, social unrest, and, now, disruptive pandemics present threats not only to health but also to the mechanisms that manage it, and to funding itself. The growth in "global health" schools, technology development laboratories, nongovernmental organizations and multilateral institutions in donor countries has delivered not only successes but also disappointment, and reflect a paradigm that is in many ways contrary to the principles of population-based ownership that they espouse. Although the COVID-19 crisis has underlined the importance of health access and health service capacity, we may have a limited window of opportunity in which to rethink the current model and improve both efficiency and effectiveness. With a dose of humility, we may all benefit from studying our own rhetoric on human-centered design and applying these principles across global health to ensure that our approach is effective, efficient, and defensible. DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0081 VL - 102 IS - 6 SP - 1175 EP - 1177 CY - MCLEAN PB - AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE SN - WOS:000538787600015 U1 - 50806880 N1 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Tropical Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Evidence from internet search data shows information-seeking responses to news of local COVID-19 cases JF - PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A1 - Bento AI Nguyen, T Wing, C Lozano-Rojas, F Ahn, YY KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; Google Trends; information PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - The COVID-19 outbreak is a global pandemic with community circulation in many countries, including the United States, with confirmed cases in all states. The course of this pandemic will be shaped by how governments enact timely policies and disseminate information and by how the public reacts to policies and information. Here, we examine information-seeking responses to the first COVID-19 case public announcement in a state. Using an event study framework for all US states, we show that such news increases collective attention to the crisis right away. However, the elevated level of attention is short-lived, even though the initial announcements are followed by increasingly strong policy measures. Specifically, searches for "coronavirus" increased by about 36% (95% CI: 27 to 44%) on the day immediately after the first case announcement but decreased back to the baseline level in less than a week or two. We find that people respond to the first report of COVID-19 in their state by immediately seeking information about COVID-19, as measured by searches for coronavirus, coronavirus symptoms, and hand sanitizer. On the other hand, searches for information regarding community-level policies (e.g., quarantine, school closures, testing) or personal health strategies (e.g., masks, grocery delivery, over-the-counter medications) do not appear to be immediately triggered by first reports. These results are representative of the study period being relatively early in the epidemic, and more-elaborate policy responses were not yet part of the public discourse. Further analysis should track evolving patterns of responses to subsequent flows of public information. DO - 10.1073/pnas.2005335117 VL - 117 IS - 21 SP - 11220 EP - 11222 CY - WASHINGTON PB - NATL ACAD SCIENCES SN - WOS:000536797100011 U1 - 50806892 N1 - Science & Technology - Other Topics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - THE DAD AND "OTHER DEMONS". SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE TEACHING OF PHILOSOPHY AT THE TIME OF THE CORONAVIRUS JF - COMUNICAZIONE FILOSOFICA A1 - Bernardi V KW - eppi-reviewer4 Pandemics; Distance Learning; Assessment PY - 2020 DA - 2020/04// Y1 - 2020/04// AB - The Author analyses the situation of school education, with the buildings closed during the COVID-19 pandemics. The discussion is about the techniques and the problems of distance learning. These techniques are not so new and have some similarities with homeschooling quite spread in USA and the new e-learning. There are some "demons" of distance teaching philosophy that we have to overcome, like the online lessons, the problem of assessment, the relationship between tasks and contents. The article ended with a brief narration of some of the Author with his classes in the virtual world we are living. VL - 44 IS - SP - 5 EP - 13 CY - ROME PB - SOC FILOSOFICA ITALIANA-SFI SN - WOS:000544981500002 U1 - 50806928 N1 - Philosophy ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Beyond COVID-19 supernova. Is another education coming? JF - JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL CAPITAL AND COMMUNITY A1 - Azorin C KW - eppi-reviewer4 Networks; Collective capacity; Educational change; Community engagement AB - Purpose This article explores social and educational responses to COVID-19 as seen through the lens of the Spanish education, in which professional capital and community is at the epicenter of the fight against the pandemic. Design/methodology/approach This is a reflective and forward-thinking piece in which educators are presented as first responders to the crisis. The article is structured in four parts. First, the opportunities and barriers that COVID-19 is encountering in 21st-century education are commented on. Second, there is recognition of the need to be connected more than ever; and the vital role of networks. Third, the article discusses the effort to realize the maxim "not to leave anyone behind." Fourth, the last section summarizes the key points related to the aspects to which education should devote its efforts in the coming months and years in Spain. Findings There is a set of reasons why the Spanish education system is extremely vulnerable to the consequences caused by COVID-19, and these include, among others: the high rates of socioeconomic segregation, of school dropouts and of academic failure; poor culture of networking and collaboration; overcrowded classrooms that hinders quality education; an obsolete curriculum; the consideration of education as a political currency; the need to strengthen bimodal education; and teachers' obligation to update their digital competences. Originality/value The article questions whether another education is possible beyond the pandemic and promotes a deep reflection in this particular context for practitioners and policymakers on which topics more attention could be focused during this time of turmoil. DO - 10.1108/JPCC-05-2020-0019 VL - IS - CY - BINGLEY PB - EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000544429700001 U1 - 50806850 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Beyond Hypervisibility and Fear: British Chinese Communities' Leisure and Health-Related Experiences in the Time of Coronavirus JF - LEISURE SCIENCES A1 - Pang BN KW - eppi-reviewer4 British Chinese students; COVID-19; health-related experiences; leisure; racism AB - This paper examines British Chinese communities' lived experiences of leisure in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The data that inform this paper are based on my ongoing ethnographic research with British Chinese students in two supplementary schools in the United Kingdom (UK) about their leisure and health-related experiences (supported by Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship 2019-2020). The current findings are discussed in relation to my field notes, interviews with the students and their significant others from the schools, and social media sites that report on Chineseness and COVID-19. Results include the participants' change of lifestyles; fear and the pandemic; experiences of racism in relation to their leisure; and leisure and solidarity among Chinese communities. As a Hong Kong Chinese Australian researcher situated in the UK, I have an "insider and outsider" positionality which has an impact on data collection with the participants amidst the pandemic. DO - 10.1080/01490400.2020.1773991 VL - IS - CY - PHILADELPHIA PB - TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC SN - WOS:000548073600001 U1 - 50806840 N1 - Social Sciences - Other Topics; Sociology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A Compilation of Short Takes on Working from Home JF - JOURNAL OF SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING A1 - Birchmeier B Dyck, E Baker, KP Buhler, S Lebert, O KW - eppi-reviewer4 work at home; working remotely; telecommute; pandemic; stay-at-home order PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - The guest co-editor invited short essays from five contributors, who write here about their experiences of working from home. For those who are new to this, or new to doing it full-time, the collapse of separation between home and workplace has taken some getting used to, while those for whom working from home has long been business as usual testify to the habits and strategies they've learned for maintaining a separation between work and home life, even when those two spheres occupy the same space. Of those contributors looking forward to a time when they can return to the office and their kids can return to school, some wonder whether living and working at home during the coronavirus quarantine will change how they work even after the separation of home and office is restored. DO - 10.3138/jsp.51.4.05 VL - 51 IS - 4 SP - 246 EP - 262 CY - TORONTO PB - UNIV TORONTO PRESS INC SN - WOS:000552130700005 U1 - 50806813 N1 - Arts & Humanities - Other Topics; Information Science & Library Science ER - TY - JOUR T1 - What the World Could Learn From the Haitian Resilience While Managing COVID-19 JF - PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA-THEORY RESEARCH PRACTICE AND POLICY A1 - Blanc J Louis, EF Joseph, J Castor, C Jean-Louis, KW - eppi-reviewer4 resilience; Haiti; COVID-19; Peyi Lok PY - 2020 DA - 2020/09// Y1 - 2020/09// AB - In the 1st trimester of 2020, there were mixed feelings among Haitians about the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. In effect, many of the concerns emanating from the relatively weak health infrastructure in Haiti were analyzed from a resilience perspective. Many professionals living in Haiti with whom we have conversed believe that Haitians were better prepared to cope with the social distancing and mental health outcomes associated with the pandemic because of their 3-month exposure to the effects of Peyi Lok ("country in lockdown") as well as previous major natural disasters. In that regard. previous traumatic exposures may serve as a buffer against the debilitating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic among Haitians. For the past 3 months, Haitians have naturally adopted a practical posture to cope with the pandemic where only school buildings are closed. Consequently, we remain convinced that from a psychological perspective, individuals from high-income countries that are severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic could learn from the Haitian way of coping with large-scale disasters. DO - 10.1037/tra0000903 VL - 12 IS - 6 SP - 569 EP - 571 CY - WASHINGTON PB - EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC SN - WOS:000563034700002 U1 - 50806697 N1 - Psychology; Psychiatry ER - TY - JOUR T1 - An evidence-based theory of change for reducing SARS-CoV-2 transmission in reopened schools JF - HEALTH & PLACE A1 - Bonell C Melendez-Torres, GJ Viner, RM Rogers, MB KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; SARSCoV2; Schools; Environment; Disease control; Prevention COVID-19 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - Schools have closed worldwide as part of measures to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission but are beginning to reopen in some countries. Various measures are being pursued to minimise transmission but existing guidance has not developed a comprehensive framework or theory of change. We present a framework informed by the occupational health hierarchy of control and a theory of change informed by realist approaches. We present measures focused on elimination, substitution, engineering, administration, education and personal protective equipment. We theorise that such measures offer a means of disrupting SARS-CoV-2 transmission via routes involving fomites, faeco-oral routes, droplets and aerosols. DO - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102398 VL - 64 IS - CY - OXFORD PB - ELSEVIER SCI LTD SN - WOS:000562023800009 U1 - 50806806 N1 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19 reopening causes high risk of irritant contact dermatitis in children JF - DANISH MEDICAL JOURNAL A1 - Borch L Thorsteinsson, K Warner, TC Mikkelsen, CS KW - eppi-reviewer4 HAND ECZEMA; CORONAVIRUSES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; SARS PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - INTRODUCTION: Childhood irritant contact dermatitis (ICD) is the most common cause for developing chronic hand eczema as an adult. The COVID-19 reopening in Denmark included regulations introducing frequent hand washing. The aim of the present study was to evaluate if frequent hand washing increases the incidence of ICD in children. METHODS: We conducted an observational study in Denmark during the reopening of schools and daycare facilities for children aged 0-12 years (April 22nd to May 1st 2020). A questionnaire was sent out to parents in four municipalities consisting of 20 questions about frequency of hand washing, use of hand sanitiser, symptoms of ICD, atopic dermatitis, allergy and predispositions. RESULTS: The study included 6,273 children. In children without any prior symptoms of dermatitis, 42.4% experienced ICD (dry, red and itchy skin) due to increased hand hygiene. Schoolchildren had a 1.5 times greater relative risk of developing ICD than preschool children. Frequency of hand washing was a strong risk factor, whereas this was not the case for alcohol-based hand sanitiser. Hand washing 7-10 times/day and 10 times/day increased the relative risk by 1.83 and 2.23 times, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: A higher frequency of hand washing during the COVID-19 reopening increased the incidence of ICD in children. Hand hygiene is essential in our fight against novel coronavirus, but prophylactic initiatives are important to reduce the possible long-term consequences of ICD in children. VL - 67 IS - 9 CY - COPENHAGEN PB - DANISH MEDICAL ASSOC SN - WOS:000560761700004 U1 - 50806734 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Challenges of teachers during social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a proposal for the teaching of physics using video analysis JF - REVISTA TECNOLOGIA E SOCIEDADE A1 - Bordin GD Peres, M Lenz, JA Bezerra, AG KW - eppi-reviewer4 Video analysis; Tracker; Experimental Activities; Physics teaching; COVID-19 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - The COVID-19 pandemic marks the year 2020 in history. Social isolation is the widest health security measure adopted worldwide and it affects different areas of society. In the educational context, most proposals emphasize remote teaching, and, in the case of Physics, it is very important to enable experimental activities in remote classes. In this sense, we propose the insertion of activities based on video analysis, via the Tracker software, to structure mechanics teaching workshops. These workshops consist on the organization of experimental activities which are previously prepared and applied by our group, as a guiding thread for the experiments conducted by students. The paper dialogues with the references of Information and Communication Technologies, Scientific Modelling, and Science, Technology and Society. The main goal is to present a useful educational tool and to contribute to possible and feasible classroom teaching models, offering support for the current needs faced by schools. DO - 10.3895/rts.v16n43.12186 VL - 16 IS - 43 SP - 147 EP - 157 CY - CURITIBA PB - UNIV TECNOLOGICA FED PARANA-UTFPR SN - WOS:000557287200016 U1 - 50806961 N1 - Social Sciences - Other Topics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Using a Faculty-Developed Documentary-Style Film to Communicate Authentic Chemistry Research to a High School Audience JF - JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION A1 - Burgin SR Sakamaki, Y Tsuji, M Watson, O Heidrick, KW - eppi-reviewer4 High School/Introductory Chemistry; Public Understanding/Outreach; Internet/Web-Based Learning; Applications of Chemistry; Laboratory Equipment/Apparatus; Nanotechnology METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS; SCIENCE; APPRENTICESHIP; EDUCATION; STUDENTS; VIDEOS; MEDIA PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - Described is the creation, deployment, and evaluation of a video produced about the synthesis and applications of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). The goal of this project was to gauge the impact of viewing the video on high school students' conceptions of authentic chemistry practices and applications. Additionally, comparisons were made between the use of the video and more traditional face-to-face presentations given by professional scientists. Observations, student surveys, and an interview with the high school chemistry teacher demonstrated the utility of such a video. Specifically, the students who viewed the video reported learning more about the nature of laboratory work in chemistry than other students who did not view the video. Students, regardless of whether they viewed the video or just received a presentation, reported growth in understandings of the applications of chemistry research and porous nanomaterial. Other research chemists are encouraged to consider ways that they could document on video the research that they are performing in order to introduce an untapped audience (high school students) to authentic chemistry research in a practically simple manner. During times of crisis, such as a pandemic, online videos could be a useful tool for high school chemistry teachers to use in collaboration with research faculty, particularly when schools are closed. DO - 10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00376 VL - 97 IS - 8 SP - 2351 EP - 2355 CY - WASHINGTON PB - AMER CHEMICAL SOC SN - WOS:000562137400043 U1 - 50806717 N1 - Chemistry; Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Gendered effects of school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic JF - LANCET A1 - Burzynska K Contreras, G KW - eppi-reviewer4 HEALTH PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - DO - 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31377-5 VL - 395 IS - 10242 SP - 1968 EP - 1968 CY - NEW YORK PB - ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC SN - WOS:000547825600022 U1 - 50806831 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Debate: COVID-19 and psychological well-being of children and adolescents in Italy JF - CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH A1 - Caffo E Scandroglio, F Asta, L KW - eppi-reviewer4 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19); children; adolescents; psychological well-being; mental health PY - 2020 DA - 2020/09// Y1 - 2020/09// AB - Italy was the first country in Europe to deal with COVID-19. Measures taken by the government to contain the spread of the virus were based mainly on quarantine and social distancing, with dramatic economic, social and psychological consequences. Since March, Italian children and adolescents are facing school closures, which have caused a disruption in the daily lives of millions of young people and their families. To date, despite the slow reopening, the government has decided to maintain school closures for the entire academic year, leaving the future of young people in uncertainty. There is already some evidence that quarantine and social isolation are having negative impact on children's and adolescents' psychological well-being. Moreover, this situation will mainly affect those children and adolescents with pre-existing vulnerabilities and those suffering of mental disorders. It is imperative to keep young people's needs at the core of reconstruction plans, allowing them to return to school safely, and providing them with some strategies to heal and dealing with this stressful and potentially traumatic situation. DO - 10.1111/camh.12405 VL - 25 IS - 3 SP - 167 EP - 168 CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000547303700001 U1 - 50806780 N1 - Psychology; Pediatrics; Psychiatry ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Can pandemics affect educational attainment? Evidence from the polio epidemic of 1916 JF - CLIOMETRICA A1 - Meyers K Thomasson, MA KW - eppi-reviewer4 Epidemics; Polio; Schooling disruption; Educational attainment CHILD LABOR LAWS; UNITED-STATES; SCHOOL; HEALTH; POLIOMYELITIS; ATTENDANCE; EMERGENCE; QUALITY; AMERICA AB - We leverage the largest polio outbreak in US history, the 1916 polio epidemic, to study how epidemic-related school interruptions affect educational attainment. Using polio morbidity as a proxy for epidemic exposure, we find that children aged 10 and under, and school-aged children of legal working age with greater exposure to the epidemic experienced reduced educational attainment compared to their slightly older peers. These reductions in observed educational attainment persist even after accounting for the influenza epidemic of 1918. DO - 10.1007/s11698-020-00212-3 VL - IS - CY - HEIDELBERG PB - SPRINGER HEIDELBERG SN - WOS:000552939700002 U1 - 50806760 N1 - Business & Economics; History; Social Sciences - Other Topics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Cause for concerns: gender inequality in experiencing the COVID-19 lockdown in Germany JF - EUROPEAN SOCIETIES A1 - Czymara CS Langenkamp, A Cano, T KW - eppi-reviewer4 Corona; cognitive labor; pandemic; gender; Germany; topic models TIME AB - COVID-19 is having a tremendous impact on gender relations, as care needs have been magnified due to schools and day-care closures. Using topic modeling on over 1,100 open reports from a survey fielded during the first four weeks of the lockdown in Germany, we shed light on how personal experiences of the lockdown differ between women and men. Our results show that, in general, people were most concerned about social contacts and childcare. However, we find clear differences among genders: women worried more about childcare while men were more concerned about paid work and the economy. We argue that the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting women more heavily than men not only at the physical level of work (e.g. women are reducing more paid work hours than men), but also through increasing the division regarding the cognitive level of work (e.g. women are more worried about childcare work while men are about paid work). These developments can potentially contribute to a future widening of the gender wage gap during the recovery process. DO - 10.1080/14616696.2020.1808692 VL - IS - CY - ABINGDON PB - ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD SN - WOS:000563346100001 U1 - 50806700 N1 - Sociology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Centering community: enacting culturally responsive-sustaining YPAR during COVID-19 JF - JOURNAL FOR MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION A1 - Marciano JE Peralta, LM Lee, JS Rosemurgy, H Holloway KW - eppi-reviewer4 Community; Youth; Culturally sustaining; Culturally relevant; YPAR; COVID-19 LITERACY; PEDAGOGY AB - Purpose This paper aims to provide insights for educators seeking to enact culturally responsive-sustaining education and research in the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic. The authors examine what happened when the community-based Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) initiative they engaged with traditionally marginalized high school students was interrupted as a result of physical distancing necessitated by COVID-19. Design/methodology/approach Data for this inquiry were taken from a broader on-going ethnography of youth's participation in the YPAR project and included audio and video recordings from meetings of the YPAR initiative and messages exchanged between and among authors and youth. Authors used components of culturally responsive-sustaining education and theories related to student voice as an analytic frame through which they considered how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced their work. Findings Three findings are examined in this paper. They consider: how youth participants and the authors stayed connected after they were no longer able to meet in person; how youth chose to center the needs of the subsidized housing community where they lived while continuing their work; and how youth and authors navigated the uncertainties they encountered in looking ahead to future possibilities for their study as the pandemic continued. Originality/value This study provides urgently needed insights for educators and researchers grappling with how they may enact culturally responsive-sustaining education and research during the COVID-19 global pandemic and beyond. DO - 10.1108/JME-04-2020-0026 VL - IS - CY - BINGLEY PB - EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000539547600001 U1 - 50806859 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Returning Chinese school-aged children and adolescents to physical activity in the wake of COVID-19: Actions and precautions JF - JOURNAL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCE A1 - Chen PJ Mao, LJ Nassis, GP Harmer, P Ainsworth, B KW - eppi-reviewer4 EXERCISE; DISEASE PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - DO - 10.1016/j.jshs.2020.04.003 VL - 9 IS - 4 SP - 322 EP - 324 CY - SHANGHAI PB - SHANGHAI UNIV SPORT SN - WOS:000558293700005 U1 - 50806808 N1 - Social Sciences - Other Topics; Sport Sciences ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Hand Hygiene, Mask-Wearing Behaviors and Its Associated Factors during the COVID-19 Epidemic: A Cross-Sectional Study among Primary School Students in Wuhan, China JF - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH A1 - Chen XY Ran, L Liu, Q Hu, QK Du, XY Tan, XD KW - eppi-reviewer4 hand hygiene; mask-wearing behavior; risk factors; COVID-19; primary school student RESPIRATORY-INFECTION; RISK; DIARRHEA; HEALTH; SOAP PY - 2020 DA - 2020/04// Y1 - 2020/04// AB - Although the emphasis on behaviors of hand-washing and mask-wearing was repeated during the pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), not everyone paid enough attention to this. A descriptive statistic was used to make sense of the status of hand hygiene and mask-wearing among primary school students in Wuhan, China. A binary logistic regression analysis was conducted to identify the risk factors affecting the behaviors of hand-washing and mask-wearing. p < 0.05 (two-sides) was considered as significant at statistics. 42.05% of the primary school students showed a good behavior of hand-washing, while 51.60% had a good behavior of mask-wearing. Gender, grade, out-going history, father's occupation, mother's educational background, and the time filling out the survey were significantly associated with hand hygiene, whereas grade, mother's educational background, and residence were associated with mask-wearing. The behaviors of hand-washing and mask-wearing among primary school students were influenced by gender, grade, shady is back tell a friendand other factors, therefore, parents should make efforts of behavior guidance whereas governments should enlarge medium publicity. DO - 10.3390/ijerph17082893 VL - 17 IS - 8 CY - BASEL PB - MDPI SN - WOS:000535744100278 U1 - 50806932 N1 - Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Simulation of key interventions for seasonal influenza outbreak control at school in Changsha, China JF - JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH A1 - Chen TM Zhao, B Liu, RC Zhang, XX Xie, Z Chen, KW - eppi-reviewer4 Seasonal influenza; outbreak; mathematical model; isolation; effectiveness PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; CONTAINMENT; STRATEGIES PY - 2020 DA - 2020/01// Y1 - 2020/01// AB - Objective: To use a mathematical model to simulate an influenza outbreak in a school in order to assess the effectiveness of isolation (Iso), antiviral therapeutics, antiviral prophylactics (P), vaccination prior to the outbreak, and school closure (for 1 [S1w], 2 or 3 weeks). Methods: This study developed a susceptible-exposed-infectious/asymptomatic-recovered model to estimate the effectiveness of commonly used interventions for seasonal influenza outbreaks in school. Results: The most effective single-intervention strategy was isolation with a total attack rate of 1.99% and an outbreak duration of 30 days. The additional effectiveness of antiviral therapeutics and prophylactics and vaccination (prior to the outbreak) strategies were not obvious. Although IsothornP, PthornIsothornS1w, four-, and five-combined intervention strategies had commendable effectiveness, total attack rate decreased only slightly, and outbreak duration was shortened by 9 days maximum, compared with the single-intervention isolation strategy. School closure for 1, 2 or 3 weeks was futile or even counterproductive. Conclusion: Isolation, as a single intervention, was the most effective in terms of reducing the total attack rate and the duration of the outbreak. DO - 10.1177/0300060518764268 VL - 48 IS - 1 CY - LONDON PB - SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD SN - WOS:000522638400003 U1 - 50806977 N1 - Research & Experimental Medicine; Pharmacology & Pharmacy ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Projected geographic disparities in healthcare worker absenteeism from COVID-19 school closures and the economic feasibility of child care subsidies: a simulation study JF - BMC MEDICINE A1 - Chin ET Huynh, BQ Lo, NC Hastie, T Basu, S KW - eppi-reviewer4 School closures; Geographic disparities; Child care; COVID-19; Absenteeism; Simulation study; Geospatial REGRESSION; INFLUENZA PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - BackgroundSchool closures have been enacted as a measure of mitigation during the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. It has been shown that school closures could cause absenteeism among healthcare workers with dependent children, but there remains a need for spatially granular analyses of the relationship between school closures and healthcare worker absenteeism to inform local community preparedness.MethodsWe provide national- and county-level simulations of school closures and unmet child care needs across the USA. We develop individual simulations using county-level demographic and occupational data, and model school closure effectiveness with age-structured compartmental models. We perform multivariate quasi-Poisson ecological regressions to find associations between unmet child care needs and COVID-19 vulnerability factors.ResultsAt the national level, we estimate the projected rate of unmet child care needs for healthcare worker households to range from 7.4 to 8.7%, and the effectiveness of school closures as a 7.6% and 8.4% reduction in fewer hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) beds, respectively, at peak demand when varying across initial reproduction number estimates by state. At the county level, we find substantial variations of projected unmet child care needs and school closure effects, 9.5% (interquartile range (IQR) 8.2-10.9%) of healthcare worker households and 5.2% (IQR 4.1-6.5%) and 6.8% (IQR 4.8-8.8%) reduction in fewer hospital and ICU beds, respectively, at peak demand. We find significant positive associations between estimated levels of unmet child care needs and diabetes prevalence, county rurality, and race (p<0.05). We estimate costs of absenteeism and child care and observe from our models that an estimated 76.3 to 96.8% of counties would find it less expensive to provide child care to all healthcare workers with children than to bear the costs of healthcare worker absenteeism during school closures.ConclusionsSchool closures are projected to reduce peak ICU and hospital demand, but could disrupt healthcare systems through absenteeism, especially in counties that are already particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. Child care subsidies could help circumvent the ostensible trade-off between school closures and healthcare worker absenteeism. DO - 10.1186/s12916-020-01692-w VL - 18 IS - 1 CY - LONDON PB - BMC SN - WOS:000553144200005 U1 - 50806776 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19 in South Korea JF - POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL JOURNAL A1 - Choi JY KW - eppi-reviewer4 infectious diseases PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - A novel coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome-CoV-2) that initially originated from Wuhan, China, in December 2019 has already caused a pandemic. While this novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) frequently induces mild diseases, it has also generated severe diseases among certain populations, including older-aged individuals with underlying diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. As of 31 March 2020, a total of 9786 confirmed cases with COVID-19 have been reported in South Korea. South Korea has the highest diagnostic rate for COVID-19, which has been the major contributor in overcoming this outbreak. We are trying to reduce the reproduction number of COVID-19 to less than one and eventually succeed in controlling this outbreak using methods such as contact tracing, quarantine, testing, isolation, social distancing and school closure. This report aimed to describe the current situation of COVID-19 in South Korea and our response to this outbreak. DO - 10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-137738 VL - 96 IS - 1137 SP - 399 EP - 402 CY - LONDON PB - BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP SN - WOS:000545960300010 U1 - 50806817 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Prepayments, the ACL and the ASIC Act JF - AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS LAW REVIEW A1 - Clarke PH KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - COVID-19 has resulted in the cancellation or postponement of sporting and entertainment events and fixtures, the virtual cessation of domestic and international air travel, and the closure of schools and most entertainment, exercise and sporting venues. What are the rights under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) of those who have prepaid to attend events, or receive services, such as these? A significant part of the answer can be found in s 36 of the ACL. This article outlines the operation of that provision and applies it to COVID-19 scenarios. It also highlights the value of the provision to online shoppers, who frequently make prepayments for the goods or services they seek, as a precedent for reforms to address the "fees for no service" scandal highlighted by the 2019 Banking Royal Commission. VL - 48 IS - 2 SP - 180 EP - 188 CY - PYRMONT PB - LAWBOOK CO LTD SN - WOS:000550993500008 U1 - 50806965 N1 - Government & Law ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Considerations for school leaders serving US immigrant communities in the global pandemic JF - JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL CAPITAL AND COMMUNITY A1 - Lowenhaupt R Hopkins, M KW - eppi-reviewer4 School leaders; Professional community; Immigrant students AB - Purpose In this commentary, the authors consider how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted immigrant education and professional communities in schools, discussing the implications of these shifts for school leaders in the United States. Design/methodology/approach After providing an overview of relevant issues, the authors explore four specific areas for leaders to reflect on in their work. Findings The pandemic presents so many challenges to immigrant communities and educators. The reshaping of professional community in schools can help ameliorate these issues. Originality/value Our commentary contributes some initial insights to the evolving equity issues emerging in the midst of pandemic. DO - 10.1108/JPCC-05-2020-0023 VL - IS - CY - BINGLEY PB - EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000539600000001 U1 - 50806857 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Reopening Schools Safely: The Case for Collaboration, Constructive Disruption of Pre-Coronavirus 2019 Expectations, and Creative Solutions JF - JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS A1 - Cooper DM Guay-Woodford, L Blazar, BR Bowman, S Byi KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - DO - 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.05.022 VL - 223 IS - SP - 183 EP - 185 CY - NEW YORK PB - MOSBY-ELSEVIER SN - WOS:000551283500039 U1 - 50806744 N1 - Pediatrics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Strong Social Distancing Measures In The United States Reduced The COVID-19 Growth Rate JF - HEALTH AFFAIRS A1 - Courtemanche C Garuccio, J Le, A Pinkston, J Yelowitz, A KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - State and local governments imposed social distancing measures in March and April 2020 to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). These measures included bans on large social gatherings; school closures; closures of entertainment venues, gyms, bars, and restaurant dining areas; and shelter-in-place orders. We evaluated the impact of these measures on the growth rate of confirmed COVID-19 cases across US counties between March 1, 2020, and April 27, 2020. An event study design allowed each policy's impact on COVID-19 case growth to evolve over time. Adoption of government-imposed social distancing measures reduced the daily growth rate of confirmed COVID-19 cases by 5.4 percentage points after one to five days, 6.8 percentage points after six to ten days, 8.2 percentage points after eleven to fifteen days, and 9.1 percentage points after sixteen to twenty days. Holding the amount of voluntary social distancing constant, these results imply that there would have been ten times greater spread of COVID-19 by April 27 without shelter-in-place orders (ten million cases) and more than thirty-five times greater spread without any of the four measures (thirty-five million cases). Our article illustrates the potential danger of exponential spread in the absence of interventions, providing information relevant to strategies for restarting economic activity. DO - 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00608 VL - 39 IS - 7 SP - 1237 EP - 1246 CY - BETHESDA PB - PROJECT HOPE SN - WOS:000557071400017 U1 - 50806810 N1 - Health Care Sciences & Services ER - TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19 and "natural" experiments arising from physical distancing: a hypothetical case study from chronobiology JF - CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL A1 - Erren TC Lewis, P Shaw, DM KW - eppi-reviewer4 Natural Experiment; physical Distancing; COVID-19; Sars-CoV-2; pandemic; circadian; sleep; light; mood; ethics AB - With countless "natural" experiments triggered by the COVID-19-associated physical distancing, one key question comes from chronobiology: "When confined to homes, how does the reduced exposure to natural daylight arising from the interruption of usual outdoor activities plus lost temporal organization ordinarily provided from workplaces and schools affect the circadian timing system (the internal 24 h clock) and, consequently, health of children and adults of all ages?" Herein, we discuss some ethical and scientific facets of exploring such natural experiments by offering a hypothetical case study of circadian biology. DO - 10.1080/07420528.2020.1779993 VL - IS - CY - PHILADELPHIA PB - TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC SN - WOS:000547409700001 U1 - 50806791 N1 - Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics; Physiology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Covid-19 and Crisis-Promted Distance Education in Sweden JF - TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING A1 - Bergdahl N Nouri, J KW - eppi-reviewer4 Covid-19; Distance education; GDPR; School closure; Sweden SCHOOLS; CHILDREN PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - This study represents the first research effort to explore the transition from traditional teaching into distance teaching in Swedish schools enforced by covid-19. Governments made gradual and injudicious decisions to impede the spread of the pandemic (covid-19) in 2020. The enactment of new measures affected critical societal functions and included travel restrictions, closing of borders, school closures and lockdowns of entire countries worldwide. Social distancing became the new reality for many, and for many teachers and students, the school closure prompted a rapid transition from traditional to distance education. This study aims to capture the early stages of that transition. We distributed a questionnaire to teachers' (n = 153) to gain insights into teacher and school preparedness, plans to deliver distance education, and teachers' experience when making this transition. Results show that the school preparedness was mainly related to technical aspects, and that teachers lack pedagogical strategies needed in the emerging learning landscape of distance education. Findings reveal four distinct pedagogical activities central for distance education in a crisis, and many challenges faced during the transition. While preparedness to ensure continuity of education was halting, schools and teachers worked with tremendous effort to overcome the challenges. Results expand on previous findings on school closure during virus outbreaks and may in the short-term support teachers and school leaders in making informed decisions during the shift into distance education. The study may also inform the development of preparedness plans for schools, and offers a historical documentation. DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-020-09470-6 VL - IS - CY - DORDRECHT PB - SPRINGER SN - WOS:000565506200001 U1 - 50806691 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19 and its effects on teacher education in Ontario: a complex adaptive systems perspective JF - JOURNAL OF EDUCATION FOR TEACHING A1 - Van Nuland A1 - S Mandzuk A1 - D Petrick A1 - KT Cooper A1 - T KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; teacher education; Ontario Canada; complex adaptive systems; challenges; access; support AB - Teacher education in Ontario, Canada has had to respond to a myriad of challenges presented by the COVID-19 crisis, particularly after government authorities decided to close schools until students and faculty could return safely. In this paper, we examine some of the major challenges that are being faced by teacher educators as they prepare for September 2020, struggling to re-imagine teaching and learning remotely. We also examine the issues facing teacher education using the lens of 'complex adaptive systems', systems that are unpredictable, have many interacting parts, and are characterised by constant uncertainty both from within and particularly from outside. Some issues affecting teacher education and teacher educators causing this uncertainty in Ontario include 1) access to effective online connection and support, 2) educator professional development for online learning, 3) conversion of face-to-face courses to successful online courses, and 4) the recognition of student teachers' practica experiences. Although this article provides a snapshot of the Ontario context and the challenges it currently faces in teacher education, it also presents some solutions, and by thinking of the context as an example of a complex adaptive system, it also holds out hope for the future. DO - 10.1080/02607476.2020.1803050 VL - IS - CY - ABINGDON PB - ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD SN - WOS:000556466500001 U1 - 50806721 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19 and the gender gap in work hours JF - GENDER WORK AND ORGANIZATION A1 - Collins C Landivar, LC Ruppanner, L Scarborough, WJ KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; family; gender; motherhood; work AB - School and day care closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic have increased caregiving responsibilities for working parents. As a result, many have changed their work hours to meet these growing demands. In this study, we use panel data from the US Current Population Survey to examine changes in mothers' and fathers' work hours from February through April 2020, the period of time prior to the widespread COVID-19 outbreak in the United States and through its first peak. Using person-level fixed effects models, we find that mothers with young children have reduced their work hours four to five times more than fathers. Consequently, the gender gap in work hours has grown by 20-50 per cent. These findings indicate yet another negative consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the challenges it poses to women's work hours and employment. DO - 10.1111/gwao.12506 VL - IS - CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000555429100001 U1 - 50806726 N1 - Business & Economics; Women's Studies ER - TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19 and the mental well-being of Australian medical students: impact, concerns and coping strategies used JF - AUSTRALASIAN PSYCHIATRY A1 - Lyons Z Wilcox, H Leung, L Dearsley, O KW - eppi-reviewer4 medical student; COVID-19; mental well-being PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AB - Objective: Medical students are vulnerable to poor mental well-being. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted student life and had significant effects on curricula delivery at medical schools around Australia. The study aimed to assess the impact of COVID-19 on medical student mental well-being, assess concerns and determine activities used by students to help with the situation. Method: An online cross-sectional survey was designed. Questions focused on concerns and impact of COVID-19. The Kessler-10 (K10) measured psychological distress. Results: Two hundred and ninety-seven students participated with a 37.5% response rate. Mean K10 score was 20.6 indicating moderate psychological distress. There were no significant differences in K10 mean score or distress level (low, moderate, high, very high) between students in different years of the medical course. Deterioration in mental well-being since COVID-19 onset was reported by 68% students. Main negative impacts were on social connectedness, studies and stress levels. Concerns related to uncertainty about returning to normal and graduation. Common activities were using video chats, social media, exercise and hobbies. Conclusions: The impact of COVID-19 on mental well-being has led to legitimate concerns by students regarding their studies and progress through the medical course. We hope to minimise these disruptions, and reassure and support students to ensure that academic goals are achieved. DO - 10.1177/1039856220947945 VL - IS - CY - LONDON PB - SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD SN - WOS:000559615500001 U1 - 50806719 N1 - Psychiatry ER - TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19 pandemic and adolescent health and well-being in sub-Saharan Africa: Who cares? JF - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT A1 - Addae EA KW - eppi-reviewer4 adolescents; COVID-19 pandemic; health and well-being; lessons from previous pandemics; school closure AB - DO - 10.1002/hpm.3059 VL - IS - CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000562960100001 U1 - 50806701 N1 - Health Care Sciences & Services; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19-school leadership in crisis? JF - JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL CAPITAL AND COMMUNITY A1 - Harris A KW - eppi-reviewer4 Distributed leadership; School leadership; Professional community; Education reform AB - Purpose This article explores how school leaders are responding during COVID-19 and what forms of leadership practice are emerging. Design/methodology/approach This article draws upon the contemporary leadership literature and scholarly work. Findings This article proposes that the current crisis has shifted school leadership dramatically towards distributed, collaborative and network practices. Originality/value This article offers a commentary about the changing role of school leaders and their changing leadership practice during this pandemic. DO - 10.1108/JPCC-06-2020-0045 VL - IS - CY - BINGLEY PB - EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000556898200001 U1 - 50806773 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Creating a culture that values diversity and inclusion: An action-oriented framework for schools of nursing JF - NURSING FORUM A1 - Cary MP Randolph, SD Broome, ME Carter, BM KW - eppi-reviewer4 health services needs and demand; minority groups; education; nursing faculty; race; school of nursing; training support; organization RETENTION; FACULTY; BIAS AB - An organizational culture that values diversity and inclusion is essential for the achievement of high-quality nursing education, yet little literature exists to guide schools of nursing (SON) in accomplishing this goal. All SONs, regardless of size, need a framework that provides specific steps for developing and nurturing a culture that values diversity and inclusion. Using our SON as an exemplar, the goal of this article was to (a) review the barriers we faced when building a diverse and inclusive environment, (b) share our school's strategic plan designed to promote diversity and inclusion, and (c) highlight successful strategies as part of the development and ongoing implementation of our school's strategic plan. This process requires continuous commitment and intentionality as well as flexibility to address unforeseen circumstances. For example, the goals we have adopted and the strategies we have put in place have allowed members of our SON community to acknowledge and address the urgency and validity of the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on racial and ethnic minority groups. Although we recognize that we still have work to do within our SON community, we believe our exemplar offers an action-oriented framework for increasing diversity and inclusion among students, faculty, staff, and leadership in SONs. DO - 10.1111/nuf.12485 VL - IS - CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000554048400001 U1 - 50806751 N1 - Nursing ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Cultural diversity, migration and education JF - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY A1 - Juang LP Schachner, MK KW - eppi-reviewer4 Cultural diversity; Migration; Education IMMIGRANT; RESILIENCE; ADAPTATION; SCHOOLS; MODEL AB - Migration is not a new phenomenon. However, recent data indicate that unprecedented numbers of people have experienced forced migration around the world with 51% under the age of 18 years. How can educational policies and practices respond sensitively to increasing cultural and migration-based diversity? The purpose of this special section that includes eight studies is to consider these issues more deeply. As a frame for the special section, we address the main question: What are promotive or protective factors for positive development of children and youth attending culturally diverse school contexts? In the collection of papers, these promotive and protective factors range from peers and families, to teachers, to organisational context and climate. With continued disruptions in children's lives due to a pandemic, climate change, war, conflict and poverty, migration will remain a pressing concern and will continue to transform the student populations in our classrooms and schools for the foreseeable future. The need to address how we can best provide students from diverse backgrounds equitable and supportive education, continues. DO - 10.1002/ijop.12702 VL - IS - CY - CHICHESTER PB - JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD SN - WOS:000552095600001 U1 - 50806774 N1 - Psychology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19 and the School-based Mass Preparticipation Physical Evaluation: The Anvil That Broke the Camel's Back? JF - CURRENT SPORTS MEDICINE REPORTS A1 - Cunningham A KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - DO - 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000734 VL - 19 IS - 8 SP - 284 EP - 285 CY - PHILADELPHIA PB - LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS SN - WOS:000561249700003 U1 - 50806733 N1 - Sport Sciences ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Data curation as collective action during COVID-19 JF - JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY A1 - Shankar K Jeng, W Thomer, A Weber, N Yoon, A KW - eppi-reviewer4 AB - In this commentary, the authors, an international group data curation researchers and educators, reflect on some of the challenges and opportunities for data curation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. We focus on some topics of particular interest to the information science community: data infrastructures for scholarly communication and research, the politicization of data curation and visualization for public-facing "dashboards," and human subjects research and policies. We conclude with some areas of opportunity and need, including broader and richer data curation education in the information schools, the establishment of better data management policy implementations by research funders, the award of formal academic credit for data curation activities and data sharing, and engagement in cooperative action around data ethics and security. DO - 10.1002/asi.24406 VL - IS - CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000565402500001 U1 - 50806690 N1 - Computer Science; Information Science & Library Science ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Editorial Research: Music education in a time of pandemic JF - BRITISH JOURNAL OF MUSIC EDUCATION A1 - Daubney A Fautley, M KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; curriculum; assessment; teacher training; inspection; England PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - This article, written at the time it was taking place, discusses the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on music education in schools, focusing on the UK. It discusses how schools and teachers have had to make a sudden shift to a largely on-line modality, and the effects of these on teaching and learning in music. It asks questions of curriculum and assessment, especially with regard to the fact that classroom teachers in England are having to use their professional judgment to provide grades for external examinations, where hitherto these would have come from examination boards. It questions the ways in which teachers have been inadequately prepared and supported for this, by years of neoliberal undermining of confidence. It goes on to question accountability, and teacher training, raising issues which, at the time of writing, are of significant concern or music education. DO - 10.1017/S0265051720000133 VL - 37 IS - 2 SP - 107 EP - 114 CY - CAMBRIDGE PB - CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS SN - WOS:000539638500002 U1 - 50806823 N1 - Education & Educational Research; Music ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Back to Normal: An Old Physics Route to Reduce SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Indoor Spaces JF - ACS NANO A1 - de Abajo A1 - FJG Hernandez A1 - RJ Kaminer A1 - I Meyerhans A1 - A Rosell-Llompart A1 - J Sanchez-Elsner A1 - T KW - eppi-reviewer4 ULTRAVIOLET GERMICIDAL IRRADIATION; HEXAGONAL BORON-NITRIDE; AIR DISINFECTION; INACTIVATION; AEROSOL; VENTILATION; DROPLETS; LIGHT; CORONAVIRUSES; PERFORMANCE PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - We advocate the widespread use of UV-C light as a short-term, easily deployable, and affordable way to limit virus spread in the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Radical social distancing with the associated shutdown of schools, restaurants, sport clubs, workplaces, and traveling has been shown to be effective in reducing virus spread, but its economic and social costs are unsustainable in the medium term. Simple measures like frequent handwashing, facial masks, and other physical barriers are being commonly adopted to prevent virus transmission. However, their efficacy may be limited, particularly in shared indoor spaces, where, in addition to airborne transmission, elements with small surface areas such as elevator buttons, door handles, and handrails are frequently used and can also mediate transmission. We argue that additional measures are necessary to reduce virus transmission when people resume attending schools and jobs that require proximity or some degree of physical contact. Among the available alternatives, UV-C light satisfies the requirements of rapid, widespread, and economically viable deployment. Its implementation is only limited by current production capacities, an increase of which requires swift intervention by industry and authorities. DO - 10.1021/acsnano.0c04596 VL - 14 IS - 7 SP - 7704 EP - 7713 CY - WASHINGTON PB - AMER CHEMICAL SOC SN - WOS:000557762800005 U1 - 50806754 N1 - Chemistry; Science & Technology - Other Topics; Materials Science ER - TY - JOUR T1 - National school feeding program: strategies to overcome food insecurities during and after the COVID-19 pandemic JF - REVISTA DE ADMINISTRACAO PUBLICA A1 - de Amorim A1 - ALB Ribeiro A1 - JRS Bandoni A1 - DH KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; Programa Nacional de Alimentacao Escolar (PNAE); school feeding; food and nutrition security PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - This article aims to analyze the contribution of the National School Feeding Program (PNAE), in the fight against hunger and food insecurity (FI) and to propose a set of strategies to guarantee that students will continue to receive food during the COVID-19 pandemic. Diagnosis of FI and hunger in Brazil was carried out, analyzing the weakening of Food and Nutritional Security Policies, considering the historical evolution of PNAE and its current situation, and from this analysis, a set of proposals were drawn up, assessing their impacts on the PNAE's budget. We present the following strategies for the period of school closures: distribution of meals for students, maintaining, if possible, the universal character of the policy or benefiting students from families eligible to receive Emergency Aid due to COVID-19; expand the amount transferred by the PNAE to municipalities with a low and very low Human Development Index (HDI) and; maintenance and incentive to purchase food from family farming. When schools re-open, we suggest the following strategies: FI survey among students; maintenance of the equity of the policy by expanding the transfer amount to municipalities with low and very low HDI, and; attendance of students from families in FI during the vacations. DO - 10.1590/0034-761220200349x VL - 54 IS - 4 SP - 1134 EP - 1145 CY - RIO DE JANEIRO RJ PB - FUNDACAO GETULIO VARGAS, EDITORA SN - WOS:000565842100035 U1 - 50806803 N1 - Public Administration ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Maskanda,Umkhosi wokukhahlelaand the Articulation of Identity in South Africa JF - JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL MUSICAL ASSOCIATION A1 - De Jong A1 - N Diko A1 - MT KW - eppi-reviewer4 HIV/AIDS; STIGMA PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - Umkhosi wokukhahlelais an annual ceremony in the KwaBhaca Great Kingdom (Eastern Cape, South Africa) that celebrates virginity among young women and girls. Not regularly practiced for decades, it has recently made a comeback, having been strategically adopted by King Madzikane II as a tool of empowerment in the fight against the HIV pandemic, the rise in teen pregnancies, rape and school dropouts, as well as the abuse of women in general. This article investigates the return ofUmkhosi wokukhahlelathrough Antonio Gramsci's notion of 'articulation'. As we shall see, the ritual is a particularly engaging and thoroughgoing example of how local communities intertwine the past with the present to reshape their own identity, borrowing from tradition to articulate specific life lessons germane to the present - and future - of the Bhaca people. DO - 10.1017/rma.2020.8 VL - 145 IS - 1 SP - 167 EP - 190 CY - CAMBRIDGE PB - CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS SN - WOS:000555003100005 U1 - 50806904 N1 - Music ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Fighting COVID-19: Enabling Graduating Students to Start Internship Early at Their Own Medical School JF - ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE A1 - DeWitt DE KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - DO - 10.7326/M20-1262 VL - 173 IS - 2 SP - 143 EP - + CY - PHILADELPHIA PB - AMER COLL PHYSICIANS SN - WOS:000552604300020 U1 - 50806769 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Digital library of required classical literature for elementary and secondary school curricula in domestic languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina JF - DIGITAL LIBRARY PERSPECTIVES A1 - Besirevic K KW - eppi-reviewer4 Bosnia and Herzegovina; Translation; Languages; Intellectual property rights; Literature masterpieces; School digital library AB - Purpose The purpose of this study is to present, in the introductory part, the main project phases and the translation of classical literature masterpieces in the public domain from English or French languages to Bosnian, Serbian and Croatian; digital formatting to make the contents as usable and attractive for students and teachers as possible; Web presentation and digital library application; and marketing of the project and the materials published. Additionally, extensive descriptions of all project activities and elaboration on the financial constraints are given together with the observations related to the proposed self-sustainability by using the cross-platform free cloud software. Another challenge originating in a unique political context was presented with an explanation of the necessity to create digital content in three domestic languages. The central part provides a wider context by discussing the potentials of similar digital practices to be applied elsewhere based on the lessons learned. Finally, in conclusion, the short recapitulation and the final assessment of the project are given. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents the project Digital Library of Required Classic World Literature for Elementary and Secondary School Curricula in Domestic Languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina (in Bosnian: Digitalna biblioteka lektira). The descriptive methodology has been used to present the project to the scientific community and get constructive feedback. Findings This study aims to be the first significant school digital library initiative in Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, because of zero funding and plans directed to self-sustainability through the use of free cloud software solutions, its viability will be tested over time. Research limitations/implications The limitations are concerned with paper length and formal limitations. A longer study should be written to present all features of this project. However, it implies possible positive developments in digital content creation and usage in schools of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Practical implications This study was initiated to support the physical school libraries, but in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, its importance increased exponentially since the classes went online. Originality/value This paper is based on the original project and is written by the person who is the project leader and digital librarian. This paper aims to be the first significant school digital library initiative in Bosnia and Herzegovina. DO - 10.1108/DLP-05-2020-0041 VL - IS - CY - BINGLEY PB - EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000561463100001 U1 - 50806713 N1 - Information Science & Library Science ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Analysing the Combined Health, Social and Economic Impacts of the Corovanvirus Pandemic Using Agent-Based Social Simulation JF - MINDS AND MACHINES A1 - Dignum F Dignum, V Davidsson, P Ghorbani, A van de KW - eppi-reviewer4 CRISIS PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - During the COVID-19 crisis there have been many difficult decisions governments and other decision makers had to make. E.g. do we go for a total lock down or keep schools open? How many people and which people should be tested? Although there are many good models from e.g. epidemiologists on the spread of the virus under certain conditions, these models do not directly translate into the interventions that can be taken by government. Neither can these models contribute to understand the economic and/or social consequences of the interventions. However, effective and sustainable solutions need to take into account this combination of factors. In this paper, we propose an agent-based social simulation tool, ASSOCC, that supports decision makers understand possible consequences of policy interventions, but exploring the combined social, health and economic consequences of these interventions. DO - 10.1007/s11023-020-09527-6 VL - 30 IS - 2 SP - 177 EP - 194 CY - DORDRECHT PB - SPRINGER SN - WOS:000543401100002 U1 - 50806876 N1 - Computer Science ER - TY - JOUR T1 - FROM "FLASHMOB" TO PHILOSOPHICAL "BLOGGING" (IN TIMES OF COVID-19 CRISIS) JF - COMUNICAZIONE FILOSOFICA A1 - Dipalo F KW - eppi-reviewer4 Philosophical flashmob; Blogging; Philosophical practice; Distance teaching; Covid-19 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/04// Y1 - 2020/04// AB - This article reports the text of the philosophical flashmob launched by prof. Orlando Franceschelli (Virus, mother nature and human foolishness: what does it mean to win the war against the current influenza pandemic?) on March 16, 2020. Starting from this text, the 4X class of the "Ignazio Vian" Classical High School in Bracciano (Rome) has experimented a philosophical practice of community reflection through the blog "Philosophical Raids" of prof. Francesco Dipalo. VL - 44 IS - SP - 152 EP - 159 CY - ROME PB - SOC FILOSOFICA ITALIANA-SFI SN - WOS:000544981500016 U1 - 50806929 N1 - Philosophy ER - TY - JOUR T1 - School quarantine and automation of teaching work JF - REVISTA OLHRES A1 - Donaire RM KW - eppi-reviewer4 Teaching work; Automation; School quarantine PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - The abrupt imposition of school quarantine around the world due to the pandemic context has once again raised the debate on the digitization of education. Based on a first diagnosis on the situation on the eve of quarantine from different pieces of statistical research and on propposals and analysis from international organizations, a series of considerations are raised about the functions of the school apparatus and about the current possibilities of teachers' labor process automation. DO - 10.34024/olhares.2020.v8.10809 VL - 8 IS - 2 SP - 147 EP - 157 CY - GUARULHOS PB - UNIV FED SAO PAULO, DEPT EDUCATION SN - WOS:000559787000010 U1 - 50806736 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Implementation of a cleaning, disinfection and processing mechanical fan unit with a focus on preventing health risks JF - REVISTA TECNOLOGIA E SOCIEDADE A1 - dos Santos A1 - UPP da Silva A1 - JCS Ferreira A1 - MS Magalhaes A1 - CR Velasco A1 - FZB de Vasconcelos A1 - SDD Prata A1 - CA Barbosa A1 - CD Fernandes A1 - PKCB Motta A1 - MS Soares A1 - AP KW - eppi-reviewer4 Safety; Health; Disinfection; Prevention PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - This is a study aimed at routine reception, cleaning and disinfection of mechanical respiratory devices that are used for maintenance and repair in CEFET / RJ laboratories, during a COVID-19 pandemic and ensuring safety for teams that handle mechanical breathing apparatus. The routine was analyzed and the following changes were defined, a final version validated by the technical staff. A simulation of the entire reception, pre-cleaning, inspection, disinfection and referral for repair procedure was carried out. It is believed that the measures described have the potential to prevent the entry of possible contaminants, mainly, or new coronaviruses, into the maintenance and repair room of mechanical respirators, thus contributing to the prevention of risks and health problems for students. The substances most used in the process of cleaning and disinfecting surfaces are 70% ethyl alcohol and 0.2% sodium hypochlorite for external use. DO - 10.3895/rts.v16n43.12348 VL - 16 IS - 43 SP - 70 EP - 77 CY - CURITIBA PB - UNIV TECNOLOGICA FED PARANA-UTFPR SN - WOS:000557287200009 U1 - 50806960 N1 - Social Sciences - Other Topics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - How Does COVID-19 Pandemic Influence the Sense of Belonging and Decision-Making Process of Nursing Students: The Study of Nursing Students' Experiences JF - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH A1 - Dos Santos A1 - LM KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19 pandemic; nursing human resources; nursing shortages; nursing workforce; Social Cognitive Career Theory COGNITIVE CAREER THEORY; AMERICAN; TEACHERS; CHOICE; NURSES; PERCEPTIONS; INTENTIONS; NARRATIVES; EDUCATION; HEALTH PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - Financial consideration, internal and external influence, personal goal, and educational achievement always influence the decision-making process and behavior of individuals. Using nursing students as the population, the researcher employed the Social Cognitive Career Theory as the theoretical framework to examine the nursing human resources shortages and how would the COVID-19 pandemic influence the experiences, sense of belonging, and career decision-making process of 58 nursing students in South Korea. The researcher categorized the sharing into two groups, which were before the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results indicated that financial consideration was the significant reason why South Korean nursing students decided to study nursing regardless of the COVID-19 pandemic. More importantly, almost all participants decided to leave the nursing profession due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the consideration between financial factor and personal sacrifice. The outcomes of this study provided a blueprint for human resources professionals, government leaders, policymakers, school leaders, and hospital managers to reform their current curriculum and human resources planning to overcome the potential human resources gaps in the soon future due to the COVID-19 pandemic. DO - 10.3390/ijerph17155603 VL - 17 IS - 15 CY - BASEL PB - MDPI SN - WOS:000559078000001 U1 - 50806737 N1 - Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Cardiopulmonary Considerations for High School Student-Athletes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: NFHS-AMSSM Guidance Statement JF - SPORTS HEALTH-A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH A1 - Drezner JA Heinz, WM Asif, IM Batten, CG Fields, KB KW - eppi-reviewer4 cardiac; coronavirus; COVID-19; prevention; screening; sports TASK-FORCE; ASSOCIATION PY - 2020 DA - 2020/09// Y1 - 2020/09// AB - DO - 10.1177/1941738120941490 VL - 12 IS - 5 SP - 459 EP - 461 CY - THOUSAND OAKS PB - SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC SN - WOS:000548258600001 U1 - 50806784 N1 - Sport Sciences ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Using games for language learning in the age of social distancing JF - FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANNALS A1 - Dubreil S KW - eppi-reviewer4 culture; games; game-based learning; game design PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - Since the COVID-19 pandemic has led to nation-wide school closures, the transition to remote teaching has caused profound disruption to classroom instruction. In this article, I share the impact that this forced transition has had on the redesign of the second half of a French course entitled "Gaming culture and culture of games," to meet the pedagogical challenge posed by the pandemic, retain the integrity of the course, and provide useful tools to mitigate the circumstances. In particular, I examine how the situation was an opportunity to combine language and culture pedagogy with game design to enable students to think critically about the course content and contribute meaningful solutions to learning languages in the age of social distancing. DO - 10.1111/flan.12465 VL - 53 IS - 2 SP - 250 EP - 259 CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000543847700006 U1 - 50806875 N1 - Education & Educational Research; Linguistics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Editorial Perspective: COVID-19 pandemic-related psychopathology in children and adolescents with mental illness JF - JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY A1 - Jefsen OH Rohde, C Ostergaard, BND KW - eppi-reviewer4 Anxiety; depression; autism spectrum disorders; ADHD; school attendance; COVID-19 AB - The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is likely to have negative health consequences way beyond those caused by the virus per se - including significant psychological distress. Children and adolescents who already live with a mental illness may be particularly vulnerable to the distress associated with the pandemic - due to, for example, fear of the virus as well as the significant societal changes launched to minimize spread of the virus (social distancing and quarantine). In this editorial perspective, we (a) provide data on COVID-19 pandemic-related psychopathology in children and adolescents from a large psychiatric treatment setting in Denmark, (b) give advice on how the likely harmful effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of children and adolescents may be minimized, and (c) propose six lines of research into pandemic-related psychopathology with emphasis on children and adolescents. Finally, we underline the necessity of politicians, health authorities, and funding bodies supporting these research initiatives here and now. DO - 10.1111/jcpp.13292 VL - IS - CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000545820700001 U1 - 50806788 N1 - Psychology; Psychiatry ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Education for sustainable healthcare: Leadership to get from here to there JF - MEDICAL TEACHER A1 - McKimm J Redvers, N El Omrani, O Parkes, MW Elf, M KW - eppi-reviewer4 Multiprofessional; leadership; change; international medical education; general MEDICAL-SCHOOLS; COMPLEXITY AB - The current global crises, including climate, COVID-19, and environmental change, requires global collective action at all scales. These broad socio-ecological challenges require the engagement of diverse perspectives and ways of knowing and the meaningful engagement of all generations and stages of personal and professional development. The combination of systems thinking, change management, quality improvement approaches and models, appreciative/strength-based approaches, narratives, storytelling and the strengths of Indigenous knowledges, offer synergies and potential that can set the stage for transformative, strengths-based education for sustainable healthcare (ESH). The need for strong leadership to enact a vision for ESH is outlined here with the intent to enable and nurture the conditions for change, ultimately improving health and well-being across generations. DO - 10.1080/0142159X.2020.1795104 VL - IS - CY - ABINGDON PB - TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD SN - WOS:000557943800001 U1 - 50806720 N1 - Education & Educational Research; Health Care Sciences & Services ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Education in precarious times: a comparative study across six countries to identify design priorities for mobile learning in a pandemic JF - INFORMATION AND LEARNING SCIENCES A1 - Hall T Connolly, C Gradaigh, SO Burden, K Kearne KW - eppi-reviewer4 Education; Learning; Mobile; Comparative; Remote; COVID-19; Study AB - Purpose - This paper is based on the emergency changes we have had to make in the European DEIMP Project (2017-2020). "Designing and Evaluating Innovative Mobile Pedagogies" (DEIMP). DEIMP is undertaken by a transnational consortium comprising partner institutions and schools from the UK (coordinating), Australia, Belgium, Cyprus. Ireland and The Netherlands. As well as the enforced changes to the project, there have been major adjustments in how education is being provided in each of our countries, across. all sectors: primary, secondary and tertiary. The purpose of this paper is to provide pragmatic guidelines that will help us respond effectively in the uncertain present, and plan systematically for an unpredictable, post-pandemic future. Design/methodology/approach - The authors outline 21 design principles underpinning innovative mobile learning, which will be of pragmatic use to all using mobile learning in the COVID-19 pandemic. These principles have emerged in the context of the three-year European DEIMP Project (2017-2020). The authors also examine major educational changes that have recently been imposed upon teachers and educational researchers, and key aspects of the current emergency response in education internationally, and resultant implications for educational technology and mobile learning. Findings - A living record highlighting what is currently happening in the educational systems of the DEIMP project's respective partner countries. The paper outlines design concerns and issues, which will need to be addressed as the authors endeavour to bridge both the digital divide and digital use divide in remote education. Furthermore, the paper illustrates 21 pragmatic design principles underpinning innovative mobile pedagogics. Originality/value - A comparative study of the effects of the pandemic across six countries, including The UK, Australia, Belgium, Cyprus, Ireland and The Netherlands. The authors outline 21 design principles for mobile learning. which is hoped will help us respond effectively in the uncertain present, and plan systematically for an unpredictable, post-pandemic future. DO - 10.1108/ILS-04-2020-0089 VL - IS - CY - BINGLEY PB - EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000545560000001 U1 - 50806836 N1 - Information Science & Library Science ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Physically Isolated but Socially Connected: Psychological Adjustment and Stress Among Adolescents During the Initial COVID-19 Crisis JF - CANADIAN JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE-REVUE CANADIENNE DES SCIENCES DU COMPORTEMENT A1 - Ellis WE Dumas, TM Forbes, LM KW - eppi-reviewer4 adolescents; depression; loneliness; COVID-19; social media CO-RUMINATION; SCREEN TIME; LIFE EVENTS; ASSOCIATIONS; DEPRESSION; ENGAGEMENT; FRIENDS; ANXIETY; MEDIA PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - We are facing an unprecedented time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Measures have been taken to reduce the spread of the virus, including school closures and widespread lockdowns. Physical isolation combined with economic instability, fear of infection, and uncertainty for the future has had a profound impact on global mental health. For adolescents, the effects of this stress may be heightened due to important developmental characteristics. Canadian adolescents (n = 1,054; M-age = 16.68, SD = 0.78) completed online surveys and responded to questions on stress surrounding the COV1D-19 crisis, feelings of loneliness and depression, as well as time spent with family, virtually with friends, doing schoolwork, using social media, and engaging in physical activity. Results showed that adolescents are very concerned about the COVID-19 crisis and are particularly worried about schooling and peer relationships. COVID-19 stress was related to more loneliness and more depression, especially for adolescents who spend more time on social media. Beyond COVID- 19 stress, more time connecting to friends virtually during the pandemic was related to greater depression, but family time and schoolwork was related to less depression. For adolescents with depressive symptoms, it may be important to monitor the supportiveness of online relationships. Results show promising avenues to stave off loneliness, as time with family, time connecting to friends, as well as physical activity were related to lower loneliness, beyond COVID-19 stress. These results shed light on the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for adolescents and document possible pathways to ameliorate negative effects. DO - 10.1037/cbs0000215 VL - 52 IS - 3 SP - 177 EP - 187 CY - OTTAWA PB - CANADIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC SN - WOS:000550686300001 U1 - 50806815 N1 - Psychology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Dermatological recommendations on hand hygiene in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic JF - JOURNAL DER DEUTSCHEN DERMATOLOGISCHEN GESELLSCHAFT A1 - Elsner P Fartasch, M Schliemann, S KW - eppi-reviewer4 INFECTION PREVENTION; HEALTH; CARE PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - DO - 10.1111/ddg.14170_g VL - 18 IS - 8 SP - 892 EP - 894 CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000563994400015 U1 - 50806731 N1 - Dermatology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Emergency remote teaching across urban and rural contexts: perspectives on educational equity JF - INFORMATION AND LEARNING SCIENCES A1 - Aguliera E Nightengale-Lee, B KW - eppi-reviewer4 Rural education; Secondary education; Primary education; Online education; Urban education; Educational equity; Emergency remote teaching PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - Purpose - While educational shifts in response to COVID-19 at the state, district and school-level may have been grounded in the best of intentions, these decisions may not fully respond to the everyday realities of teachers, parents, caregivers and students living within historically marginalized communities. In addition to evidence-based and pragmatic approaches to emergency remote teaching (ERT), there is also a need to understand the experiences of students and families living in urban and rural contexts, who in light of existing educational inequities, are being further exposed to inequitable access due to school closures and the abrupt shift to ERT. This paper aims to use a reflexive dialogic approach to explore these issues. Design/methodology/approach - Drawing from a larger phenomenological study highlighting the lived experiences of families being impacted by emergency shifts in educational policy and practice, this paper presents a dialogue between two teacher-educators of color working directly with teachers and administrators in the K-12 system across urban and rural contexts. This dialogue acknowledges and interrogates inequitable educational practices exacerbated by the pandemic for marginalized communities, and the shared responsibility of supporting the most vulnerable students as they transition to ERT. Findings - Reflecting across their local contexts, the authors highlight the importance of educational decision-making that centers the perspectives of families in local communities; develop both pedagogical and structural approaches to address educational inequities; and purposefully approach ERT to disrupt such inequities and move toward a vision of educational justice. Social implications - Broader implications of this discussion speak to the ever-widening divide between marginalized and dominant communities, which undergirds the and educational inequities that continue to threaten the academic achievement of all students. Originality/value - As educational decision-makers imagine new pathways in the days ahead, this dialogue highlights the importance of keeping complex issues of educational inequity at the center of the conversation. DO - https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-04-2020-0100 VL - IS - CY - BINGLEY PB - EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000546448000001 U1 - 50806829 N1 - Information Science & Library Science ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Emergency remote teaching environment: a conceptual framework for responsive online teaching in crises JF - INFORMATION AND LEARNING SCIENCES A1 - Whittle C A1 - Tiwari S A1 - Yan S L A1 - Williams J Tiwari, S Yan, SL Williams, J KW - eppi-reviewer4 Distance learning; Participatory design; Design research; Online instruction; COVID; Formal learning; Learning framework PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - Purpose - This study aims to provide an educational framework for not only the emerging COVID crisis but also future emergency remote teaching environments (ERTE). Design/methodology/approach - Using participatory design methodologies, this study engages K-12 teachers and professional instructional designers in a design-focused discussion. Findings - This work identifies thematic elements present across multiple subject areas, school districts, learner ages and socio-economic situations. Using these themes, as well as design solutions created by our participants, the authors propose the ERTE framework. Research limitations/implications - The framework presented is grounded in the experiences of a limited number of teachers, but presents a theoretically grounded approach to teaching in an emergent field. Practical implications - This framework is designed for practical application for use by teachers operating in ERTE. Originality/value - Though multiple online teaching frameworks exist, the ERTE framework is novel in its emphasis on shifting constants and variables rather than planned pedagogy and is specifically for use in unplanned or responsive remote teaching situations. DO - https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-04-2020-0099 VL - IS - CY - BINGLEY PB - EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000546958200001 U1 - 50806828 N1 - Information Science & Library Science ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Body Composition and Metabolic Risk Factors in Primary in Primary School Teachers in Chile JF - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY A1 - Espinoza-Navarro O Brito-Hernandez, L Olivos, CL KW - eppi-reviewer4 Education; Metabolic risk; Anthropomehic profile; Electrical Bioimpedance; Sedentary lifestyle PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY; ASSOCIATION; OBESITY PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02// Y1 - 2020/02// AB - Obesity is considered a global pandemic that causes major metabolic changes. It is responsible for the so-called noncommunicable chronic diseases (NCDs), which report a 60 % mortality rate (WHO, 2017). In Chile. 63 % of the population shows body mass indexes (BMI) of overweight and obesity, with a sedentary level of 86.7 %. The objectives of this work were to determine the anthropometric profiles, metabolic risk, and physical activity levels in primary school teachers, in a subsidized school in Arica, Chile. The teachers (n=41), 12 men, and 29 women were evaluated according to weight, height, waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height index (WHI), BMI, Fat Mass (FM), Visceral Fat Mass (VFM) and Muscle Mass (MM). All of them were calculated for metabolic risk, according to Ashwell Gibson protocols and BMI according to Quetelet's formula. To determine the percentages of FM. MM, and VFM, an electric bioimpedance instrument, Omron HBF-514C. was used. Subsequently, a survey of physical activity level (IPAQ) was applied. The data were analyzed in the IBM SPSS statistic for central tendency, dispersion, counts, and percentages. For correlation, Pearson's test (r> 0.5) was used. The results show that 68.3 % of teachers are overweight and obese. BMI and percentage of VFM are significantly higher in men than in women (30.6 +/- 7.0 / 26.9 +/- 4.6 and 11.2 +/- 5.6 / 7.6 +/- 2.5 respectively). The overall metabolic risk of the study population was 58.5 % (75 % and 51.7 % men and women, respectively). There is a high correlation between BMI-VFM (0.84), BMI-WHI (0.84), MM-FM (0.85). Regarding the level of physical activity, only 19.5 % of teachers show a high level of physical activity. It is concluded that teachers have altered anthropometric values that indicate high rates of metabolic risks and low levels of physical activity. Regardless, women have better morphometric indexes in all parameters under study, compared to male teachers. There is a high correlation (r) between body mass index and percentages of visceral fat mass and waist height index. It is suggested to focus on educational interventions according to the healthy life seal, promoting physical activity, and improving eating habits in teachers. DO - 10.4067/S0717-95022020000100120 VL - 38 IS - 1 SP - 120 EP - 125 CY - TEMUCO PB - SOC CHILENA ANATOMIA SN - WOS:000497982000022 U1 - 50806952 N1 - Anatomy & Morphology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Teaching under Lockdown: the experiences of London English teachers JF - CHANGING ENGLISH-STUDIES IN CULTURE AND EDUCATION A1 - Evans C O'Connor, CJ Graves, T Kemp, F Kennedy, A KW - eppi-reviewer4 Teaching online; Covid-19; access and equality; lockdown PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, on 18 March 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the immediate closure of schools in England. (The closure was not absolute: schools would remain open for vulnerable children and the children of key workers. In practice, though, very few children have continued to attend.) In what follows, nine English teachers reflect on their experience of teaching under lockdown. DO - 10.1080/1358684X.2020.1779030 VL - 27 IS - 3 SP - 244 EP - 254 CY - ABINGDON PB - ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD SN - WOS:000565612100004 U1 - 50806798 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Teacher wonders how to help students during coronavirus shutdown JF - PHI DELTA KAPPAN A1 - Fagell PL KW - eppi-reviewer4 teacher; workplace; advice; COVID-19; coronavirus; pandemic; school; shutdown; support; tutoring; after-school; colleagues PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - Phyllis Fagell provides workplace advice to educators in this Kappan column. This month, a teacher wants to know how she can provide emotional support to students when the school is closed for the COVID-19 pandemic. A teachers' colleagues provide a lot of free after-school help to students, making her feel obligated to do the same, even when it interferes with her family time or when students have not been doing the work during class. VL - 101 IS - 8 SP - 67 EP - 68 CY - THOUSAND OAKS PB - SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC SN - WOS:000532368300016 U1 - 50806914 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19 and paediatric health services: A survey of paediatric physicians in Australia and New Zealand JF - JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH A1 - Foley DA Kirk, M Jepp, C Brophy-Williams, S Tong, KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; paediatric services; survey PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - Aims COVID-19 is now a global pandemic. At the time of survey, fewer than 150 children in Australia and New Zealand had documented infection. The aim of this study was to assess attitudes, readiness and confidence in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic through an online survey of paediatric physicians and sub-specialists across Australia and New Zealand. Methods Multiple email list groups were used to contact paediatric physicians to undertake an online Likert scale survey between 17 and 24 March. Respondents' specialty, experience and work setting were recorded. Ordinal logistic regression was used to determine respondent factors. Results There were 542 respondents from across Australia and New Zealand: an estimated 11% of the paediatric physician workforce. A minority (36.6%) agreed that their national response had been well coordinated; the majority (92.7%) agreed that senior-level hospital administrators were taking the situation seriously. Most reported a good understanding of the natural history of COVID-19 in children, and knowledge of where to find local information. A large proportion of physicians (86.1%) were worried about becoming infected through their work; few (5.8%) reported that they would not come to work to avoid infection. Closure of school and childcares would reduce the ability to continue work at current capacity for 23.6% of respondents. Conclusion Despite limited experience in pandemics, most paediatric physicians felt informed. Concern about exposure at work is common; most were willing to work regardless. The closure of schools and daycares may have an impact on staffing. Coordination and leadership will be critical. DO - 10.1111/jpc.14903 VL - 56 IS - 8 SP - 1219 EP - 1224 CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000530413600001 U1 - 50806903 N1 - Pediatrics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Effect of the COVID-19 Lockdown on Parents: A Call to Adopt Urgent Measures JF - PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA-THEORY RESEARCH PRACTICE AND POLICY A1 - Fontanesi L Marchetti, D Mazza, C Di Giandomenico, S KW - eppi-reviewer4 families; COVID-19 outbreak; psychological distress; parental burnout; children's well-being STRESS PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - The COVID-19 health crisis is strongly affecting the mental health of the general population. In particular, the pandemic may be producing psychological distress and collateral concerns for parents in lockdown, due to unstable financial circumstances, school closures. and suspended educational services for children. A call for measures to increase family-based interventions during the emergency is urgently needed to forestall psychopathological trajectories and prevent the exacerbation of vulnerable conditions. DO - 10.1037/tra0000672 VL - 12 IS - SP - S79 EP - S81 CY - WASHINGTON PB - EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC SN - WOS:000548599700029 U1 - 50806745 N1 - Psychology; Psychiatry ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Waiting for COVID-19 JF - JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH A1 - Francis TJ KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - I wrote this as a narrative piece for school, but it is a very honest description of how I'm feeling at this time. I just wanted to reassure people that I am ok. For anyone else who is feeling the same as I am, it's ok. I think it is good for us to be honest about how we are feeling, and it is perfectly reasonable for us to feel confusion during this time. I also think it is good for us to not let any anxiety overwhelm us. So let it out. Talk to someone. Write it down. And breathe. For me, watching the sunrise this morning was a good way to focus on something other than the chaos, other than my feelings. DO - 10.1111/jpc.14891 VL - 56 IS - 5 SP - 667 EP - 668 CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000527317900001 U1 - 50806926 N1 - Pediatrics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Socially distanced school-based nutrition program under COVID 19 in the rural Niger Delta JF - EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES AND SOCIETY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL A1 - Francis NN Pegg, S KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID 19; Niger Delta; Nigeria; Nutrition; Ogoni; Oil OIL; CORPORATE; RESPONSIBILITY; MOBILIZATION; GOVERNANCE; SPILLS PY - 2020 DA - 2020/04// Y1 - 2020/04// AB - The Niger Delta region of Nigeria is widely recognized as a complex and contentious space for oil exploration and production. Over the past few decades, the Niger Delta has witnessed large-scale mass peaceful mobilizations and rebellion-like conditions from violent militia groups. Oil companies have been implicated in violence perpetrated by Nigerian security forces. Local host communities have suffered greatly from corruption, political instability, violence and the environmental devastation of their farmlands and fishing grounds. Oil companies have increasingly turned to corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives to attempt to build or repair relations with oil-producing communities. There are also governmental and non-governmental humanitarian actors supporting various initiatives in the oil-producing areas. This article highlights the challenges that one long running micro-scale development project has faced due to the COVID 19 disease outbreak and the closure of all schools in Rivers State, Nigeria in March 2020. The school closures have halted some initiatives, but our weekly nutritional program has continued in new, socially distanced forms. DO - 10.1016/j.exis.2020.04.007 VL - 7 IS - 2 SP - 576 EP - 579 CY - OXFORD PB - ELSEVIER SCI LTD SN - WOS:000541817900042 U1 - 50806931 N1 - Environmental Sciences & Ecology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19 AND FAMILY LAW DECISION-MAKING JF - JOURNAL OF LAW AND MEDICINE A1 - Freckelton I KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; pandemic; relocation orders; parenting disputes PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - All aspects of family law have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It has posed challenges for the operation of the Family Court of Australia and the Federal Circuit Court, the obtaining of expert reports, the conduct of hearings, the functioning of contact centres, and the mode of delivery of children's schooling. In Australia and in Ontario an attempt has been made to be clear about what is expected of parents during the period of crisis. An Australian innovation has been the establishment of a COVID-19 List and communication by the Chief Justice of the Family Court about what is expected of parents by way of compliance with orders from chief health officers and safe practices to protect children against infection, especially those with particular health vulnerabilities. This column reviews such initiatives and a number of the significant family law decisions during the early phase of Australia's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. VL - 27 IS - 4 SP - 846 EP - 855 CY - NORTH RYDE PB - THOMSON REUTERS AUSTRALIA LTD SN - WOS:000562952400007 U1 - 50806954 N1 - Government & Law ER - TY - JOUR T1 - School's Out for COVID-19: 50 Ways BCBA Trainees in Special Education Settings Can Accrue Independent Fieldwork Experience Hours During the Pandemic JF - BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS IN PRACTICE A1 - Fronapfel BH Demchak, M KW - eppi-reviewer4 Behavior analysis; COVID-19; Pandemic; supervision PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; PREFERENCE; STUDENTS; GUIDELINES; TEACHERS; CHILDREN; DISABILITIES; AUTISM; GRAPHS; MODEL PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide executive orders closing schools, many trainees completing their supervised independent fieldwork in educational settings lost the ability to accrue hours linked to restricted activities of a therapeutic and instructional nature with students (i.e., clients). Given the impact on trainees of the pandemic restrictions, we present 50 suggestions for trainees in school settings to continue to accrue hours for both restricted and unrestricted activities throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. DO - 10.1007/s40617-020-00434-x VL - 13 IS - 2 SP - 312 EP - 320 CY - NEW YORK PB - SPRINGER SN - WOS:000542673200004 U1 - 50806877 N1 - Psychology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Rapid transition of a preclinical health systems science and social justice course to remote learning in the time of coronavirus JF - MEDICAL EDUCATION ONLINE A1 - Garg M Eniasivam, A Satterfield, J Norton, B Aus KW - eppi-reviewer4 Remote learning; coronavirus; health systems science; social justice; preclinical curriculum MEDICAL-EDUCATION PY - 2020 DA - 2020/01// Y1 - 2020/01// AB - As the coronavirus pandemic started, we rapidly transitioned a preclinical social justice and health systems sciences course at our medical school to asynchronous, remote learning. We describe processes, curricular innovations, and lessons learned. Small groups were converted into independent learning modules and lectures were given live via videoconferencing technology. We started with a simplified approach and then built technological capabilities over time. Current events were incorporated into curriculum and assessment. Our course ran from 16 March-3 April 2020 for the 155-person first-year class. Student attendance for optional, synchronous remote sessions was higher than in-person attendance in previous years. Completion rates for assignments were high but with minimal student collaboration. Faculty office hours were underutilized. Focus group and formal evaluations were largely positive, with numerical ratings for quality of the course and faculty teaching higher than the 2 years prior. Student engagement with social justice topics in aremote format was successful through modifications to small groups and lecture structure. Students, faculty, and administrative staff appreciated the consistency of session format throughout the course. Students exam performance was similar to prior years. Attention should be paid to what can be learned via self-study as opposed to small group learning. Better methods of soliciting real-time student feedback, and encouraging engagement with each other and with faculty in aremote environment are needed. DO - 10.1080/10872981.2020.1812225 VL - 25 IS - 1 CY - ABINGDON PB - TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD SN - WOS:000561994700001 U1 - 50806958 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Are dental schools adequately preparing dental students to face outbreaks of infectious diseases such as COVID-19? JF - JOURNAL OF DENTAL EDUCATION A1 - Ghai S KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - DO - 10.1002/jdd.12174 VL - 84 IS - 6 SP - 631 EP - 633 CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000532283300001 U1 - 50806899 N1 - Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Impact of COVID-19 on children: special focus on the psychosocial aspect JF - MINERVA PEDIATRICA A1 - Ghosh R Dubey, MJ Chatteratterjee, S Dubey, S KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; Coronavirus; Pandemics; Parenting; Child abuse; Mental health HEALTH; DISEASE; OUTBREAK; CHINA PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - Although medical literature shows that children are minimally susceptible to 2019-Corona virus disease (COVID-19), they are hit the hardest by psychosocial impact of this pandemic. Being quarantined in homes and institutions may impose greater psychological burden than the physical sufferings caused by the virus. School closure. lack of outdoor activity, aberrant dietary and sleeping habits are likely to disrupt children's usual lifestyle and can potentially promote monotony, distress, impatience, annoyance and varied neuropsychiatric manifestations. Incidences of domestic violence, child abuse, adulterated online contents are on the rise. Children of single parent and frontline workers suffer unique problems. The children from marginalized communities are particularly susceptible to the infection and may sutler from extended ill-consequences of this pandemic, such as child labor, child trafficking, child maniage, sexual exploitation and death etc. Parents, pediatricians, psychologists, social workers, hospital authonties, government and non-governmental organizations have important roles to play to mitigate the psychosocial ill-effects of COVID-19 on children and adolescents. To provide the basic amenities, social security, medical care, and to minimize the educational inequities among the children of the different strata of the society are foremost priorities. DO - 10.23736/S0026-4946.20.05887-9 VL - 72 IS - 3 SP - 226 EP - 235 CY - TURIN PB - EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA SN - WOS:000546726200010 U1 - 50806872 N1 - Pediatrics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Population-Based Study of the Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Hand Hygiene Behaviors-Polish Adolescents' COVID-19 Experience (PLACE-19) Study JF - SUSTAINABILITY A1 - Glabska D Skolmowska, D Guzek, D KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; Coronavirus-19; SARS-CoV-2; hand hygiene; hand washing; adolescents; national population-based study; Polish Adolescents' COVID-19 Experience (PLACE-19) Cohort COMMUNITY; KNOWLEDGE; RECALL; RISK PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization and other major authorities recommend frequent hand washing and applying proper hand hygiene procedures as one of the cheapest, easiest, and most important ways to prevent the spread of a virus. For adolescents it is especially important as it should become for them a lifelong habit. The aim of the study was to assess the hand hygiene behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in a national Polish sample of secondary school adolescents and to verify the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on those behaviors. The study was conducted in April 2020 in a national sample of 2323 secondary school students recruited based on secondary school sampling procedure (random quota sampling with quotas for voivodeships). The hand hygiene behaviors that were assessed included: frequency of washing hands, reasons for not washing hands, circumstances of washing hands, and procedure of handwashing. Participants were asked each question twice-for the current period of the COVID-19 pandemic and for the period before the COVID-19 issue. The declared frequency of washing hands during the COVID-19 pandemic was significantly higher than before (p< 0.0001), as the majority of respondents declared doing it 6-15 times a day (58.4%) while before the pandemic, it was 3-10 times a day (68.1%). The share of respondents declaring washing their hands always while it would be needed was significantly higher for the period during the COVID-19 pandemic (54.8%) than it was for the period before (35.6%;p< 0.0001), and there was a lower share of respondents declaring various reasons for not washing hands. For the majority of circumstances of washing hands, including those associated with meals, personal hygiene, leaving home, socializing, health, and household chores, the share of respondents declaring always washing their hands was significantly higher for the period during the COVID-19 pandemic than for the period before (p< 0.0001). For the majority of steps of handwashing procedure, the share of respondents declaring including them always was significantly higher for the period during the COVID-19 pandemic than for the period before (p< 0.0001), but a higher share declared not wearing a watch and bracelet (p= 0.0006), and rings (p= 0.0129). It was concluded that during the COVID-19 pandemic all the assessed hand hygiene behaviors of Polish adolescents were improved, compared with those before, but hand hygiene education is still necessary. DO - 10.3390/su12124930 VL - 12 IS - 12 CY - BASEL PB - MDPI SN - WOS:000550301700001 U1 - 50806867 N1 - Science & Technology - Other Topics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Expansion ofhospital-basedblood collections in the face ofCOVID-19 associated national blood shortage JF - TRANSFUSION A1 - Gniadek TJ Mallek, J Wright, G Saporito, C AbiMansou KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - BACKGROUND When the coronavirus pandemic caused widespread school and business closures in March 2020, blood drives were canceled and the supply of blood decreased suddenly in the United States (US). In response, hospital-based transfusion medicine physicians instituted policies to conserve blood and decrease blood product usage. These efforts were aided by the US Surgeon General recommendation to cancel all elective procedures. Nevertheless, the duration, severity, and impact of the pandemic on the national blood supply was uncertain. Hospitals with in-house donor programs had the opportunity not only to control demand, but also increase supply. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS A hospital-based blood donor center was rapidly mobilized to increase the supply of in-house collected blood, in order to counteract a sudden but potentially long-term depletion of the national blood supply during a pandemic. RESULTS Collections increased approximately five-fold above baseline for whole blood units, while apheresis platelet units were maintained at the historical average for the blood donor center. Cancellation of elective procedures showed a modest, but not yet statistically significant decrease in average blood product usage per day, nevertheless the in-house collection rate was sufficient to meet demand. CONCLUSION A hospital-based blood donor center can quickly increase collection volumes and capacity in the face of a national emergency or pandemic. The desire to collect units should be balanced with safety concerns, need for sustainability, and blood product demand. DO - 10.1111/trf.15869 VL - 60 IS - 7 SP - 1470 EP - 1475 CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000542483000001 U1 - 50806842 N1 - Hematology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Analysis of Factors Influencing Students' Access to Mathematics Education in the Form of MOOC JF - MATHEMATICS A1 - Gonda D Duris, V Pavlovicova, G Tirpakova, A KW - eppi-reviewer4 constructivism; mathematics learning; MOOC; new teaching techniques; students' access to MOOC PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - Restricting the movement of students because of COVID-19 requires expanding the offer of online education. Online education should reflect the principles of pedagogical constructivism to ensure the development of students' cognitive and social competencies. The paper describes the preparatory course of mathematics, realized in the form of MOOC. This course was created and implemented based on the principles of pedagogical constructivism. The analysis of the respondents' approach to MOOC revealed a difference between bachelor and master students in the use of MOOC. Bachelors found a strong correlation between their approach to MOOCs and the way they are educated in secondary schools. The results of the research point to the need of more emphasis should be placed on advancing the learner's skills in navigating and analysing information. The questionnaire filled in by the participants also monitored the students' access to learning. The results of the experiment confirmed the connection between the preferred approach to learning and students' activities within the MOOC. DO - 10.3390/math8081229 VL - 8 IS - 8 CY - BASEL PB - MDPI SN - WOS:000564732100001 U1 - 50806730 N1 - Mathematics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - BACKTALK: How districts can learn from their COVID response: Stats 101 not required JF - PHI DELTA KAPPAN A1 - Gordon N Conaway, C KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; pandemic; online learning; distance learning; evaluation; statistics PY - 2020 DA - 2020/09// Y1 - 2020/09// AB - The COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to quickly cobble together new remote teaching and learning programs in spring 2020, but now that they have a little more time, they can step back and evaluate the programs they've put in place. Nora Gordon and Carrie Conaway describe how school and district leaders can evaluate their online programs without using complex statistics. DO - 10.1177/0031721720956882 VL - 102 IS - 1 SP - 52 EP - 53 CY - THOUSAND OAKS PB - SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC SN - WOS:000563018500026 U1 - 50806696 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - EDUCATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY IS OUT OF STEP - NOW MORE THAN EVER JF - PHI DELTA KAPPAN A1 - Gottlieb D Schneider, J KW - eppi-reviewer4 accountability; schools; measurement; nonacademic; outcomes; evaluation; pandemic; COVID-19 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/09// Y1 - 2020/09// AB - The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light many of the essential nonacademic functions of U.S. schools, such as meals, mental health support, and opportunities for students whose families lack resources. Yet, as Derek Gottlieb and Jack Schneider explain, schools continue to be evaluated primarily on students' academic outcomes. They call for a reconsideration of current accountability measures to take into account the multifaceted work of schools. DO - 10.1177/0031721720956842 VL - 102 IS - 1 SP - 24 EP - 25 CY - THOUSAND OAKS PB - SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC SN - WOS:000563018500016 U1 - 50806694 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - School attendance during a pandemic JF - ECONOMICS LETTERS A1 - Goulas S Megalokonomou, R KW - eppi-reviewer4 School attendance; School performance; Pandemic; School closure; Social distancing PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - When officials relax school attendance requirements as a prophylactic measure against a pandemic, students of higher prior performance take more absences, while students of lower prior performance keep going to school. Prior performance is positively associated with neighborhood income. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. DO - 10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109275 VL - 193 IS - CY - LAUSANNE PB - ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA SN - WOS:000551630000014 U1 - 50806743 N1 - Business & Economics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19: A Closer Lens JF - ISSUES IN MENTAL HEALTH NURSING A1 - Green-Laughlin D KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - Generations of nurses to come, now called heroes in the media, will have challenges in providing care for persons during this global pandemic. COVID-19 has impacted all demographics, regardless of race, gender, or socioeconomic class globally. African Americans have experienced a disproportionate number of deaths related to COVID-19 in the New Orleans and surrounding Metropolitan areas. According to the Louisiana Department of Health (2020), fifty-seven percent (57.40%) of the deaths in Louisiana related to COVID-19 have been African American (Black) and fifty-five percent (55.2%) have been males as of May 11, 2020. Social determinants of health are the conditions in which people age and the conditions they are born, grow, age and work. These conditions include neighborhoods, schools, and places of employment. These circumstances are shaped by the distribution of money, power, and resources at global, national, and local levels (World Health Organization,2020). Years later the same community that comprised "pre-and post-Katrina" are now facing this pandemic. DO - 10.1080/01612840.2020.1773736 VL - 41 IS - 8 SP - 662 EP - 664 CY - PHILADELPHIA PB - TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC SN - WOS:000546368700001 U1 - 50806833 N1 - Nursing; Psychiatry ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Interactive Intervention on Handwashing among Elementary School Children JF - HEALTH BEHAVIOR AND POLICY REVIEW A1 - Grewal M Krishna, A Chopra, T KW - eppi-reviewer4 handwashing; hand hygiene; elementary school; coronavirus; COVID-19; Glo-germ (R) experiment HAND SANITIZER; HYGIENE; SPREAD PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - Objective: Handwashing has never been so relevant as today with the coronavirus disease pandemic sweeping across the world. This study was conducted to assess children's knowledge about microbe transmission and handwashing and to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention about handwashing. Methods: We conducted this study in 3 elementary schools in Seattle, Washington during October-December 2015. We administered a questionnaire before and after a peer-led interactive educational intervention about handwashing. Chisquare and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to compare responses to each survey question and the number of correct responses to the entire questionnaire pre- and post-intervention. Results: Seventy students (36 girls, 34 boys) participated in the survey (5-7 years = 30, 8-10 years = 30, 11-12 years = 10). In the pre-intervention survey, only 43% were aware of how germs are spread and only about 50% were aware about the critical times of handwashing. We noticed a statistically significant increase in knowledge to each survey question and in the number of correct responses to the entire questionnaire following the intervention. Conclusions: Our study identified important knowledge gaps about microbial transmission and handwashing in elementary school children. We showed that an educational intervention can be effective in improving knowledge about handwashing. DO - 10.14485/HBPR.7.3.3 VL - 7 IS - 3 SP - 191 EP - 197 CY - ALHAMBRA PB - PARIS SCHOLAR PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000543305100003 U1 - 50806906 N1 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Pandemic School Closures May Increase Inequality in Test Scores JF - CANADIAN PUBLIC POLICY-ANALYSE DE POLITIQUES A1 - Haeck C Lefebvre, P KW - eppi-reviewer4 cognitive skills; socioeconomic inequalities; PISA; pandemic; Canadian provinces STRIKES PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - Schools have been closed across the country and will remain closed until September in most provinces. The decision to reopen should take into account current inequalities in cognitive skills across the country and the impact of school interruptions on knowledge accumulation. In this article, we use information from a companion article to estimate the socioeconomic achievement gaps of 15-year-olds across Canada and assess the impact of the pandemic on inequalities in education. Using estimates from the literature on the impact of school closures, we find that the socioeconomic skills gap measured using Programme for International Student Assessment data could increase by more than 30 percent. DO - 10.3138/cpp.2020-055 VL - 46 IS - SP - S82 EP - S87 CY - TORONTO PB - UNIV TORONTO PRESS INC SN - WOS:000561334000007 U1 - 50806805 N1 - Business & Economics; Public Administration ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Covid-19: medical schools given powers to graduate final year students early to help NHS JF - BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL A1 - Harvey A KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/03// Y1 - 2020/03// AB - DO - 10.1136/bmj.m1227 VL - 368 IS - CY - LONDON PB - BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP SN - WOS:000523764800016 U1 - 50806937 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - No evidence of secondary transmission of COVID-19 from children attending school in Ireland, 2020 JF - EUROSURVEILLANCE A1 - Heavey L Casey, G Kelly, C Kelly, D McDarby, G KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - As many countries begin to lift some of the restrictions to contain COVID-19 spread, lack of evidence of transmission in the school setting remains. We examined Irish notifications of SARS-CoV2 in the school setting before school closures on 12 March 2020 and identified no paediatric transmission. This adds to current evidence that children do not appear to be drivers of transmission, and we argue that reopening schools should be considered safe accompanied by certain measures. DO - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.21.2000903 VL - 25 IS - 21 SP - 2 EP - 5 CY - STOCKHOLM PB - EUR CENTRE DIS PREVENTION & CONTROL SN - WOS:000537451400001 U1 - 50806889 N1 - Infectious Diseases ER - TY - JOUR T1 - An ode to joy JF - PHI DELTA KAPPAN A1 - Heller R KW - eppi-reviewer4 school; education; teach; learn; joy; pleasure; pandemic; COVID; coronavirus PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - While we're in the midst of a global pandemic that has shut down the education system, it may seem odd to publish a magazine issue on the pleasures of life in school. But sometime soon, our schools will reopen, and it will be more important than ever to focus on the joys of teaching and learning. VL - 101 IS - 8 SP - 4 EP - 4 CY - THOUSAND OAKS PB - SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC SN - WOS:000532368300001 U1 - 50806917 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Helping teachers to respond to COVID-19 in the Eastern Caribbean: issues of readiness, equity and care JF - JOURNAL OF EDUCATION FOR TEACHING A1 - Leacock CJ Warrican, SJ KW - eppi-reviewer4 Covid-19; Eastern Caribbean; teacher education; readiness; equity AB - Education in the Eastern Caribbean has been heavily influenced by the colonial history of the sub-region. In recent years though, in recognition of the fact that the traditional approaches to teaching and learning are no longer meeting the needs of present-day students, there have been calls for change to more student-friendly ones, with electronic technology playing a significant role. However, the resistance to certain types of devices in the classroom has contributed to the slow uptake of widespread use of electronic technology and the online environment as a mode for teaching and learning. The closure of schools due to the advent of COVID-19 pandemic forced education systems in the region to turn to the online environment to engage students in educational activities. Students, teachers and other education officials had to face their apprehensions and venture into this space for schooling. This paper describes actions taken by the Eastern Caribbean Joint Board of Teacher Education to help teachers cope with this different learning environment, guided by the concepts of teacher readiness, equity relating to access of resources and providing caring support for all affected. DO - 10.1080/02607476.2020.1803733 VL - IS - CY - ABINGDON PB - ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD SN - WOS:000560843500001 U1 - 50806707 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Relationship between parenting stress and school closures due to theCOVID-19 pandemic JF - PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES A1 - Hiraoka D Tomoda, A KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/09// Y1 - 2020/09// AB - DO - 10.1111/pcn.13088 VL - 74 IS - 9 SP - 497 EP - 498 CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000545075400001 U1 - 50806795 N1 - Neurosciences & Neurology; Psychiatry ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Rising to the challenge of COVID-19 JF - NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY A1 - Hofer U Du Toit, A York, A KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/09// Y1 - 2020/09// AB - Scientists around the world have risen to the challenges posed by COVID-19 by rapidly transforming their laboratories and refocusing their research efforts. In the first of a new series of Feature articles to highlight these efforts, we interviewed three researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Scientists around the world have risen to the challenges posed by COVID-19 by rapidly transforming their laboratories and refocusing their research efforts. DO - 10.1038/s41579-020-0419-7 VL - 18 IS - 9 SP - 473 EP - 474 CY - LONDON PB - NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP SN - WOS:000553274800002 U1 - 50806756 N1 - Microbiology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - How Can Released State Test Items Support Interim Assessment Purposes in an Educational Crisis? JF - EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT-ISSUES AND PRACTICE A1 - Klugman EM Ho, AD KW - eppi-reviewer4 achievement levels; COVID-19; interim assessment; item maps; item response theory; psychometrics; state testing DOMAIN AB - State testing programs regularly release previously administered test items to the public. We provide an open-source recipe for state, district, and school assessment coordinators to combine these items flexibly to produce scores linked to established state score scales. These would enable estimation of student score distributions and achievement levels. We discuss how educators can use resulting scores to estimate achievement distributions at the classroom and school level. We emphasize that any use of such tests should be tertiary, with no stakes for students, educators, and schools, particularly in the context of a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic. These tests and their results should also be lower in priority than assessments of physical, mental, and social-emotional health, and lower in priority than classroom and district assessments that may already be in place. We encourage state testing programs to release all the ingredients for this recipe to support low-stakes, aggregate-level assessments. This is particularly urgent during a crisis where scores may be declining and gaps increasing at unknown rates. DO - 10.1111/emip.12390 VL - IS - CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000562778400001 U1 - 50806702 N1 - Education & Educational Research; Psychology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - How China's education responses to COVID-19: A perspective of policy analysis JF - EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY AND THEORY A1 - Xue EY Li, J Li, TZ Shang, WW KW - eppi-reviewer4 Education in COVID-19; China's education policy; policy analysis; China's education AB - This study explores how China's education responses to COVID-19 from a perspective of policy analysis. Specifically, it involves building an educational policy system for COVID-19 to examine educational governance framework, school management and teaching, policies for teachers during the epidemic. The education policy during the epidemic has achieved positive results. Those results aim to ensure the physical and mental health of teachers and students, ensure the supply of epidemic prevention materials and educational resources, ensure the quality of students' learning, and enhance the application ability of teachers' teaching technology. The process of policy changes and effects of policy implementation have been examined to analyze how China's education responses to COVID-19. The characteristics and experience of China's education policy in response to the epidemic concentrate on forming a governance system under the centralized and unified leadership of the Communist Party of China, building a pattern in which families and schools cooperate closely to promote the smooth development of education and teaching, transforming from an emergency substitute during the crisis into an important motivation to promote the transformation of education paradigm, and paying great attention to remote and poor areas and disadvantaged student groups. DO - 10.1080/00131857.2020.1793653 VL - IS - CY - ABINGDON PB - TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD SN - WOS:000548964900001 U1 - 50806777 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - How do people perceive the disclosure risk of maps? Examining the perceived disclosure risk of maps and its implications for geoprivacy protection JF - CARTOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE A1 - Kim J Kwan, MP Levenstein, MC Richardson, DB KW - eppi-reviewer4 Disclosure risk; geoprivacy; geomasking; perception; COVID-19; survey PRIVACY PROTECTION; SPATIAL DATA; TRAVEL MODE; HEALTH DATA; LOCATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; ATTITUDE AB - This research examines how people subjectively perceive the disclosure risk of a map using original data collected in an online survey with 856 participants. The results indicate that perceived disclosure risk increases as the amount of locational information displayed on a map increases. Compared to point-based maps, perceived disclosure risk is significantly lower for kernel density maps, convex hull maps, and standard deviational ellipse maps. The results also revealed that perceived disclosure risk is affected by map scale and the presence of information of other people on a map. For geomasking methods, perceived disclosure risk decreases as aggregation level increases and as relocation distance increases. However, aggregation methods (point to polygon) are more effective in preventing the re-identification of individuals when compared to relocation methods (point to point). Lastly, the perceived disclosure risk of a map that displays socially-vulnerable people is significantly higher than that of a map that displays non-vulnerable groups. Specifically, a map displaying the private locations of elementary school students has the highest perceived disclosure risk. Based on the results, a set of geoprivacy protection guidelines for mapping people's private locations to minimize people's perceived disclosure risk is proposed. Implications for mapping infectious diseases like the COVID-19 are also discussed. DO - 10.1080/15230406.2020.1794976 VL - IS - CY - PHILADELPHIA PB - TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC SN - WOS:000562199400001 U1 - 50806705 N1 - Geography ER - TY - JOUR T1 - How Much May COVID-19 School Closures Increase Childhood Obesity? JF - OBESITY A1 - Workman J KW - eppi-reviewer4 AB - DO - 10.1002/oby.22960 VL - IS - CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000564042900001 U1 - 50806699 N1 - Endocrinology & Metabolism; Nutrition & Dietetics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19 and schooling: evaluation, assessment and accountability in times of crises-reacting quickly to explore key issues for policy, practice and research with the school barometer JF - EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT EVALUATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY A1 - Huber SG Helm, C KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19 crises; Responsible science; Barometer survey; Survey methodology; Information for policy; School situation INSTRUCTIONAL QUALITY; CLASSROOM DISTURBANCES; ENACTED SENSEMAKING; BEHAVIORAL-RESEARCH; PERCEPTIONS; LEADERSHIP; TEACHERS; STUDENT; MANAGEMENT; PERSPECTIVE PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - The crisis caused by the COVID-19 virus has far-reaching effects in the field of education, as schools were closed in March 2020 in many countries around the world. In this article, we present and discuss the School Barometer, a fast survey (in terms of reaction time, time to answer and dissemination time) that was conducted in Germany, Austria and Switzerland during the early weeks of the school lockdown to assess and evaluate the current school situation caused by COVID-19. Later, the School Barometer was extended to an international survey, and some countries conducted the survey in their own languages. In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, 7116 persons participated in the German language version: 2222 parents, 2152 students, 1949 school staff, 655 school leaders, 58 school authority and 80 members of the school support system. The aim was to gather, analyse and present data in an exploratory way to inform policy, practice and further research. In this article, we present some exemplary first results and possible implications for policy, practice and research. Furthermore, we reflect on the strengths and limitations of the School Barometer and fast surveys as well as the methodological options for data collection and analysis when using a short monitoring survey approach. Specifically, we discuss the methodological challenges associated with survey data of this kind, including challenges related to hypothesis testing, the testing of causal effects and approaches to ensure reliability and validity. By doing this, we reflect on issues of assessment, evaluation and accountability in times of crisis. DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11092-020-09322-y VL - 32 IS - 2 SP - 237 EP - 270 CY - HEIDELBERG PB - SPRINGER HEIDELBERG SN - WOS:000539500900001 U1 - 50806858 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Covid-19: medical schools are urged to fast-track final year students JF - BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL A1 - Iacobucci G KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/03// Y1 - 2020/03// AB - DO - 10.1136/bmj.m1064 VL - 368 IS - CY - LONDON PB - BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP SN - WOS:000523761500005 U1 - 50806942 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Remote Eye-Tracking for Cognitive Telerehabilitation and Interactive School Tasks in Times of COVID-19 JF - INFORMATION A1 - Iannizzotto G Nucita, A Fabio, RA Capri, T Lo Bello, L KW - eppi-reviewer4 video-based eye-gaze tracking; video conferencing; remote interactive education; telerehabilitation; COVID-19 RETT-SYNDROME; BEHAVIOR; CHILDREN PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - In the attempt to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 lockdown, most countries have recently authorized and promoted the adoption of e-learning and remote teaching technologies, often with the support of teleconferencing platforms. Unfortunately, not all students can benefit from the adoption of such a surrogate of their usual school. We were asked to devise a way to allow a community of children affected by the Rett genetic syndrome, and thus unable to communicate verbally, in writing or by gestures, to actively participate in remote rehabilitation and special education sessions by exploiting eye-gaze tracking. As not all subjects can access commercial eye-tracking devices, we investigated new ways to facilitate the access to eye gaze-based interaction for this specific case. The adopted communication platform is a videoconferencing software, so all we had at our disposal was a live video stream of the child. As a solution to the problem, we developed a software (named SWYG) that only runs at the "operator" side of the communication, at the side of the videoconferencing software, and does not require to install other software in the child's computer. The preliminary results obtained are very promising and the software is ready to be deployed on a larger base. While this paper is being written, several children are finally able to communicate with their caregivers from home, without relying on expensive and cumbersome devices. DO - 10.3390/info11060296 VL - 11 IS - 6 CY - BASEL PB - MDPI SN - WOS:000551236800042 U1 - 50806866 N1 - Computer Science ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Sexual Minority Populations in Brazil: An Analysis of Social/Racial Disparities in Maintaining Social Distancing and a Description of Sexual Behavior JF - AIDS AND BEHAVIOR A1 - Torres TS Hoagland, B Bezerra, DRB Garner, A Jalil, KW - eppi-reviewer4 MSM; Transgender people; PrEP; Covid-19; Brazil TRANSGENDER WOMEN; LATIN-AMERICA; HIV; PREP; MEN AB - We conducted a web-based survey to understand the impact of social distancing measures on Brazilian MSM and transgender/non-binary lives. A total of 3486 respondents were included in this analysis and the great majority were cismen (98%). The median age was 32 years (IQR: 27-40), 44% non-white, 36% low schooling and 38% low income. Most of participants reported HIV negative/unknown status (77%). Participants on-PrEP reported more condomless anal sex than those off-PrEP. Conversely, 24% off-PrEP were at substantial HIV-risk. PrEP/ART continuation were reported by the majority, despite reports of impediments to medication refill. Transgender/non-binary reported more mental health problems and challenges to access health care. Social and racial disparities were associated with unattainability of maintaining social distancing. Tailored social and economic support policies during COVID-19 pandemic should be made available to these populations. Challenges for PrEP/ART access will demand the implementation of innovative solutions to avoid the expansion of the HIV epidemic. DO - 10.1007/s10461-020-02984-1 VL - IS - CY - NEW YORK PB - SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS SN - WOS:000559355900002 U1 - 50806750 N1 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Biomedical Social Sciences ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Impacts of COVID-19 on the Law School Admission Test JF - EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT-ISSUES AND PRACTICE A1 - Evans J Knezevich, L KW - eppi-reviewer4 AB - DO - 10.1111/emip.12367 VL - IS - CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000552871400001 U1 - 50806757 N1 - Education & Educational Research; Psychology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - International solidarity: medical school collaborations during the COVID-19 pandemic JF - CLINICAL TEACHER A1 - Rashid MA Nicholson, JG Gill, D KW - eppi-reviewer4 AB - DO - 10.1111/tct.13239 VL - IS - CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000555400400001 U1 - 50806723 N1 - Research & Experimental Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Introduction to the JPCC special issue: Professionalism in the Pandemic JF - JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL CAPITAL AND COMMUNITY A1 - Scanlan M KW - eppi-reviewer4 Professionalism; Pandemic; COVID-19 AB - Purpose Introduction to the JPCC special issue:Professionalism in the Pandemic. Design/methodology/approach As educators around the world respond to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Journal of Professional Capital and Community (JPCC), the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI) and the ARC Education Project are collaboratively launching a special issue of JPCC:Professionalism in the Pandemic. This essay provides a brief introduction to this special issue. Findings The purpose of this special issue is to create a scholarly forum for sharing perspectives from around the world about how educators in classrooms, schools, school systems and broader communities are innovatively, creatively and productively responding to this unfolding crisis. Some guiding questions these essays consider: In your field/area of expertise, what are some examples of creative responses to the pandemic that you are witnessing? What lessons do you see educators learning in the short term? Medium term? Long term? What are some ways the current crisis is spurring new opportunities to build professional capital and community? How are educators (re)conceptualizing their roles in the face of this crisis? What kinds of connections are educators fostering to support one another through this time? How are responses exhibiting consistency and variation internationally? Originality/value The thought leaders contributing to this special issue come from around the world. Speaking in the voice of public intellectuals, they provide perspectives for practitioners and policymakers who are seeking to not simply adapt to meet the crisis at hand but also to step back and consider the medium to longer-term implications. DO - 10.1108/JPCC-06-2020-0047 VL - IS - CY - BINGLEY PB - EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000548036700001 U1 - 50806786 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Unplanned Closure of Public Schools in Michigan, 2015-2016: Cross-Sectional Study on Rurality and Digital Data Harvesting JF - JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH A1 - Jackson AM Mullican, LA Tse, ZTH Yin, JJ Zhou, XL KW - eppi-reviewer4 epidemiology; Twitter; rural health; school health; social media; pandemic UNITED-STATES; INFLUENZA; TWITTER PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - BACKGROUND For pandemic preparedness, researchers used online systematic searches to track unplanned school closures (USCs). We determine if Twitter provides complementary data. METHODS Twitter handles of Michigan public schools and school districts were identified. All tweets associated with these handles were downloaded. USC-related tweets were identified using 5 keywords. Descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic regression were performed in R. RESULTS Among 3469 Michigan public schools, 2003 maintained their own active Twitter accounts or belonged to school districts with active Twitter accounts. Of these 2003 schools, in 2015-2016 school year, at least 1 USC announcement was identified for 349 schools via the current method only, 678 schools via Twitter only, and 562 schools via both methods. No USC announcements were identified for 414 schools. Rural schools were less likely than city schools to have active Twitter coverage (adjusted relative risk [adjRR] = 0.3956, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.3312-0.4671), and to announce USCs on Twitter (adjRR = 0.5692, 95% CI 0.4645-0.6823), but more likely to have USCs identified by the current method (adjRR = 1.4545, 95% CI 1.3545-1.5490). CONCLUSIONS Each method identified USCs that were missed by the other. Our results suggested that identifying USCs on Twitter is complementary to the current method. DO - 10.1111/josh.12901 VL - 90 IS - 7 SP - 511 EP - 519 CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000530815100001 U1 - 50806900 N1 - Education & Educational Research; Health Care Sciences & Services; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Assessing Characteristics of Unplanned School Closures that Occurred in the United States in Response to Hurricane Harvey in 2017 JF - DISASTER MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS A1 - Jackson AM Ahmed, F KW - eppi-reviewer4 hurricanes; natural disasters; unplanned school closures PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02// Y1 - 2020/02// AB - Objective: Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall in Texas on August 24, 2017, caused catastrophic damage that resulted in the closure of many schools and school districts across 4 states. We evaluated the underlying reasons and characteristics of the unplanned school closures to gain insight on how communities may cope with recommended preemptive closures as an intervention for pandemic influenza. Methods: Information was extracted from news articles, school websites, and Twitter and Facebook posts previously collected through daily systematic searches of Google, Google News, and Lexis-Nexis. This information was sorted into predefined categories describing the characteristics that may be associated with unplanned school closures that occur during a natural disaster. Results: Across Texas, Louisiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee, there were 3026 unplanned closures. Sixty-three percent of the closures occurred in Texas. The main reasons for the closures were flooding, power outages, and structural damage. The closed schools in Texas were sometimes used as shelters or as locations for providing food or other resources. Conclusion: School closures associated with Hurricane Harvey were attributed to both the effects of the hurricane and use for resource allocation. These findings can help inform preparedness planning and response for future hurricane seasons and other large-scale emergencies. DO - 10.1017/dmp.2019.159 VL - 14 IS - 1 SP - 125 EP - 129 CY - NEW YORK PB - CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS SN - WOS:000524927400021 U1 - 50806951 N1 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Inequality in learning opportunities during Covid-19: Evidence from library takeout JF - RESEARCH IN SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND MOBILITY A1 - Jaeger MM Blaabaek, EH KW - eppi-reviewer4 Covid-19; Inequality; Library use; Register data; Learning loss; Denmark PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - Research shows that Covid-19 enhanced inequality in families' learning environments. We use register data from Denmark to analyze inequality in families' takeout of digital children's books from public libraries. Our register data, which include more than 55 million observations of families' daily library takeout, show that the socio-economic gradient in library takeout (by parents' education and income) that existed before the Covid-19 lockdown increased after the lockdown. We also find that the increase in the socioeconomic gradient during Covid-19 was weaker in immigrant than in native families, stronger in families with recent experience in taking out digital materials from the library, and stronger in families with children in the early stages of elementary school. Overall, our results suggest that Covid-19 increased inequality in learning opportunities because better off families were more successful at using libraries during the pandemic than worse off families. DO - 10.1016/j.rssm.2020.100524 VL - 68 IS - CY - OXFORD PB - ELSEVIER SCI LTD SN - WOS:000552271100008 U1 - 50806742 N1 - Sociology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Failing the Test of Covid-19 New York City's public schools were slow to close when the coronavirus struck. The consequences were fatal JF - NATION A1 - Jaffe S KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - VL - 310 IS - 17 SP - 20 EP - 25 CY - NEW YORK PB - NATION CO INC SN - WOS:000541931200013 U1 - 50806830 N1 - Government & Law ER - TY - JOUR T1 - More eyes on COVID-19: Perspectives from Education Studies Schools as organisations and the science of re-opening JF - SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE A1 - Jansen J KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; South Africa; social sciences; humanities; education studies PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - DO - 10.17159/sajs.2020/8502 VL - 116 IS - 7-8 SP - 16 EP - 16 CY - LYNWOOD RIDGE PB - ACAD SCIENCE SOUTH AFRICA A S S AF SN - WOS:000553869600012 U1 - 50806812 N1 - Science & Technology - Other Topics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Biogeopolitics of COVID-19: Asylum-Related Migrants at the European Union Borderlands JF - TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR ECONOMISCHE EN SOCIALE GEOGRAFIE A1 - Jauhiainen J KW - eppi-reviewer4 Biogeopolitics; COVID-19; asylum; migration; Greece; Turkey PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - In biogeopolitics, the key state stakeholders develop and aim to accomplish their geopolitical goals by (mis)management and biopolitical governance of vulnerable population. In this article, this population refers to asylum-related migrants who use or aim to use an asylum request as their entry mechanism to the European Union. This paper explores the emergence of biogeopolitics at the EU borderland between Turkey and Greece during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Statistics about irregular migration from Turkey to Greece, field observations in Lesvos (Greece) as well as media and social media discussions about COVID-19 in Lesvos are analysed. In the biogeopolitics of COVID-19, the governance and (mis)management of asylum-related migrants include policies and practices to let these migrants to live or die, including regulating illegal border-crossings, everyday living conditions at the reception centres, and actions regarding the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic was used as an additional tool to foster biogeopolitics. DO - 10.1111/tesg.12448 VL - 111 IS - 3 SP - 260 EP - 274 CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000544437700001 U1 - 50806822 N1 - Business & Economics; Geography ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Supporting making online: the role of artifact, teacher and peer interactions in crafting electronic textiles JF - INFORMATION AND LEARNING SCIENCES A1 - Jayathirtha G A1 - Fields D A1 - Kafai YBl Chipps, J KW - eppi-reviewer4 Secondary school; Online education; Electronic textiles; Maker education; Computer science education; Physical computing PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to report changes when a classroom-based makerspace moved from face-to-face to an online setting. Design/methodology/approach - To better understand changes in teaching maker activities, as they move from face-to-face to online contexts, the authors analyzed video and interview data from six weeks of an introductory computer science high school classroom (38 youth) that was implementing an electronic textiles unit, shifting to asynchronous online teaching and learning during the March 2020 state-wide school closure because of the pandemic. The authors analyzed field notes and videos of face-to-face and online interactions between the teacher and his students in learning to craft and code their electronic textiles projects. Findings - The analysis revealed changes in the role of physical and code artifacts, in improvising teaching, and channels for communication between the teacher and students. Research limitations/implications - This study discusses the implications for future pedagogical design and research efforts, as the authors continue to engage youth and work toward designing equitable learning opportunities with maker activities online. Originality/value - In maker activities such as electronic textiles, youth design, sew and program circuits to make personalized three-dimensional, textile artifacts. However, nearly all research on supporting and teaching making has been conducted in face-to-face settings. DO - https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-04-2020-0111 VL - IS - CY - BINGLEY PB - EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000547549100001 U1 - 50806825 N1 - Information Science & Library Science ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Epidemiological and molecular characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage strains in pre-school children in Arkhangelsk, northern European Russia, prior to the introduction of conjugate pneumococcal vaccines JF - BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES A1 - Jensen VVS Furberg, AS Slotved, HC Bazhukova, T Hald KW - eppi-reviewer4 PCV-13-vaccine; Pandemic clones; Serotyping; Sequencing; Multidrug-resistance; Russia DAY-CARE-CENTERS; ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE; HAEMOPHILUS-INFLUENZAE; SEROTYPE DISTRIBUTION; VACCINATION PROGRAM; KILIFI DISTRICT; ST-PETERSBURG; DISEASE; CLONES; NASOPHARYNGEAL PY - 2020 DA - 2020/04// Y1 - 2020/04// AB - Background The 13-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV-13) was introduced in the National Immunization Programme (NIP) schedule in Russia in March 2014. Previously, the 7-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV-7) was marketed in Russia in 2009 but has never been offered for mass vaccination. A carriage study was performed among children in Arkhangelsk in 2006. The objective was to determine the prevalence of carriage, serotype distribution, antimicrobial susceptibility and the molecular structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains before marketing and introduction of PCV-13. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted on a cluster-randomized sample of children and a self-administrated questionnaire for parents/guardians. Nasopharyngeal samples were collected from 438 children younger than 7 years attending nurseries and kindergartens in the Arkhangelsk region, Russia. Detailed demographic data, as well as information about the child's health, traveling, exposure to antimicrobials within the last 3 months and anthropometric measurements were collected for all study subjects. Variables extracted from the questionnaire were analysed using statistic regression models to estimate the risk of carriage. All pneumococcal isolates were examined with susceptibility testing, serotyping and multilocus sequence typing. Results The overall prevalence of asymptomatic carriage was high and peaking at 36 months with a rate of 57%. PCV-13 covered 67.3% of the detected strains. High rates of non-susceptibility to penicillin, macrolides and multidrug resistance were associated with specific vaccine serotypes, pandemic clones, and local sequence types. Nine percent of isolates represented three globally disseminated disease-associated pandemic clones; penicillin- and macrolide-resistant clones Norway(NT)-42 and Poland(6B)-20, as well as penicillin- and macrolide-susceptible clone Netherlands(3)-31. A high level of antimicrobial consumption was noted by the study. According to the parent's reports, 89.5% of the children used at least one antimicrobial regime since birth. None of the hypothesised predictors of S. pneumoniae carriage were statistically significant in univariable and multivariable logistic models. Conclusions The study identified a high coverage of the PCV-13-vaccine, but serotype replacement and expansion of globally disseminated disease-associated clones with non-vaccine serotypes may be expected. Further surveillance of antimicrobial resistance and serotype distribution is therefore required. DO - 10.1186/s12879-020-04998-5 VL - 20 IS - 1 CY - LONDON PB - BMC SN - WOS:000528746800003 U1 - 50806925 N1 - Infectious Diseases ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Infection prevention guidelines and considerations for paediatric risk groups when reopening primary schools during COVID-19 pandemic, Norway, April 2020 JF - EUROSURVEILLANCE A1 - Johansen TB Astrup, E Jore, S Nilssen, H Dahlberg, BB KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - In response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, most countries implemented school closures. In Norway, schools closed on 13 March 2020. The evidence of effect on disease transmission was limited, while negative consequences were evident. Before reopening, risk-assessment for paediatric risk groups was performed, concluding that most children can attend school with few conditions requiring preventative homeschooling. We here present infection prevention and control guidelines for primary schools and recommendations for paediatric risk groups. DO - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.22.2000921 VL - 25 IS - 22 SP - 8 EP - 13 CY - STOCKHOLM PB - EUR CENTRE DIS PREVENTION & CONTROL SN - WOS:000539166400002 U1 - 50806861 N1 - Infectious Diseases ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Notes on a Crisis: The Pandemic and English Schools JF - CHANGING ENGLISH-STUDIES IN CULTURE AND EDUCATION A1 - Jones K KW - eppi-reviewer4 Pandemic; Covid-19; online learning; National Education Union; pathos of teaching PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - The Covid-19 pandemic has created global disruption in education. It has served to highlight pre-existing inequalities, at the same time as it has stimulated new forms of educational provision, notably 'online learning'. This article focuses on the debates and conflicts provoked by the pandemic's impact on schooling in England. It aims to show how the historic policy preferences of Conservative governments have been carried forwards into a new situation and suggests how such preferences are at odds with ways of working developed by teachers. It places these different orientations in a broader European context and identifies a common tendency to evoke a meaning of teaching represented as at odds with the policy choices that have characterised government response to the pandemic. DO - 10.1080/1358684X.2020.1791691 VL - 27 IS - 3 SP - 235 EP - 243 CY - ABINGDON PB - ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD SN - WOS:000565612100003 U1 - 50806797 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19, School Closings, and Weight Gain JF - OBESITY A1 - Joob B Wiwanitkit, V KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - DO - 10.1002/oby.22825 VL - 28 IS - 6 SP - 1006 EP - 1006 CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000530579500001 U1 - 50806901 N1 - Endocrinology & Metabolism; Nutrition & Dietetics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Indian Economy Amid COVID-19 Lockdown: A Prespective JF - JOURNAL OF PURE AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY A1 - Joshi A Bhaskar, P Gupta, PK KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; Coronavirus; Lockdown; Crisis; WHO; Economy PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - COVID-19 virus has resulted in the lockdown of schools, offices, factories, temples, railway stations, and even the airspace. It is estimated that due to the lockdown, the Indian economy may face prolonged adverse impact. The paper is an attempt to ascertain the impact of lockdown on the Indian economy and explore future perspective. The study has addressed important issues like consumption expenditure, demand & supply, unemployment rate, purchasing power, financial market, etc. Under the given circumstances, the lockdown will cost India around USD 120 bn. The manufacturing and service sector has come to an abrupt stop and interrupted domestic supply chains. If this crisis continuous it will indirectly affect all economic sectors. The study has given suggestions as a learning curve which can be used by different stakeholder to improve the economic situation of the country and minimize negative effect of lockdown. DO - 10.22207/JPAM.14.SPL1.33 VL - 14 IS - SP - 957 EP - 961 CY - BHOPAL PB - DR M N KHAN SN - WOS:000538476900033 U1 - 50806910 N1 - Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; Microbiology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19 School Closure-Related Changes to the Professional Life of a K-12 Teacher JF - EDUCATION SCIENCES A1 - Kaden U KW - eppi-reviewer4 teaching profession; COVID-19 school closure; online learning; K-12 education; public education; distance education; rural education; educational technology PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - The COVID-19 pandemic forced K-12 school closures in spring 2020 to protect the well-being of society. The unplanned and unprecedented disruption to education changed the work of many teachers suddenly, and in many aspects. This case study examines the COVID-19 school closure-related changes to the professional life of a secondary school teacher in rural Alaska (United States), who had to teach his students online. A descriptive and explanatory single case study methodology was used to describe subsequent impacts on instructional practices and workload. Qualitative and quantitative data sources include participant observations, semi-structured interviews, artifacts (e.g., lesson plans, schedules, online time), and open-ended conversations. The results of this study demonstrate an increase and change in workload for the teacher and that online education can support learning for many students but needs to be carefully designed and individualized to not deepen inequality and social divides. The forced move to online learning may have been the catalyst to create a new, more effective hybrid model of educating students in the future. Not one single model for online learning will provide equitable educational opportunities for all and virtual learning cannot be seen as a cheap fix for the ongoing financial crisis in funding education. DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci10060165 VL - 10 IS - 6 CY - BASEL PB - MDPI SN - WOS:000551254200008 U1 - 50806865 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Engaging School Going Children During COVID-19 Lockdown JF - JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH A1 - Kasturkar PR Gawai, JP KW - eppi-reviewer4 Coronavirus disease; Engross; Quarantine; School kids; 2019-novel coronavirus PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is current crisis in more than 200 countries in the world. The virus originated in bats and was transmitted to humans in December 2019 via still unknown intermediate animals in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. In India, Corona virus confirmed cases are 101,139, recovered cases are 39,174, deaths 3,163 and active cases are 58,802 on the date of 19 May 2020. "In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared phase wise complete lockdown for corona virus pandemics to save India and every Indian." In this lockdown period, children are getting bored, separation from playgroups and friends and their daily routine of playing is creating a lot of anxiety for children, they are losing their attachments. Children's social life and learning have been affected. Due to the corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic, closure of schools has affected the education of more than 1.5 billion children and young people worldwide. It should be well-known that school closures are liable to broaden the learning gap between the lower-income and higher-income families among children. So we need to engage the children in purposive and creative activity and give them some leaning task related to their studies. This short communication concludes with the key learning for the parents of children on how to engage school going children during covid-19 lockdown. DO - 10.7860/JCDR/2020/44800.13952 VL - 14 IS - 8 CY - DELHI PB - PREMCHAND SHANTIDEVI RESEARCH FOUNDATION SN - WOS:000556728800028 U1 - 50806739 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - When Stay-at-Home Orders Leave Victims Unsafe at Home: Exploring the Risk and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence during the COVID-19 Pandemic JF - AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE A1 - Kaukinen C KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; Intimate partner violence; Social distancing and stay-at-home orders; Mental health and PTSD AGGRESSION; ABUSE PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - The novel coronavirus pandemic (hereafter COVID-19) is likely to have unprecedented impacts on the incidence and impacts of crime and violence globally. This includes impacts to the risk, consequences, and decision-making of women experiencing violence by an intimate partner (hereafter IPV). Most importantly, the COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on the risk of IPV is likely to differentially impact vulnerable populations, including minority women and those with long histories of victimization and mental health issues. This review paper explores the potential short- and long-term implications of COVID-19 on the risk of IPV, highlighting some of the most recent preliminary data. The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, record levels of male unemployment, added stressors in the home, including the care and home schooling of children, and the social distancing measures required by the epidemiological response, may serve to undermine the decades of progress made in keeping women and children safe at home. Victim police reporting, help-seeking decisions, and social service utilization during the pandemic are likely to be impacted by stay-at-home orders and social distancing requirements. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications for providing safety planning and self-care for victims and their children. DO - 10.1007/s12103-020-09533-5 VL - 45 IS - 4 SP - 668 EP - 679 CY - NEW YORK PB - SPRINGER SN - WOS:000538338800002 U1 - 50806860 N1 - Criminology & Penology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Early Graduation Allows New Physicians to Join the Pandemic Fight Faster In Light of the COVID-19 Crisis, Medical Schools Advance Their Students JF - ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE A1 - Kelly M KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - DO - 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.06.027 VL - 76 IS - 2 SP - 15A EP - 17A CY - NEW YORK PB - MOSBY-ELSEVIER SN - WOS:000552392600005 U1 - 50806741 N1 - Emergency Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Comprehensive Overview on Multiple Strategies Fighting COVID-19 JF - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH A1 - Khalifa SAM Mohamed, BS Elashal, MH Du, M Guo, ZM KW - eppi-reviewer4 health care systems; global health responses; symptoms; strategies; economic recession OUTBREAK; CHINA PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - Lately, myriad of novel viruses have emerged causing epidemics such as SARS, MERS, and SARS-CoV-2, leading to high mortality rates worldwide. Thus, these viruses represented a challenging threat to mankind, especially considering the miniscule data available at our disposal regarding these novel viruses. The entire world established coordinative relations in research projects regarding drug and vaccine development on the external range, whereas on the internal range, all countries declared it an emergency case through imposing different restrictions related to their border control, large gatherings, school attendance, and most social activities. Pandemic combating plans prioritized all sectors including normal people, medical staff politicians, and scientists collectively shouldered the burden. Through planning and learning the previous lessons from SARS and MERS, healthcare systems could succeed in combating the viral spread and implications of these new pandemics. Different management strategies including social distance, social awareness and isolation represented successful ways to slow down the spread of the pandemic. Furthermore, pre-preparedness of some countries for emergencies is crucial to minimize the consequences of the crisis. DO - 10.3390/ijerph17165813 VL - 17 IS - 16 CY - BASEL PB - MDPI SN - WOS:000565192500001 U1 - 50806729 N1 - Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Technology Enhanced Assessment (TEA) in COVID 19 Pandemic JF - PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES A1 - Khan RA Jawaid, M KW - eppi-reviewer4 Online assessment; COVID 19; Technology enhanced assessment; Pandemic PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - Online teaching and learning is not a new phenomenon. For the last many years, it has been mainly used as a part of face to face teaching. Assessment is an essential part of teaching and learning, as it establishes the achievement of course learning outcomes by the students. Computer-based assessment is in place for a long time now, however, online assessments have been less practiced. This is because of the issues of validity, reliability and dishonesty. During the COVID 19 pandemic, the educational environment has taken a paradigm shift in many medical schools, both nationally and internationally. This situation demands a method of assessment that is safe, valid, reliable, acceptable, feasible and fair. This paper describes the different formats of online assessment and their application in formative and summative assessments during and after the COVID 19 pandemic. DO - 10.12669/pjms.36.COVID19-S4.2795 VL - 36 IS - 4 SP - S108 EP - S110 CY - SADDAR PB - PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL PUBLICATIONS SN - WOS:000554459400022 U1 - 50806905 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Intelligent Forecasting Model of COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak Empowered with Deep Extreme Learning Machine JF - CMC-COMPUTERS MATERIALS & CONTINUA A1 - Khan MA Abbas, S Khan, KM Al Ghamdi, MA Rehman, A KW - eppi-reviewer4 Coronavirus; nCoV; DELM; Mis rate; SERS-CoV; WHO; COVID-19 NEURAL-NETWORKS PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - An epidemic is a quick and widespread disease that threatens many lives and damages the economy. The epidemic lifetime should be accurate so that timely and remedial steps are determined. These include the closing of borders schools, suspension of community and commuting services. The forecast of an outbreak effectively is a very necessary but difficult task. A predictive model that provides the best possible forecast is a great challenge for machine learning with only a few samples of training available. This work proposes and examines a prediction model based on a deep extreme learning machine (DELM). This methodology is used to carry out an experiment based on the recent Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. An optimized prediction model that has been developed, namely DELM, is demonstrated to be able to make a prediction that is fairly best. The results show that the new methodology is useful in developing an appropriate forecast when the samples are far from abundant during the critical period of the disease. During the investigation, it is shown that the proposed approach has the highest accuracy rate of 97.59% with 70% of training, 30% of test and validation. Simulation results validate the prediction effectiveness of the proposed scheme. DO - 10.32604/cmc.2020.011155 VL - 64 IS - 3 SP - 1329 EP - 1342 CY - HENDERSON PB - TECH SCIENCE PRESS SN - WOS:000557868500001 U1 - 50806959 N1 - Computer Science; Materials Science ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Children returning to schools following COVID-19: A balance of probabilities JF - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SURGERY A1 - Khattab N Abbas, A Abbas, AR Memon, SF KW - eppi-reviewer4 Coronavirus; COVID-19; Pandemic; Education; School; Children; Transmission PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - DO - 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.05.084 VL - 79 IS - SP - 202 EP - 203 CY - AMSTERDAM PB - ELSEVIER SN - WOS:000560022400011 U1 - 50806807 N1 - Surgery ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Developing Trust With Early Medical School Graduates During the COVID-19 Pandemic JF - JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL MEDICINE A1 - Kinnear B Kelleher, M Olson, APJ Sall, D Schumacher KW - eppi-reviewer4 EDUCATION PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - DO - 10.12788/jhm.3463 VL - 15 IS - 6 SP - 367 EP - 369 CY - THE WOODLANDS PB - FRONTLINE MEDICAL COMMUNICATIONS SN - WOS:000538155600011 U1 - 50806881 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Symbolic transfer entropy reveals the age structure of pandemic influenza transmission from high-volume influenza-like illness data JF - JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE A1 - Kissler SM Viboud, C Grenfell, BT Gog, JR KW - eppi-reviewer4 symbolic transfer entropy; pandemic influenza; age structure; electronic medical records; influenza-like illness A H1N1; CAUSAL RELATIONS; UNITED-STATES; PARAMETERS; DRIVERS; VACCINE; RISK PY - 2020 DA - 2020/03// Y1 - 2020/03// AB - Existing methods to infer the relative roles of age groups in epidemic transmission can normally only accommodate a few age classes, and/or require data that are highly specific for the disease being studied. Here, symbolic transfer entropy (STE), a measure developed to identify asymmetric transfer of information between stochastic processes, is presented as a way to reveal asymmetric transmission patterns between age groups in an epidemic. STE provides a ranking of which age groups may dominate transmission, rather than a reconstruction of the explicit between-age-group transmission matrix. Using simulations, we establish that STE can identify which age groups dominate transmission even when there are differences in reporting rates between age groups and even if the data are noisy. Then, the pairwise STE is calculated between time series of influenza-like illness for 12 age groups in 884 US cities during the autumn of 2009. Elevated STE from 5 to 19 year-olds indicates that school-aged children were likely the most important transmitters of infection during the autumn wave of the 2009 pandemic in the USA. The results may be partially confounded by higher rates of physician-seeking behaviour in children compared to adults, but it is unlikely that differences in reporting rates can explain the observed differences in STE. DO - 10.1098/rsif.2019.0628 VL - 17 IS - 164 CY - LONDON PB - ROYAL SOC SN - WOS:000521348200002 U1 - 50806938 N1 - Science & Technology - Other Topics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Social Distancing as p-Dispersion Problem JF - IEEE ACCESS A1 - Kudela J KW - eppi-reviewer4 Social distancing; p-dispersion problem; decremental clustering; COVID-19 EXACT ALGORITHM; MODELS PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - The spread of COVID-19 and similar viruses poses new challenges for our society. There is a strong incentive towards safety measures that help to mitigate the outbreaks. Many countries have imposed social distancing measures that require a minimum distance between people in given places, such as schools, restaurants, shops, etc. This in turn creates complications for these places, as their function is to serve as many people as they were originally designed for. In this article, we pose the problem of using the available space in a given place, such that the social distancing measures are satisfied, as a p-dispersion problem. We use recent algorithmic advancements, that were developed for the p-dispersion problem, and combine them with discretization schemes to find computationally attainable solutions to the p-dispersion problem and investigate the trade-off between the level of discretization and computational efforts on one side, and the value of the optimal solution on the other. DO - 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3016724 VL - 8 IS - SP - 149402 EP - 149411 CY - PISCATAWAY PB - IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC SN - WOS:000562718700001 U1 - 50806955 N1 - Computer Science; Engineering; Telecommunications ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Should Schools Reopen Early or Late? - Transmission Dynamics of COVID-19 in Children JF - INDIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS A1 - Kuttiatt VS Menon, RP Abraham, PR Sharma, S KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/09// Y1 - 2020/09// AB - DO - 10.1007/s12098-020-03401-0 VL - 87 IS - 9 SP - 755 EP - 756 CY - NEW DELHI PB - SPRINGER INDIA SN - WOS:000540391600006 U1 - 50806852 N1 - Pediatrics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Learning to teach without school-based experience: conundrums and possibilities in a South African context JF - JOURNAL OF EDUCATION FOR TEACHING A1 - Robinson M Rusznyak, L KW - eppi-reviewer4 Initial teacher education; COVID-19; situational and relational learning; pedagogical reasoning; teaching practicum KNOWLEDGE AB - Covid-19 and the resultant national lockdown saw thousands of initial teacher education students in South Africa moving at short notice to online learning. For teacher educators this represented significant technical and pedagogical challenges, as they faced the task of adapting their teaching to an online modality, while simultaneously maintaining the academic integrity of their modules. Schools too were closed, creating the possible scenario that new teachers might graduate with little or no practical exposure to the classroom. A previously unheard-of question emerged, namely whether a period of immersion in schools was a non-negotiable in learning to be a teacher. Put otherwise - would it be possible to prepare good teachers while schools were closed for large parts of the year? The article outlines some debates relating to teacher education that emerged in South Africa during this time, linking these to the concepts of situational learning, relational learning and pedagogical reasoning. Questions are then posed as to the potential longer-term implications of this period for teacher education pedagogy in South Africa. DO - 10.1080/02607476.2020.1800408 VL - IS - CY - ABINGDON PB - ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD SN - WOS:000555232900001 U1 - 50806740 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - How risk communication could have reduced controversy about school closures in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic JF - PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH & PRACTICE A1 - Leask J Hooker, C KW - eppi-reviewer4 INFLUENZA PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - Although there has been consistent evidence indicating that school closures have only limited efficacy in reducing community transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the question of whether children should be kept home from school has attracted extensive and often divisive public debate in Australia. In this article we analyse the factors that drove high levels of concern among parents, teachers and the public and led to both demands for school closures in late March 2020, and to many parents' reluctance to return their children to school in May 2020. We discuss how the use of well-established principles of risk communication might have reduced much of this community concern. Then we set out a range of practical suggestions for communication practices that build trust and hence diminish concerns in relation to managing schools over the long term of the COVID-19 pandemic. DO - 10.17061/phrp3022007 VL - 30 IS - 2 CY - ULTIMO PB - SAX INST SN - WOS:000545947600005 U1 - 50806873 N1 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Features Mental health effects of school closures during COVID-19 JF - LANCET CHILD & ADOLESCENT HEALTH A1 - Lee J KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - DO - 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30109-7 VL - 4 IS - 6 SP - 421 EP - 421 CY - OXFORD PB - ELSEVIER SCI LTD SN - WOS:000536732100014 U1 - 50806882 N1 - Pediatrics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Mental health effects of school closures during COVID-19 (vol 4, pg 421, 2020) JF - LANCET CHILD & ADOLESCENT HEALTH A1 - Lee J KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - DO - 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30128-0 VL - 4 IS - 6 SP - E16 EP - E16 CY - OXFORD PB - ELSEVIER SCI LTD SN - WOS:000536732100005 U1 - 50806883 N1 - Pediatrics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The role of children in transmission of SARS-CoV-2: A rapid review JF - JOURNAL OF GLOBAL HEALTH A1 - Li X Xu, W Dozier, M He, YZ Kirolos, A Theo KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - Background Understanding the role of children in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is urgently required given its policy implications in relation to the reopening of schools and intergenerational contacts. Methods We conducted a rapid review of studies that investigated the role of children in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. We synthesized evidence for four categories: 1) studies reporting documented cases of SARS-CoV-2 transmission by infected children; 2) studies presenting indirect evidence on the potential of SARS-CoV-2 transmission by (both symptomatic and asymptomatic) children; 3) studies reporting cluster outbreaks of COVID-19 in schools; 4) studies estimating the proportions of children infected by SARS-CoV-2, and reported results narratively. Results A total of 16 unique studies were included for narrative synthesis. There is limited evidence detailing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from infected children. We found two studies that reported a 3-month-old whose parents developed symptomatic COVID-19 seven days after caring for the infant and two children who may have contracted COVID-19 from the initial cases at a school in New South Wales. In addition, we identified six studies presenting indirect evidence on the potential for SARS-CoV-2 transmission by children, three of which found prolonged virus shedding in stools. There is little data on the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in schools. We identified only two studies reporting outbreaks of COVID-19 in school settings and one case report of a child attending classes but not infecting any other pupils or staff. Lastly, we identified six studies estimating the proportion of children infected; data from population-based studies in Iceland, Italy, South Korea, Netherlands, California and a hospital-based study in the UK suggest children may be less likely to be infected. Conclusions: Preliminary results from population-based and school-based studies suggest that children may be less frequently infected or infect others, however current evidence is limited. Prolonged faecal shedding observed in studies highlights the potentially increased risk of faeco-oral transmission in children. Further seroprevalence studies (powered adequately for the paediatric population) are urgently required to establish whether children are in fact less likely to be infected compared to adults. DO - 10.7189/jogh.10.011101 VL - 10 IS - 1 CY - EDINBURGH PB - UNIV EDINBURGH, GLOBAL HEALTH SOC SN - WOS:000549898000148 U1 - 50806869 N1 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Covid-19 in the State of Ceara: behaviors and beliefs in the arrival of the pandemic JF - CIENCIA & SAUDE COLETIVA A1 - Lima DLF Dias, AA Rabelo, RS da Cruz, ID Costa, SC KW - eppi-reviewer4 Pandemics; Coronavirus; Social behavior INFLUENZA PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - This study aimed to evaluate the behavioral aspects and beliefs of the population of Ceara in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. An online questionnaire was conducted on sociodemographic aspects and opinions related to the pandemic. Absolute and relative frequencies were calculated, the association between variables was performed with Chi-square, and the level of significance was 5%. The final sample had 2,259 participants, and an association was observed between females and perceiving themselves with a high risk of infection (p = 0.044) and males with non-performance of voluntary quarantine (p < 0.001). People aged 80 years and over were partially quarantined due to the flow of people at home (p < 0.001). Participants with elementary school education had a lower risk of infection than participants with a higher level of education (p < 0.001). This group includes people who did voluntary quarantine the least (p < 0.001). Participants living in the inland region of the state had less direct contact with someone tested positive for the Coronavirus (p = 0.031) and are less reclusive (p < 0.001). We can conclude that the approach to the COVID-19 pandemic varies by social aspects, such as gender, age, education, and place of residence, as well as the belief system of the population of the State of Ceara. DO - 10.1590/1413-81232020255.07192020 VL - 25 IS - 5 SP - 1575 EP - 1586 CY - RIO DE JANEIRO PB - ABRASCO-ASSOC BRASILEIRA POS-GRADUACAO & SAUDE COLETIVA SN - WOS:000532389000002 U1 - 50806913 N1 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Literacy in the new norm: stay-home game plan for parents JF - INFORMATION AND LEARNING SCIENCES A1 - Zainuddin Z Perera, CJ Haruna, H Habiburrahim, H KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; Gamification elements; Literacy in the new norm; Non-tech gamification; Non-tech learning environment; Parent-led programme; Stay-home game plan GAMIFICATION; ENGAGEMENT; BADGES AB - Purpose - The purpose of this study is twofold. Firstly, this research aims at helping countries implement an equitable, innovative and context-appropriate stay-home game plan for the millions of disadvantaged and under-privileged students severely affected by the forfeiture of school closures; and secondly, this study proclaims that the burgeoning popularity of gamification has the potential to lay the bedrock foundation for 'Literacy in the New Norm'. Design/methodology/approach - The temporal closure of schools around the world to limit the spread of the COVID-19 has resulted in massive educational disruptions triggering adverse effects and bringing much of education under grave threat. Through a review of the current empirical and conceptual literature, this study proposes a new gamification concept in a non-technology environment. Findings - Well underway are global dialogues that hold conversations on implementing mitigation strategies to counter the looming global health crisis. This has generated the impetus for a more concerted effort by concerned governments and international organizations to identify appropriate solutions for the continuity of learning so that the learning never stops. While educators and learners plunge further into the core of reconstructing education, the authors recognize that the fundamentals of technology and virtual connectivity have all along contributed to the multi-faceted e-learning stage set. However, concerns regarding the paradigm shift to remote online learning would certainly exacerbate inequalities cardinally felt across disadvantaged communities around the globe. Originality/value - As the world is currently bound by strict isolation measures, learners of all ages have been relegated to the confines of their homes. For the most part, the stark realities of technological mishaps that have befallen underprivileged school children, serve as a reminder to help target children all over the world who are in most peril of losing ground in terms of continued education. It is on these grounds that the criterion set out in this article elucidates the nature and scope of a supplementary stay-home game plan detailing the use of game affordances that bear intelligently in the creation of home-based activities for parents to give it their best effort in fostering a collaborative and meaningful parent-child relationship that spawns the new language of literacy in the new norm. DO - 10.1108/ILS-04-2020-0069 VL - IS - CY - BINGLEY PB - EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000545560800001 U1 - 50806837 N1 - Information Science & Library Science ER - TY - JOUR T1 - WHEN SCHOOLS REOPEN, DON'T NEGLECT RECESS JF - PHI DELTA KAPPAN A1 - London RA KW - eppi-reviewer4 recess; play; pandemic; COVID-19; equity; stress; trauma PY - 2020 DA - 2020/09// Y1 - 2020/09// AB - When schools reopen in the fall, students and adults will return carrying stress and trauma arising from the sudden school closings, the social isolation, and the illness and unrest that many experienced over the summer. Rebecca London urges elementary school leaders to attend to students' mental health and emotional needs by offering recess time every day. The need for play will be especially great among students of color and students in low-income areas, many of whom had insufficient recess time in school before the pandemic. DO - 10.1177/0031721720956843 VL - 102 IS - 1 SP - 26 EP - 27 CY - THOUSAND OAKS PB - SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC SN - WOS:000563018500017 U1 - 50806695 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Loss of brick-and-mortar schooling: how elementary educators respond JF - INFORMATION AND LEARNING SCIENCES A1 - Anderson E A1 - Hira A KW - eppi-reviewer4 Educational technology; Elementary school; Pandemic; COVID-19; Compassionate teachers; Hands-on learning; Social distance learning PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - Purpose This paper aims to understand how elementary school educators who teach subjects that traditionally require hands-on work in schools are rising to the challenge of losing brick-and-mortar facilities in the wake of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis. Design/methodology/approach The authors interviewed six elementary school educators and developed iterative grounded codes from the interviews to understand how the teachers are rising to the challenge of teaching online, what supports they need, and how they are viewing their roles and student learning in the present landscape. Findings In response to losing brick-and-mortar schools, teachers are rising to the challenge by creating creative assignments and communicating with students and parents via multiple platforms. They are learning to use technology to create meaningful, socially distant learning experiences and, in the process, blurring their own boundaries between work and life. They exercise compassion for their students while providing the best education they can in these circumstances. Practical implications This work provides administrators, educators, policymakers and technology developers insight into the challenges teachers are facing. Originality/value In addition to the timeliness of this study in light of the COVID 19 crisis, the focus on elementary school students, who often need support from parents or guardians to use Web technologies, and subjects traditionally requiring face-to-face interactions and hands-on work contribute to the originality of the study. DO - https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-04-2020-0085 VL - IS - CY - BINGLEY PB - EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000546005200001 U1 - 50806835 N1 - Information Science & Library Science ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Children are unlikely to be the main drivers of the COVID-19 pandemic - A systematic review JF - ACTA PAEDIATRICA A1 - Ludvigsson JF KW - eppi-reviewer4 children; coronavirus; COVID-19; pandemic; transmission TRANSMISSION; WUHAN PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - Aim Many countries have closed schools and kindergartens to minimise COVID-19, but the role that children play in disease transmission is unclear. Methods A systematic literature review of the MEDLINE and EMBASE databases and medRxiv/bioRxiv preprint servers to 11 May 2020 identified published and unpublished papers on COVID-19 transmission by children. Results We identified 700 scientific papers and letters and 47 full texts were studied in detail. Children accounted for a small fraction of COVID-19 cases and mostly had social contacts with peers or parents, rather than older people at risk of severe disease. Data on viral loads were scarce, but indicated that children may have lower levels than adults, partly because they often have fewer symptoms, and this should decrease the transmission risk. Household transmission studies showed that children were rarely the index case and case studies suggested that children with COVID-19 seldom caused outbreaks. However, it is highly likely that children can transmit the SARS-COV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, and even asymptomatic children can have viral loads. Conclusion Children are unlikely to be the main drivers of the pandemic. Opening up schools and kindergartens is unlikely to impact COVID-19 mortality rates in older people. DO - 10.1111/apa.15371 VL - 109 IS - 8 SP - 1525 EP - 1530 CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000540696500001 U1 - 50806848 N1 - Pediatrics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Comparison of Estimated Rates of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Border Counties in Iowa Without a Stay-at-Home Order and Border Counties in Illinois With a Stay-at-Home Order JF - JAMA NETWORK OPEN A1 - Lyu W Wehby, GL KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - Importance Iowa is 1 of 5 states in the US that have not issued a stay-at-home order during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. There is no empirical evidence on whether issuing a stay-at-home order in Iowa could have been associated with a reduced rate of COVID-19 infections in the state. Objective To compare COVID-19 cases in border counties in Iowa, which did not issue a stay-at-home order, with cases in border counties in Illinois, which did issue a stay-at-home order. Design, Setting, and Participants This cross-sectional study with a difference-in-differences design compared daily changes in COVID-19 cases per 10 000 residents in 8 Iowa counties bordering Illinois with those in the 7 Illinois counties bordering Iowa before and after Illinois issued a stay-at-home order on March 21, 2020. Additional sensitivity analyses were conducted to account for differences in timing of closing schools and nonessential businesses between the 2 states and differential trends in COVID-19 cases by county population density and poverty rates. Exposures Issuing a stay-at-home order. Main Outcomes and Measures Comparison of cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 10 000 residents in border counties in Iowa and Illinois. Results The total populations were 462 445 in the Iowa border counties and 272 385 in the Illinois border counties. Population density was higher in the Iowa counties (114.2 people per square mile) than in the Illinois counties (78.2 people per square mile). Trends of cumulative COVID-19 cases per 10 000 residents for the Iowa and Illinois border counties were comparable before the Illinois stay-at-home order, which went into effect at 5:00 pm on March 21 (March 15 to March 21: 0.024 per 10 000 residents vs 0.026 per 10 000 residents). After that, cases increased more quickly in Iowa and more slowly in Illinois. Within 10, 20, and 30 days after the enactment of the stay-at-home order in Illinois, the difference in cases was -0.51 per 10 000 residents (SE, 0.09; 95% CI, -0.69 to -0.32; P < .001), -1.15 per 10 000 residents (SE, 0.49; 95% CI, -2.12 to -0.18; P = .02), and -4.71 per 10 000 residents (SE, 1.99; 95% CI, -8.64 to -0.78; P = .02), respectively. The estimates indicate excess cases in the border Iowa counties by as many as 217 cases after 1 month without a stay-at-home order. This estimate of excess cases represents 30.4% of the 716 total cases in those Iowa counties by that date. Sensitivity analyses addressing differences in timing of closing schools and nonessential businesses and differences in county population density and poverty rates between the 2 states supported these findings. Conclusions and Relevance This cross-sectional study with a difference-in-differences design found an increase in estimated rates of COVID-19 cases per 10 000 residents in the border counties in Iowa compared with the border counties in Illinois following a stay-at-home order that was implemented in Illinois but not in Iowa. DO - 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.11102 VL - 3 IS - 5 CY - CHICAGO PB - AMER MEDICAL ASSOC SN - WOS:000536211200001 U1 - 50806896 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The school at the time of CoViD-19. A first reading of decree-law no. 22 of 2020 JF - BIOLAW JOURNAL-RIVISTA DI BIODIRITTO A1 - Maci P KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - VL - IS - 1 SP - 345 EP - 350 CY - TRENTO PB - UNIV TRENTO, FAC LAW SN - WOS:000536879200041 U1 - 50806973 N1 - Government & Law ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Covid-19: schools set to close across UK except for children of health and social care workers JF - BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL A1 - Mahase E KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/03// Y1 - 2020/03// AB - DO - 10.1136/bmj.m1140 VL - 368 IS - CY - LONDON PB - BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP SN - WOS:000523763400007 U1 - 50806941 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Covid-19: UK holds off closing schools and restricts testing to people in hospital JF - BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL A1 - Mahase E KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/03// Y1 - 2020/03// AB - DO - 10.1136/bmj.m1060 VL - 368 IS - CY - LONDON PB - BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP SN - WOS:000520014600011 U1 - 50806943 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Covid-19: Portugal closes all medical schools after 31 cases confirmed in the country JF - BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL A1 - Mahase E KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/03// Y1 - 2020/03// AB - DO - 10.1136/bmj.m986 VL - 368 IS - CY - LONDON PB - BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP SN - WOS:000520012500017 U1 - 50806944 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Maintaining Places of Social Inclusion: Ebola and the Emergency Department JF - ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE QUARTERLY A1 - Wright AL Meyer, AD Reay, T Staggs, J KW - eppi-reviewer4 place; institutional work; institutional maintenance; institutional disruption; qualitative research; process research; social inclusion; health care; professions; custodianship; pandemic; coronavirus INSTITUTIONAL WORK; INHABITED INSTITUTIONS; ORGANIZATIONS; ENVIRONMENT; COMPLEXITY; MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY; EMOTIONS; SCHOOLS; CONTEXT AB - We introduce the concept of places of social inclusion-institutions endowed by a society or a community with material resources, meaning, and values at geographic sites where citizens can access services for specific needs-as taken-for-granted, essential, and inherently precarious. Based on our study of an emergency department that was disrupted by the threat of the Ebola virus in 2014, we develop a process model to explain how a place of social inclusion can be maintained by custodians. We show how these custodians-in our fieldsite, doctors and nurses-experience and engage in institutional work to manage different levels of tension between the value of inclusion and the reality of finite resources, as well as tension between inclusion and the desire for safety. We also demonstrate how the interplay of custodians' emotions is integral to maintaining the place of social inclusion. The primary contribution of our study is to shine light on places of social inclusion as important institutions in democratic society. We also reveal the theoretical and practical importance of places as institutions, deepen understanding of custodians and custodianship as a form of institutional work, and offer new insight into the dynamic processes that connect emotions and institutional work. DO - 10.1177/0001839220916401 VL - IS - CY - THOUSAND OAKS PB - SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC SN - WOS:000524189200001 U1 - 50806940 N1 - Business & Economics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - How to deal with COVID-19 epidemic-related lockdown physical inactivity and sedentary increase in youth? Adaptation of Anses' benchmarks JF - ARCHIVES OF PUBLIC HEALTH A1 - Margaritis I Houdart, S El Ouadrhiri, Y Bigard, X Vuil KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; Sedentary lifestyle; Behaviors; Screens; Children; Adolescents; Physical activity BEHAVIOR; CHILDREN PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - Faced with the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, regulatory measures aiming to prevent interpersonal contaminations have been undertaken and among these, lockdown. Due to strong restrictions out-of-home movements, we hypothesize that overall physical activity will decrease and sedentary behavior increase. This could result in highest exposure to the well-known risk related to insufficient physical activity. To mitigate physical inactivity and sedentary behaviors health-related risks related to children and adolescents lockdown and school closure, Anses (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety) has adapted, within the first days of the public authorities' prescription, its former benchmarks. This paper supports and comments Anses' Opinion by raising the questions of whether, why, and how to deal with short- or medium-term lockdown-related physical inactivity and sedentary behavior increases. Short-term and unknown long term-impacts on mental health and well-being, physical fitness and eating behaviors clearly appearing for children and adolescents as being the main issues of concern are highlighted. Targeting the compensations of the physical inactivity increase, the types, frequencies and durations of physical activity, are adapted to restricted environment. Sedentary behavior limitation and frequent interruptions becomes a priority. Overall, considering children and adolescents, the emerging risk justifies proposing specific adaptations and type of activities in order to ensure maintaining health underpinned, at least partly, by physiological equilibrium and physical fitness and avoid the installation of new unhealthy habits or routines that young people could keep after lockdown. DO - 10.1186/s13690-020-00432-z VL - 78 IS - 1 CY - LONDON PB - BMC SN - WOS:000540031300004 U1 - 50806862 N1 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Student Experiences of the Covid-19 Lockdown JF - CHANGING ENGLISH-STUDIES IN CULTURE AND EDUCATION A1 - Marstaller M KW - eppi-reviewer4 Coronavirus; language learners; remote learning PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - Two high school students Jorisi and Elizabeth, after two weeks stuck at home during the COVID outbreak, wrote these reflections for their English class. DO - 10.1080/1358684X.2020.1777533 VL - 27 IS - 3 SP - 231 EP - 234 CY - ABINGDON PB - ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD SN - WOS:000565612100002 U1 - 50806796 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - UNDERSTANDING COVID-19 PARTICLE CONTAGION THROUGH AEROSOL DROPLETS FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS JF - JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY A1 - Maryanti R Hufad, A Sunard Nandiyanto, ABD Al-Obaidi KW - eppi-reviewer4 Aerosol droplets; CoViD-19 virus contagion; Education; Particles; Students with special needs ELEMENTARY STUDENTS PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - The study investigated the perceptions of students with special needs for the contagion of CoViD-19 virus particles through aerosol droplets. Level of student understanding was assessed through a short survey using 35 questions by empowering students' parents. The subjects were 43 students with special needs ranging ages between 7 and 26 old who were taking education in the Special Need School in Kuningan District, Indonesia. This study examined different types of students with special needs (i.e., intellectual disabilities, hearing impairment, visual impairment, physical impairment, and down syndrome). The analysis was supported by the theoretical explanation how the contagion of CoViD-19 virus particles through aerosol droplet. Experimental results showed that most students (62.80%) have understood CoViD-19 virus particles contagion through aerosol droplets, shown by the score achievement of more than 70% correct answer. This study also found that student age did not affect the level of student understanding. The student understanding was supported by their knowledge gained from habituation in learning surrounding environment. Regarding students with low scores, the main problems are their difficulties in focusing on getting knowledge due to their limitations in absorbing complicated and abstract information. This study is important for giving information on how to treat students with special needs for protecting them during contagion problems, especially dealing with CoViD-19 pandemic condition. VL - 15 IS - 3 SP - 1909 EP - 1920 CY - SELANGOR PB - TAYLORS UNIV SDN BHD SN - WOS:000548358800031 U1 - 50806868 N1 - Engineering ER - TY - JOUR T1 - An Exploration of the Potential Role of Digital Technologies for Promoting Learning in Foreign Language Classrooms: Lessons for a Pandemic JF - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN LEARNING A1 - Masterson M KW - eppi-reviewer4 Culture; digital technologies; online collaborative learning; COVID-19 pandemic INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE; INQUIRY; SCHOOLS PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - This study focuses on long-term digital technologies assisted cross-cultural communication as an instructional model. Secondary school foreign language learners of German and English collaborated online with the same age-cohort peers to acquire new cultural knowledge, as well as develop digital technologies skills. Findings revealed that digital technologies facilitated personalised student-led learning through an inquiry-based approach. Results further indicated that the learners had rich opportunities to share their stories and to think critically about themselves and others. Indeed, pupils enriched their understanding of their partner's culture as well as developing an enhanced understanding of the influence of culture on behaviour and thinking The students learned to use digital technologies by creating digital profiles, posting their comments, asking questions, exchanging cultural information, and gaining linguistic and cultural experience of a native speaker in a virtual space. This paper shows that with the purposeful integration of digital technologies in foreign language classrooms opportunities for richer student learning experiences can be promoted. This is more relevant than ever before given the fallout and educational delivery challenges deriving from the current COVID-19 pandemic. DO - 10.3991/ijet.v15i14.13297 VL - 15 IS - 14 SP - 83 EP - 96 CY - KASSEL PB - KASSEL UNIV PRESS GMBH SN - WOS:000556935000007 U1 - 50806962 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Could the future of medical school examinations be open-book-a medical student's perspective? JF - MEDICAL EDUCATION ONLINE A1 - Mathieson G Sutthakorn, R Thomas, O KW - eppi-reviewer4 Medical education; assessment; open-book examination; COVID-19 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/01// Y1 - 2020/01// AB - DO - 10.1080/10872981.2020.1787308 VL - 25 IS - 1 CY - ABINGDON PB - TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD SN - WOS:000544519500001 U1 - 50806970 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - School closure,COVID-19 and lunch programme: Unprecedented undernutrition crisis in low-middle income countries JF - JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH A1 - Mayurasakorn K Pinsawas, B Mongkolsucharitkul, P Sranacharo KW - eppi-reviewer4 INCLUDING COVID-19; CHILDREN; INFLUENZA; HOLIDAYS; CLOSURE; TRANSMISSION; IMPACT PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has affected nearly 70% of children and teenagers around the world due to school closure policies. School closure is implemented widely in order to prevent viral transmission and its impact on the broader community, based on preliminary recommendations and evidence from influenza. However, there is debate with regard to the effectiveness of school closures. Growing evidence suggests that a child's SARS-CoV-2 infection is often mild or asymptomatic and that children may not be major SARS-CoV-2 transmitters; thus, it is questionable if school closures prevent transmission significantly. This question is important as a majority of children in low- and middle-income countries depend on free school meals; unexpected long-term school closure may adversely impact nutrition and educational outcomes. Food insecurity is expected to be higher during the pandemic. In this viewpoint, we argue for a more thorough exploration of potential adverse impacts of school closures in low- and middle-income countries and recommend actions to ensure that the health and learning needs of vulnerable populations are met in this time of crisis. DO - 10.1111/jpc.15018 VL - 56 IS - 7 SP - 1013 EP - 1017 CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000545600700001 U1 - 50806793 N1 - Pediatrics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Democracy and Covid-19 mortality in Europe JF - REVISTA ESPANOLA DE SALUD PUBLICA A1 - Mazzucchelli R Dieguez, AA Costa, EMD Villarias, NC KW - eppi-reviewer4 Covid-19; Modality; Europe; Democracy PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - Background: In Europe there is a great variability in mortality by Covid-19 among different countries. While some countries, such as Greece, Bolarus or Ukraine, have a mortality rate of less than 5 cases/100,000 inhabitants. other countries such as Belgium. Spain or the United Kingdom have a mortality rate of well over 50 cases/100,000 inhabitants. It is generally considered that the reason for this variability is multifactorial (including political reasons), but there are few studies that associate factors related to this variability. 'lite objective of this work was to analyse political risk factors/markers that could explain the variability in mortality due to Covid-19 among different European countries. Methods: This is a retrospective, multinational, ecological study based on the exploitation of the database provided by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control which collects daily information worldwide on new cases and deaths. The accumulated mortality of Covid-19 in European countries (with more than 100 deaths on 01/05/2020) was calculated up to 29/05/2020. Political variables were compiled from different sources in the countries included in the study. The variables analysed were: the democracy index and the different factors included in it, the country's political system and the country's consumption index. On the other hand, specific political measures implemented in the different countries were collected, such as the number of days elapsed from the notification of the first infected person to 100 infected persons, to lockdown, to the closure of schools or the cancelation of meetings. The number of people infected up to the date of lockdown was also registered. For the statistical analysis of the association between the dependent variable (mortality) and the factors studied, correlation index were calculated, and the association was studied through univariate and multivariate linear regression models. Results: At May 1 2020. 27 European countries had at least 100 deaths. The mean mortality was 19.83 cases/100,000 inhabitants (SD 22.4) and a median of 7.95. Mortality varied from a minimum of 1.49 cases/100,000 population in Ukraine to 82.19 cases/100,000 population in Belgium. About factors analyzed both the democracy index (as well as the factors included in it). the political system (full democracy vs. no) and the corruption index were statistically associated with mortality. Also. the time until the implementation of the political measures was associated with mortality. Conclusions: In Europe, there is a west to east (from highest to lowest) gradient in the mortality of Covid-19. Some of the observed modality variability can be explained by political factors. VL - 94 IS - CY - MADRID PB - MINISTERIO DE SANIDAD Y CONSUMO SN - WOS:000548808800001 U1 - 50806839 N1 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - When US and State Governments Go Viral: In-person Reopening of Schools during the COVID-19 Pandemic - and Then What? - A Commentary JF - HEALTH BEHAVIOR AND POLICY REVIEW A1 - McDermott RJ KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; Coronavirus; school health; virtual instruction; school reopening; occupational health; pandemic PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - Objective: In this commentary I argue that rapid reopening of schools for in-person instruction in the United States is unwise and likely to extend the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: I review various sources of information and raise issues less frequently and thoroughly addressed in noted plans to expedite school reopening. Results: Whereas the focus has been on preparing plans of action for in-person instruction on the first day of school that minimize risk to pupils and school personnel, aspects of these plans are operationally unsound. Additionally, opinions among school personnel and parents for rapid reopening are far from unanimous. Moreover, the potential health impact on teachers, bus drivers, and other school personnel, as well as pupils, and the potential for another shutdown are phenomena with real probability. Conclusion: Despite government-led arguments favoring rapid restoration of in-person instruction, I argue that school reopening should take a wiser approach, sustaining remote instruction until pandemic statistics place people at substantially reduced disease risk. DO - 10.14485/HBPR.7.4.10 VL - 7 IS - 4 SP - 366 EP - 373 CY - ALHAMBRA PB - PARIS SCHOLAR PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000562436300010 U1 - 50806804 N1 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Reopening Schools in the Time of Pandemic: Look to the School Nurses JF - JOURNAL OF SCHOOL NURSING A1 - McDonald CC KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - DO - 10.1177/1059840520937853 VL - 36 IS - 4 SP - 239 EP - 240 CY - THOUSAND OAKS PB - SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC SN - WOS:000542397000001 U1 - 50806844 N1 - Nursing ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Serious outcomes of medically attended, laboratory-confirmed influenza illness among school-aged children with and without asthma, 2007-2018 JF - INFLUENZA AND OTHER RESPIRATORY VIRUSES A1 - McLean HQ Hanson, KE Foster, AD Olson, SC Kemble, S KW - eppi-reviewer4 asthma; child; hospitalization; influenza; pneumonia; vaccination UNITED-STATES; VACCINE EFFECTIVENESS; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; RISK-FACTORS; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; H1N1 INFLUENZA; BURDEN; COMPLICATIONS; VIRUS; PREVENTION PY - 2020 DA - 2020/03// Y1 - 2020/03// AB - Background Asthma was associated with influenza hospitalizations in children during the 2009 pandemic, but it is unclear if asthma is associated with serious illness during seasonal epidemics. Little is known regarding the effect of vaccination on influenza severity in children with asthma. Methods Children aged 5-17 years in a community cohort presenting with acute respiratory illness were prospectively enrolled and tested for influenza from 2007-08 through 2017-18 (excluding the 2009-10 pandemic season). Data from the electronic health record were extracted to determine asthma status and serious outcomes associated with influenza infection. A serious outcome was defined as hospitalization, emergency department visit, and/or pneumonia diagnosis within 30 days of symptom onset. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to assess asthma status and effect of vaccination on odds of a serious outcome. Results One thousand seven hundred and sixty four medically-attended influenza infections among school-aged children were included. Asthma was confirmed in 287 (16%) children. A serious influenza-associated outcome occurred in 104 (6%) children. The odds of a serious outcome did not differ between those with confirmed asthma and those without asthma [adjusted odds ratio (aOR): 1.35, 95% confidence interval (CI): (0.77-2.35), P = .3]. The effect of vaccination on serious outcomes was not modified by asthma status [aOR for children without asthma: 0.55 (95% CI: 0.28-1.07), children with asthma: 1.39 (95% CI: 0.53-3.69); interaction P-value = .12]. Conclusions Asthma was not a risk factor for serious illness among children with influenza. Additional studies are needed to better understand the role of influenza vaccination in preventing serious outcomes among children with asthma. DO - 10.1111/irv.12710 VL - 14 IS - 2 SP - 173 EP - 181 CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000515417900008 U1 - 50806949 N1 - Infectious Diseases; Virology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Physical, intrapersonal and interpersonal benefits of playground interventions in primary education JF - SPORT TK-REVISTA EUROAMERICANA DE CIENCIAS DEL DEPORTE A1 - Mendez-Gimenez A KW - eppi-reviewer4 physical activity; playground interventions; school playgrounds; socio-ecological model; unstructured play SCHOOL RECESS; ELEMENTARY-SCHOOLS; CHILDRENS ACTIVITY; ACTIVE PLAY; TIME; ADOLESCENTS; PRESCHOOL; HEALTH; BREAKS; GAMES PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - The increase in sedentary and child obesity rates worries internationally. Data from Spain reveal an alarming increase in the prevalence of childhood and adolescent obesity, which reaches 15.9% in children aged 6 to 9 years. Compulsory schooling has the potential to alleviate this pandemic and to promote active habits among all schoolchildren, with a relatively low effort and cost. This requires the implementation of intervention programs and effective strategies. This study reviews the research evidence that has analyzed the impact of interventions on recess time applied in primary schools not only at a physical level (physical activity) but also at the intrapersonal (e.g., motivation, behavior, individual attitudes, etc.) and interpersonal level (e.g., social relationship). It is concluded that multicomponent programs (several intervention strategies) and those that serve different strata of influencing factors are more effective and complete than uni-component interventions (only one strategy). Finally, practical implications are suggested for principals and teachers. VL - 9 IS - 2 SP - 47 EP - 57 CY - MURCIA PB - EDIT UM-EDICIONES UNIV MURCIA SN - WOS:000546447400005 U1 - 50806819 N1 - Sport Sciences ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Covid-19: school closures and bans on mass gatherings will need to be considered, says England's CMO JF - BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL A1 - Moberly T KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02// Y1 - 2020/02// AB - DO - 10.1136/bmj.m806 VL - 368 IS - CY - LONDON PB - BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP SN - WOS:000519536200013 U1 - 50806950 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Early transmission dynamics of COVID-19 in a southern hemisphere setting: Lima-Peru: February 29th-March 30th, 2020 JF - INFECTIOUS DISEASE MODELLING A1 - Munayco CV Tariq, A Rothenberg, R Soto-Cabezas, GG R KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Transmission potential; Short-term forecast; Reproduction number; Generalized growth model PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - The COVID-19 pandemic that emerged in Wuhan China has generated substantial morbidity and mortality impact around the world during the last four months. The daily trend in reported cases has been rapidly rising in Latin America since March 2020 with the great majority of the cases reported in Brazil followed by Peru as of April 15th, 2020. Although Peru implemented a range of social distancing measures soon after the confirmation of its first case on March 6th, 2020, the daily number of new COVID-19 cases continues to accumulate in this country. We assessed the early COVID-19 transmission dynamics and the effect of social distancing interventions in Lima, Peru. We estimated the reproduction number, R, during the early transmission phase in Lima from the daily series of imported and autochthonous cases by the date of symptoms onset as of March 30th, 2020. We also assessed the effect of social distancing interventions in Lima by generating short-term forecasts grounded on the early transmission dynamics before interventions were put in place. Prior to the implementation of the social distancing measures in Lima, the local incidence curve by the date of symptoms onset displays near exponential growth dynamics with the mean scaling of growth parameter, p, estimated at 0.96 (95% CI: 0.87, 1.0) and the reproduction number at 2.3 (95% CI: 2.0, 2.5). Our analysis indicates that school closures and other social distancing interventions have helped slow down the spread of the novel coronavirus, with the nearly exponential growth trend shifting to an approximately linear growth trend soon after the broad scale social distancing interventions were put in place by the government. While the interventions appear to have slowed the transmission rate in Lima, the number of new COVID-19 cases continue to accumulate, highlighting the need to strengthen social distancing and active case finding efforts to mitigate disease transmission in the region. (c) 2020 The Authors. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). DO - 10.1016/j.idm.2020.05.001 VL - 5 IS - SP - 338 EP - 345 CY - BEIJING PB - KEAI PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000538690300025 U1 - 50806975 N1 - Mathematical & Computational Biology; Infectious Diseases ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Children are not COVID-19 super spreaders: time to go back to school JF - ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD A1 - Munro APS Faust, SN KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2020-319474 VL - 105 IS - 7 SP - 618 EP - 619 CY - LONDON PB - BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP SN - WOS:000545881800003 U1 - 50806820 N1 - Pediatrics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - CHILDREN AND THE COVID-19 TRANSITION: PSYCHOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ON ADAPTING TO THE EMERGENCY JF - CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHIATRY A1 - Muratori P Ciacchini, R KW - eppi-reviewer4 transition periods; childhood; COVID-19; resilience; emergency parenting HIGH-SCHOOL-STUDENTS; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; STRESS; IMPACT; EARTHQUAKE; CHILDHOOD; DISTRESS; BEHAVIOR PY - 2020 DA - 2020/04// Y1 - 2020/04// AB - The current period of transition due to COVID-19 emergency may negatively affect the psychological functioning of children and require resources aimed at supporting post-transition adaptation. Few contributions exist which specifically focus on what to do in such circumstances in order to assist the mental health of both children and parents. It seems therefore critical to provide strategies, which support the adjustment of children during the pre-existing and post-transition periods. Furthermore, screening projects are required in order to identify those children with increased levels of emotional and behavioural issues, beyond the COVID-19 transition, in order to plan specific interventions. DO - 10.36131/CN20200219 VL - 17 IS - 2 SP - 131 EP - 134 CY - ROME PB - GIOVANNI FIORITI EDITORE SN - WOS:000542730300005 U1 - 50806930 N1 - Neurosciences & Neurology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN TERRORISM JF - TURISMO-ESTUDOS E PRATICAS A1 - Mutagirov D KW - eppi-reviewer4 people; society; State; social disease; terrorism; revenge; violence; human rights; rivalry; international law PY - 2020 DA - 2020/03// Y1 - 2020/03// AB - Terrorism is a social disease both of individual societies and humanity as a whole and, as any illness, is the result of deviations from the natural course of their life. If contamination of human habitation gives rise to physical illnesses, and epidemics, "filth" of social habitation, i.e. social injustice, anarchy and violence of certain groups over others gives rise to dangerous social diseases, one of which terrorism is. To prevent the disease and treat them effectively after their appearance, it is necessary to define the correct diagnosis and to determine the causes of the disease. But so far, the attitude of people towards terrorism comes down to fight only its external manifestations without giving proper attention to their causes. In the article the problem of terrorism is considered with an emphasis on its main causes. Actuality of the studied problem is that terrorism as a social disease accepts in contemporaneous world the pandemic character and the reasons for this must be found. The article purports to establish the diagnosis of this disease to facilitate her treatment. Attentive and impartial analysis of the terrorist acts of the past decades by scholars from different countries gives the right to suggest that many of these acts were some kind of spontaneous responses to illegitimate acts of the states. Injustices of social relations, incapability of the institutions of power to effectively carry out their constitutional duties (protection of human rights and ensure their security) provoke some individuals and groups of people to no less unlawful and cruel acts. Terrorist movements are often the creations of the competing in different regions of the world States seeking "pull the chestnuts out of the fire by somebody's ells hands." The article shows how some of the greater powers of the world, shortsightedly treating terrorists as additional tools in their fight against rival and providing them with material resources, generate their own enemies. This finding was confirmed in all studies on this issue, especially in studies of the English School of international relations. But so far, more attention has been given to show the activities of terrorist organizations, its effects and to justification of the need to combat them. This article investigates terrorism as a social phenomenon with an aim to establish its nature and causes, as well as effective means of its prevention. Materials and the conclusions of the study may be useful to the state institutions in defining their strategy for the protection of human rights, democracy and the rule of law, as well as for further research on the causes and ways of preventing negative phenomena in the life of societies and in relations between them. VL - IS - CY - MOSSORO PB - UNIV ESTADO RIO GRANDE NORTE SN - WOS:000523293300003 U1 - 50806947 N1 - Social Sciences - Other Topics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A Comprehensive Survey of Enabling and Emerging Technologies for Social Distancing-Part I: Fundamentals and Enabling Technologies JF - IEEE ACCESS A1 - Nguyen CT Saputra, YM Huynh, NV Nguyen, NT Khoa, TV KW - eppi-reviewer4 Social distancing; pandemic; COVID-19; wireless; networking; positioning systems; AI; machine learning; data analytics; localization; privacy-preserving; scheduling; incentive mechanism INDOOR POSITIONING SYSTEM; DEVICE-FREE LOCALIZATION; SCHOOL CLOSURE; NETWORK; INFLUENZA; MULTICAST; TRACKING; DESIGN; FUSION; IMPACT PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - Social distancing plays a pivotal role in preventing the spread of viral diseases illnesses such as COVID-19. By minimizing the close physical contact among people, we can reduce the chances of catching the virus and spreading it across the community. This two-part paper aims to provide a comprehensive survey on how emerging technologies, e.g., wireless and networking, artificial intelligence (AI) can enable, encourage, and even enforce social distancing practice. In this Part I, we provide a comprehensive background of social distancing including basic concepts, measurements, models, and propose various practical social distancing scenarios. We then discuss enabling wireless technologies which are especially effect- in social distancing, e.g., symptom prediction, detection and monitoring quarantined people, and contact tracing. The companion paper Part II surveys other emerging and related technologies, such as machine learning, computer vision, thermal, ultrasound, etc., and discusses open issues and challenges (e.g., privacy-preserving, scheduling, and incentive mechanisms) in implementing social distancing in practice. DO - 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3018140 VL - 8 IS - SP - 153479 EP - 153507 CY - PISCATAWAY PB - IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC SN - WOS:000564164800001 U1 - 50806953 N1 - Computer Science; Engineering; Telecommunications ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The socio-economic implications of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19): A review JF - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SURGERY A1 - Nicola M Alsafi, Z Sohrabi, C Kerwan, A Al-Jabir, KW - eppi-reviewer4 Economy; Economic impact; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Coronavirus PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in over 4.3 million confirmed cases and over 290,000 deaths globally. It has also sparked fears of an impending economic crisis and recession. Social distancing, self-isolation and travel restrictions have lead to a reduced workforce across all economic sectors and caused many jobs to be lost. Schools have closed down, and the need for commodities and manufactured products has decreased. In contrast, the need for medical supplies has significantly increased. The food sector is also facing increased demand due to panic-buying and stockpiling of food products. In response to this global outbreak, we summarise the socioeconomic effects of COVID-19 on individual aspects of the world economy. DO - 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.04.018 VL - 78 IS - SP - 185 EP - 193 CY - AMSTERDAM PB - ELSEVIER SN - WOS:000539259900075 U1 - 50806879 N1 - Surgery ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Relationship between Agricultural Teaching Approaches and Food Security in Kenya JF - EDUCATION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL A1 - Njura HJ Kubai, KI Taaliu, ST Khakame, KS KW - eppi-reviewer4 ACQUISITION; WORK PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - The continued food insecurity, despite the teaching of agriculture amidst the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), is a major global concern especially in Africa. There is food shortage in Africa and Kenya in particular despite the teaching of agriculture as a major subject in secondary schools. Many youth who have graduated from Kenyan secondary schools cannot adequately employ the agricultural skills developed during and after school for food security. The teaching approaches employed in secondary school agriculture should be able to develop skills of students on the aspects of food production, its accessibility, food safety, and nutrition as well as production economics. Towards this direction, this paper investigates the relationship between the agricultural teaching approaches employed in secondary schools and food security in Kenya. The study adopted descriptive survey design where data were collected using an Agriculture Teachers' Interview Schedule, a Students' Focus Group Discussion Guide, and a Parent's Questionnaire and were then analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The research findings established that the lecture method, class discussions, class projects, problem solving, and tours and field trips were the common methods in agriculture classes. Though recommended in the literature review section, digital learning was hardly mentioned as a teaching approach for this study. A major conclusion for this study is that there is statistically insignificant relationship between the teaching approaches and food security. There are other factors not in the scope of this study that could be affecting food security and can be tackled at secondary school level. This paper makes a contribution to the growing body of knowledge by highlighting research gaps worth investigation on the relationship between the agricultural teaching approaches and food security that were beyond the scope of the study. DO - 10.1155/2020/8847864 VL - 2020 IS - CY - LONDON PB - HINDAWI LTD SN - WOS:000552354400001 U1 - 50806781 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Smartphone-Based Remote Monitoring Tool for e-Learning JF - IEEE ACCESS A1 - Nuno-Maganda MA Torres-Huitzil, C Hernandez-Mier, Y De La Ca KW - eppi-reviewer4 Task monitoring; mobile application; face detection applications GAZE PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - In this paper, a smartphone-based learning monitoring system is presented. During pandemics, most of the parents are not used to simultaneously deal with their home office activities and the monitoring of the home school activities of their children. Therefore, a system allowing a parent, teacher or tutor to assign a task and its corresponding execution time to children, could be helpful in this situation. In this work, a mobile application to assign academic tasks to a child, measure execution time, and monitor the child's attention, is proposed. The children are the users of a mobile application, hosted on a smartphone or tablet device, that displays an assigned task and keeps track of the time consumed by the child to perform this task. Time measurement is performed using face recognition, so it is possible to infer the attention of the child based on the presence or absence of a face. The app also measures the time that the application was in the foreground, as well as the time that the application was sent to the background, to measure boredom. The parent or teacher assigns a task using a desktop application specifically designed for this purpose. At the end of the time set by the user, the application sends to the parent or teacher statistics about the execution time of the task and the degree of attention of the child. DO - 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3005330 VL - 8 IS - SP - 121409 EP - 121423 CY - PISCATAWAY PB - IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC SN - WOS:000553567600001 U1 - 50806964 N1 - Computer Science; Engineering; Telecommunications ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Looming Dangers of Explosion in Community Transmissions of COVID-19 in Nigeria JF - ANNALS OF GLOBAL HEALTH A1 - Nwozor A Okolie, C Okidu, O Oshewolo, S KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - Currently, Nigeria is still at the ascending phase of the COVID-19 curve with no sign of deceleration. Thus, the recent decision by governors of states in northern Nigeria to deport Almajirai (itinerant Islamic school pupils) from their states as part of efforts to contain COVID-19 transmission is likely to have a serious backlash. With hundreds of Almajirai testing positive to COVID-19, and millions of others untested, they constitute ubiquitous nodes of transmission. Their deportation has created multiple emigration channels that constitute prospective feeders to covert community transmission. This viewpoint examines this trend within the context of Nigeria's current [in]capacity to manage the spread of COVID-19 and concludes that greater risks seem to lie ahead unless the government takes stringent containment measures. DO - 10.5334/aogh.2990 VL - 86 IS - 1 CY - LONDON PB - UBIQUITY PRESS LTD SN - WOS:000562430900001 U1 - 50806957 N1 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Potential Impact of COVID-19 on the Medical School Application JF - JOURNAL OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND CURRICULAR DEVELOPMENT A1 - O'Connell RL Kemp, MT Alam, HB KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; coronavirus; medical school application SELECTION PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant impact on the medical community. It is suspected that the pandemic will impact the medical school application process due to effects on standardized testing, performance measures, financial burdens, and interview strategies. It is important to consider these issues early to optimize success of future strategies and mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the application cycle. DO - 10.1177/2382120520940666 VL - 7 IS - CY - LONDON PB - SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD SN - WOS:000551892300001 U1 - 50806814 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Covid-19: Papers justifying government's plans to reopen schools are "inconclusive," say union bosses JF - BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL A1 - O'Dowd A KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - DO - 10.1136/bmj.m2108 VL - 369 IS - CY - LONDON PB - BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP SN - WOS:000538337100012 U1 - 50806891 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - BACK TO BUSINESS? JF - DANCING TIMES A1 - Oliver S KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - Nicola Rayner hears from ballroom, Latin and other partner dance teachers and school owners about the reopening of dance studios - and the specific challenges of their industry when it comes to social distancing and COVID-19. VL - 110 IS - 1320 SP - 27 EP - 29 CY - LONDON PB - DANCING TIMES LTD SN - WOS:000559891900012 U1 - 50806735 N1 - Dance ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Contribution of the Strengthened Capacity of Vocational Education and Training System in Turkey to the Fight against Covid-19 JF - YUKSEKOGRETIM DERGISI A1 - Ozer M KW - eppi-reviewer4 Covid-19; education policy; school tracking; vocational education TRACKING; PERFORMANCE; INEQUALITY; SCHOOL PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - Education is one of the most heavily affected sectors by the negative consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. Countries make an effort to support their students via distance education solutions and to avoid the interruption of education. The same predicament is experienced by Turkey, where the Ministry of National Education (MoNE) presents the distance education via both its online education platform and television broadcasts. Considering the number of students in Turkey and the situation in other countries, MoNE is observed to have been successfully delivering mass distance education support and increasing the quality of its distance education through continuous innovations and improvements. In addition, MoNE has taken some important steps to strengthen the vocational education and training (VET) system in Turkey, elevating VET to a much more favorable status for students, teachers and various sectors. In the days of struggle with the Covid-19 pandemic in Turkey, VET has made a great contribution to the manufacturing of some urgently needed medical products, ensuring their ready availability. In this study, the current structure and the four major problems of VET in Turkey are discussed, the improvements made in VET after the introduction of Turkeys 2023 Education Vision are reviewed, the contribution of VET to the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic is analyzed, and some suggestions are made on further strengthening the VET system in Turkey. DO - 10.2399/yod.20.726951 VL - 10 IS - 2 SP - 134 EP - 140 CY - ISTANBUL PB - DEOMED PUBL, ISTANBUL SN - WOS:000557356700002 U1 - 50806738 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Science Cafes, Science Shops and the Lockdown Experience in Florence and Rome JF - FUTURE INTERNET A1 - Pacini G Belmonte, C Bagnoli, F KW - eppi-reviewer4 SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; lockdown; science cafes; science shop; public engagement COLLECTIVE AWARENESS PLATFORMS; INNOVATION PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - The lockdown was crucial to stop the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, but it affected many aspects of social life, among which traditional live science cafes. Moreover, citizens and experts asked for a direct contact, not relying on mass-media communication. In this paper, we describe how the Florence and Rome science cafes, contacted by citizens and experts, either directly or through the Florence science shop, responded to these needs by organizing online versions of traditional face-to-face events, experiencing high levels of participation. The science cafe methodology was also requested by a high school that needed to conclude an engagement experience with students and their families. We also report the results of a survey about the satisfaction of this new methodology with respect to the old one. DO - 10.3390/fi12070115 VL - 12 IS - 7 CY - BASEL PB - MDPI SN - WOS:000554081900001 U1 - 50806811 N1 - Computer Science ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Paediatric COVID-19 admissions in a region with open schools during the two first months of the pandemic JF - ACTA PAEDIATRICA A1 - Hildenwall H Luthander, J Rhedin, S Hertting, O Olsson KW - eppi-reviewer4 AB - DO - 10.1111/apa.15432 VL - IS - CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000545930300001 U1 - 50806789 N1 - Pediatrics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Parents' strategies for home educating their children with Autism Spectrum Disorder during the COVID-19 period in Zimbabwe JF - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES A1 - Majoko T A1 - Dudu A Dudu, A KW - eppi-reviewer4 home education; parents; children with ASD; COVID-19 EXPERIENCES PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - This study explored parents' strategies for home educating their children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) during the COVID-19 period in Harare Urban District in Zimbabwe. Embedded within international research findings on the subject, this qualitative study drew on a purposive sample of eight parents. Telephonic individual interviews, information sheets, and field notes were used to collect data. A constant comparative approach of data organization with continuous adjustment was used throughout the analysis in order to guarantee that codes captured the range of ideas of the parents. Parents committedly home educated children with ASD in collaboration and discourse with their family members and peer parents. Complementary and supplementary roles of parents and family members in the home education of their children with ASD facilitated the transition of these children from school to home routine activities. Parents of children with ASD fostered in these children an awareness of the new social reality of the COVID-19 period and the safety precautions. This study offers insights regarding parents' strategies for home educating their children with ASD during the COVID-19 period. DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/20473869.2020.1803025 VL - IS - CY - ABINGDON PB - TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD SN - WOS:000560221900001 U1 - 50806715 N1 - Education & Educational Research; Rehabilitation ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Returning to School: Separation Problems and Anxiety in the Age of Pandemics JF - BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS IN PRACTICE A1 - Pelaez M Novak, G KW - eppi-reviewer4 Postpandemic schools; School after COVID-19; Separation protests and anxiety PY - 2020 DA - 2020/09// Y1 - 2020/09// AB - The shift to the postpandemic school environment will cause dramatic changes and is likely to increase separation problems. In this article, we look at the anxiety problems that some parents and their children might experience when school reopens after the COVID-19 lockdown. Using a behavioral theory of development, we provide suggestions for how to handle the departure and separation problems that may emerge as parents drop their children off at school. Many parents are unsure about how to handle anxiety or fear as their children return to school or have to visit other environments outside their homes. Social distancing has caused families to develop stronger dependencies at home and to create new routines that vary, in many instances greatly, from their prepandemic routines. Families are adjusting to the new "normal." They are keeping their children busy with schoolwork as best they can. In particular, families have likely developed close attachment relationships. Families have been struggling with an unprecedented lockdown, and for many parents and their children, this extended period of family confinement and severe restrictions has been especially stressful, and the timing for returning to school is uncertain. We emphasize here that parents can be responsive to their children's needs, plan ahead, provide reassurance, and depart firmly without vacillating, and we provide other tips to avoid inadvertently shaping children's negative or anxiety behaviors as they go back to school. We offer some specific advice for parents and teachers to follow to prevent the departure and separation problems that typically develop during challenging behavioral interactions in school settings. DO - 10.1007/s40617-020-00467-2 VL - 13 IS - 3 SP - 521 EP - 526 CY - NEW YORK PB - SPRINGER SN - WOS:000552821400001 U1 - 50806775 N1 - Psychology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Wearable Activity Trackers for Monitoring Adherence to Home Confinement During the COVID-19 Pandemic Worldwide: Data Aggregation and Analysis JF - JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH A1 - Pepin JL Bruno, RM Yang, RY Vercamer, V Jouhaud, P KW - eppi-reviewer4 wearable activity trackers; pandemic; COVID-19; home confinement; lockdown; monitoring; wearables; tracking PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - Background: In the context of home confinement during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, objective, real-time data are needed to assess populations' adherence to home confinement to adapt policies and control measures accordingly. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether wearable activity trackers could provide information regarding users' adherence to home confinement policies because of their capacity for seamless and continuous monitoring of individuals' natural activity patterns regardless of their location. Methods: We analyzed big data from individuals using activity trackers (Withings) that count the wearer's average daily number of steps in a number of representative nations that adopted different modalities of restriction of citizens' activities. Results: Data on the number of steps per day from over 740,000 individuals around the world were analyzed. We demonstrate the physical activity patterns in several representative countries with total, partial, or no home confinement. The decrease in steps per day in regions with strict total home confinement ranged from 25% to 54%. Partial lockdown (characterized by social distancing measures such as school closures, bar and restaurant closures, and cancellation of public meetings but without strict home confinement) does not appear to have a significant impact on people's activity compared to the pre-pandemic period. The absolute level of physical activity under total home confinement in European countries is around twofold that in China In some countries, such as France and Spain, physical activity started to gradually decrease even before official commitment to lockdown as a result of initial less stringent restriction orders or self-quarantine. However, physical activity began to increase again in the last 2 weeks, suggesting a decrease in compliance with confinement orders. Conclusions: Aggregate analysis of activity tracker data with the potential for daily updates can provide information regarding adherence to home confinement policies. DO - 10.2196/19787 VL - 22 IS - 6 CY - TORONTO PB - JMIR PUBLICATIONS, INC SN - WOS:000541388400001 U1 - 50806845 N1 - Health Care Sciences & Services; Medical Informatics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Dramatic decrease of laboratory-confirmed influenza A after school closure in response to COVID-19 JF - PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY A1 - Perez-Lopez A Hasan, M Iqbal, M Janahi, M Roscoe, D KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/09// Y1 - 2020/09// AB - DO - 10.1002/ppul.24933 VL - 55 IS - 9 SP - 2233 EP - 2234 CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000545805500001 U1 - 50806790 N1 - Pediatrics; Respiratory System ER - TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19-We urgently need to start developing an exit strategy JF - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES A1 - Petersen E Wasserman, S Lee, SS Go, U Holmes, AH KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - Aim: The purpose of this perspective is to review the options countries have to exit the draconian "lockdowns" in a carefully staged manner. Methods: Experts from different countries experiencing Corona Virus Infectious Disease 2019 (COVID-19) reviewed evidence and country-specific approaches and the results of their interventions. Results: Three factors are essential: 1. Reintroduction from countries with ongoing community transmission; 2. The need for extensive testing capacity and widespread community testing, and 3. An adequate supply of personal protective equipment, PPE, to protect health care workers. Discussed at length are lifting physical distancing, how to open manufacturing and construction, logistics, and the opening of higher educational institutions and schools. The use of electronic surveillance is considered. Conclusion: Each country should decide on the best path forward. However, we can learn from each other, and the approaches are, in reality, very similar. (C) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. DO - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.035 VL - 96 IS - SP - 233 EP - 239 CY - OXFORD PB - ELSEVIER SCI LTD SN - WOS:000548321500010 U1 - 50806816 N1 - Infectious Diseases ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Children and the COVID-19 Pandemic JF - PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA-THEORY RESEARCH PRACTICE AND POLICY A1 - Phelps C Sperry, LL KW - eppi-reviewer4 children; trauma; pandemic; COVID-19 MENTAL-HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC-STRESS; VICTIMIZATION; CHALLENGES; TRAUMA; YOUTH PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many school districts have closed for the remainder of the academic year. These closures are unfortunate because, for many students, schools are their only source of trauma-informed care and supports. When schools reopen, they must develop a comprehensive plan to address the potential mental health needs of their students. DO - 10.1037/tra0000861 VL - 12 IS - SP - S73 EP - S75 CY - WASHINGTON PB - EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC SN - WOS:000548599700027 U1 - 50806746 N1 - Psychology; Psychiatry ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Nudges against pandemics: Sweden's COVID-19 containment strategy in perspective JF - POLICY AND SOCIETY A1 - Pierre J KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; Sweden COVID-19 strategy; Coronavirus; COVID-19 nursing homes PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - Sweden's strategy to contain the COVID-19 pandemic stands out internationally as more liberal in terms of not ordering a complete lockdown of society. Sweden kept its primary schools, daycare centers and industries largely open. The government financially supported furloughed workers and increased its support to regional and local governments delivering healthcare and elderly care. However, the death toll in Sweden which passed 4000 by late May 2020 stands in stark contrast to those of other, comparable countries, raising questions about the design of the strategy, and its appropriateness. The paper argues that key assumptions sustaining the strategy, for instance that symptom-free people do not carry, and cannot transmit the Coronavirus, or that local and regional government staff had the necessary training and equipment to tackle the pandemic, along with problems associated with coordinating a decentralized healthcare system, may explain the poor performance of the Swedish containment strategy. DO - 10.1080/14494035.2020.1783787 VL - 39 IS - 3 SP - 478 EP - 493 CY - ABINGDON PB - TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD SN - WOS:000547155300009 U1 - 50806800 N1 - Government & Law; Public Administration ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown on Lifestyle Behaviors in Children with Obesity Living in Verona, Italy: A Longitudinal Study JF - OBESITY A1 - Pietrobelli A Pecoraro, L Ferruzzi, A Heo, M Faith, M KW - eppi-reviewer4 SCHOOL PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - Objective The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that youths with obesity, when removed from structured school activities and confined to their homes during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, will display unfavorable trends in lifestyle behaviors. Methods The sample included 41 children and adolescents with obesity participating in a longitudinal observational study located in Verona, Italy. Lifestyle information including diet, activity, and sleep behaviors was collected at baseline and 3 weeks into the national lockdown during which home confinement was mandatory. Changes in outcomes over the two study time points were evaluated for significance using pairedttests. Results There were no changes in reported vegetable intake; fruit intake increased (P = 0.055) during the lockdown. By contrast, potato chip, red meat, and sugary drink intakes increased significantly during the lockdown (Pvalue range, 0.005 to < 0.001). Time spent in sports activities decreased by 2.30 (SD 4.60) h/wk (P = 0.003), and sleep time increased by 0.65 (SD 1.29) h/d (P = 0.003). Screen time increased by 4.85 (SD 2.40) h/d (P < 0.001). Conclusions Recognizing these adverse collateral effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic lockdown is critical in avoiding depreciation of weight control efforts among youths afflicted with excess adiposity. Depending on duration, these untoward lockdown effects may have a lasting impact on a child's or adolescent's adult adiposity level. DO - 10.1002/oby.22861 VL - 28 IS - 8 SP - 1382 EP - 1385 CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000546579700001 U1 - 50806783 N1 - Endocrinology & Metabolism; Nutrition & Dietetics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Covid-19: local implementation of tracing and testing programmes could enable some schools to reopen JF - BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL A1 - Pollock AM KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/03// Y1 - 2020/03// AB - DO - 10.1136/bmj.m1187 VL - 368 IS - CY - LONDON PB - BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP SN - WOS:000523764200006 U1 - 50806939 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Letter to the editor: Evidence on school closure and children's social contact: useful for coronavirus disease (COVID-19)? JF - EUROSURVEILLANCE A1 - Potetti M Raballo, A KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/04// Y1 - 2020/04// AB - DO - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.17.2000758 VL - 25 IS - 17 SP - 30 EP - 31 CY - STOCKHOLM PB - EUR CENTRE DIS PREVENTION & CONTROL SN - WOS:000530880200005 U1 - 50806920 N1 - Infectious Diseases ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Power and Social Control of Youth during the COVID-19 Pandemic JF - LEISURE SCIENCES A1 - Gabriel MG Brown, A Leon, M Outley, C KW - eppi-reviewer4 Adolescents; youth leisure; social justice; social groups AB - While people across the globe adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic, young people have been the center of many news stories. Millions of young people are required to stay home due to school closures, and adults are forced to consider alternative structures to support youths' needs. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed multiple injustices and forms of oppression experienced by the most vulnerable in our country, which includes young people experiencing poverty, incarceration, foster care, homelessness, and those with marginalized identities. This article will discuss the role of power and social control in the lives of youth during the COVID-19 pandemic and present strategies leisure researchers and practitioners can adopt to overcome the loss of critical support structures and mitigate exponential effects of COVID-19 on our most vulnerable youth. DO - 10.1080/01490400.2020.1774008 VL - IS - CY - PHILADELPHIA PB - TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC SN - WOS:000547568500001 U1 - 50806841 N1 - Social Sciences - Other Topics; Sociology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Pracademics in the pandemic: pedagogies and professionalism JF - JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL CAPITAL AND COMMUNITY A1 - Hollweck T Doucet, A KW - eppi-reviewer4 Educational change; Professionalism; Transformational change; Professional capital; Collaborative professionalism; Pandemic pedagogies PRACTITIONERS AB - Purpose This thinking piece examines, from the viewpoint of two Canadian pracademics in the pandemic, the role of pedagogy and professionalism in crisis teaching and learning. The purpose of the paper is to highlight some of the tensions that have emerged and offer possible considerations to disrupt the status quo and catalyze transformation in public education during the pandemic and beyond. Design/methodology/approach This paper considers the current context of COVID-19 and education and uses the professional capital framework (Hargreaves and Fullan, 2012) to examine pandemic pedagogies and professionalism. Findings The COVID-19 pandemic has catapulted educational systems into emergency remote teaching and learning. This rapid shift to crisis schooling has massive implications for pedagogy and professionalism during the pandemic and beyond. Despite the significant challenges for educators, policymakers, school leaders, students and families, the pandemic is a critical opportunity to rethink the future of schooling. A key to transformational change will be for schools and school systems to focus on their professional capital and find ways to develop teachers' individual knowledge and skills, support effective collaborative networks that include parents and the larger school community and, ultimately, trust and include educators in the decision-making and communication process. Originality/value This thinking piece offers the perspective of two Canadian pracademics who do not wish for a return to "normal" public education, which has never serve all children well or equitably. Instead, they believe the pandemic is an opportunity to disrupt the status quo and build the education system back better. Using the professional capital framework, they argue that it will be educators' professionalism and pandemic pedagogies that will be required to catalyze meaningful transformational change. DO - 10.1108/JPCC-06-2020-0038 VL - IS - CY - BINGLEY PB - EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000557048700001 U1 - 50806765 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The effect of control strategies to reduce social mixing on outcomes of the COVID-19 epidemic in Wuhan, China: a modelling study JF - LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH A1 - Prem K Liu, Y Russell, TW Kucharski, AJ Eggo, RM KW - eppi-reviewer4 CONTACT PATTERNS; TRANSMISSION; SPREAD; NETWORKS; IMPACT PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - Background In December, 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a novel coronavirus, emerged in Wuhan, China. Since then, the city of Wuhan has taken unprecedented measures in response to the outbreak, including extended school and workplace closures. We aimed to estimate the effects of physical distancing measures on the progression of the COVID-19 epidemic, hoping to provide some insights for the rest of the world. Methods To examine how changes in population mixing have affected outbreak progression in Wuhan, we used synthetic location-specific contact patterns in Wuhan and adapted these in the presence of school closures, extended workplace closures, and a reduction in mixing in the general community. Using these matrices and the latest estimates of the epidemiological parameters of the Wuhan outbreak, we simulated the ongoing trajectory of an outbreak in Wuhan using an age-structured susceptible-exposed-infected-removed (SEIR) model for several physical distancing measures. We fitted the latest estimates of epidemic parameters from a transmission model to data on local and internationally exported cases from Wuhan in an age-structured epidemic framework and investigated the age distribution of cases. We also simulated lifting of the control measures by allowing people to return to work in a phased-in way and looked at the effects of returning to work at different stages of the underlying outbreak (at the beginning of March or April). Findings Our projections show that physical distancing measures were most effective if the staggered return to work was at the beginning of April; this reduced the median number of infections by more than 92% (IQR 66-97) and 24% (13-90) in mid-2020 and end-2020, respectively. There are benefits to sustaining these measures until April in terms of delaying and reducing the height of the peak, median epidemic size at end-2020, and affording health-care systems more time to expand and respond. However, the modelled effects of physical distancing measures vary by the duration of infectiousness and the role school children have in the epidemic. Interpretation Restrictions on activities in Wuhan, if maintained until April, would probably help to delay the epidemic peak. Our projections suggest that premature and sudden lifting of interventions could lead to an earlier secondary peak, which could be flattened by relaxing the interventions gradually. However, there are limitations to our analysis, including large uncertainties around estimates of R-0 and the duration of infectiousness. Copyright (C) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. DO - 10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30073-6 VL - 5 IS - 5 SP - E261 EP - E270 CY - OXFORD PB - ELSEVIER SCI LTD SN - WOS:000531073600019 U1 - 50806915 N1 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Principal professionalism in the time of COVID-19 JF - JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL CAPITAL AND COMMUNITY A1 - Stone-Johnson C Weiner, JM KW - eppi-reviewer4 Professionalism; Leadership; Autonomy; School principals AUTONOMY; TEACHER; ACCOUNTABILITY; NEOLIBERALISM AB - Purpose In this paper, we describe the impact of COVID-19 on principals and their work. Drawing on prior research undertaken prior to the onset of the pandemic, we describe how principals were already grappling with difficult tensions associated with their expertise, autonomy, normative orientation and rewards that may have real implications for their work moving forward and how, in the current context of uncertainty and change we believe the issue of principal professionalism requires our collective attention and action. Design/methodology/approach Over the last year, we undertook a multistate qualitative study of 17 school leaders to explore how principals working in traditional public schools conceptualize the principal profession and their role within it. Briefly, we found that the principalship is an "emergent profession" characterized by shared but individually determined knowledge and skills; a normative orientation of service; confused notions of external expectations and rewards and ongoing tensions among all of these elements. Findings Professionalism may be a surprising lever for improving the capacity of school leadership. Through our research, we identified that little is known about professionalism as it relates to the unique work of school leaders, but that understanding more about it could lead to greater knowledge of how to encourage and retain them. In the current context of uncertainty, chaos and change, the pressure on leaders to stay in the role and to succeed has never been greater. Thus, it is critical that principals have the capacity to exert professionalism over their work and to have greater say in elements of it, recognizing that some decisions must be made at district, state and federal levels. Originality/value While many studies investigate how teachers of various backgrounds and in different contexts think about teaching as a profession (e.g. Anderson and Cohen, 2015; Stone-Johnson, 2014b; Torres and Weiner, 2018; Hall and McGinty, 2015), we had difficulty identifying studies focused on principals and using frameworks of professionalism to understand how these activities reflect larger shifts in the profession itself. This is despite the changing nature of principals' work, which, like the work of teachers, has been and continues to be largely influenced by the increasing role of neoliberal principles and policies in education. The public nature of the work of school leadership and the potential to support students, families and the communities in which they live brings in sharp focus the necessity of greater understanding of it during the COVID-19 crisis. DO - 10.1108/JPCC-05-2020-0020 VL - IS - CY - BINGLEY PB - EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000547592500001 U1 - 50806832 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Professional capital after the pandemic: revisiting and revising classic understandings of teachers' work JF - JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL CAPITAL AND COMMUNITY A1 - Hargreaves A Fullan, M KW - eppi-reviewer4 Collaboration; Professional capital; Coronavirus; Pandemic AB - Purpose This article revisits three classic findings from Dan Lortie's 1975 bookSchoolteacher, in the context of the coronavirus pandemic and its possible aftermaths. These findings are that teachers and others base their ideas about teaching on the long apprenticeship of observation as students; they derive their satisfaction from the psychic rewards of teaching - the emotional satisfaction and feedback that teachers got from students; and they work in conservative cultures of individualism. Design/methodology/approach The article appraises Lortie's foundational text in relation to contemporary public domain surveys and op-ed articles about the impact of the pandemic on teaching and learning. Findings COVID-19 created conditions that undermined traditional psychic rewards, weakened the tenuous student-teacher relationship as more students found schooling less engaging, began to give parents distorted observations of teaching online and made teacher collaboration more difficult. Research limitations/implications Due to the current nature of the pandemic and the shortage of just-in-time original data, the research relies on rapid responses and op-ed perceptions rather than on an established body of literature and database. Practical implications The postpandemic agenda holds out three ways to modernize Lortie's agenda in ways that advance the presence and impact of professional capital. These ways comprise new psychic rewards for students and not just teachers, a more open professionalism that is actively inclusive of parents and collaborative professionalism that has greater strength and depth. Social implications Educational reform in the postpandemic age must be transformational and not seek to return to normal. Originality/value The paper gives new meaning to Lortie's original ideas on COVID-19 circumstances DO - 10.1108/JPCC-06-2020-0039 VL - IS - CY - BINGLEY PB - EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000557048200001 U1 - 50806766 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Promoting individual and group regulation through social connection: strategies for remote learning JF - INFORMATION AND LEARNING SCIENCES A1 - MacMahon S Leggett, J Carroll, A KW - eppi-reviewer4 Strategies; Social connection; Learning regulation; Online collaboration; COVID-19; Remote learning SHARED REGULATION; SELF; COREGULATION; FEEDBACK AB - Purpose In a classroom, the teacher and other students play an important role in regulating individual and group learning. However, the sudden shift to remote and online learning, as a result of social isolation during COVID-19, has created a social disconnect, making these immediate regulatory supports less accessible. A need was identified for strategies to support collaborative learning regulation when learning remotely and online. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on models of self-, co, and socially shared learning regulation, a series of resources were developed for students, teachers and parents to support effective online collaborative learning. These strategies embedded evidence-based principles of learning drawn from the learning sciences, including elaboration, retrieval, dual coding and concrete examples. Findings A set of ten student resources have been developed, accompanied by supporting information and strategies for teachers and families. These resources have been shared with schools across Australia. Originality/value These evidence-based strategies are valuable, as they are addressing an identified urgent community need. Based on the science of learning, these strategies are original in synthesising effective learning techniques with the three forms of learning regulation to encourage student connection and collaboration in online and remote learning. DO - 10.1108/ILS-04-2020-0101 VL - IS - CY - BINGLEY PB - EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000545558000001 U1 - 50806843 N1 - Information Science & Library Science ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Indoor air quality at school and students' performance: Recommendations of the UNESCO Chair on Health Education and Sustainable Development & the Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA) JF - HEALTH PROMOTION PERSPECTIVES A1 - Pulimeno M Piscitelli, P Colazzo, S Colao, A Miani, KW - eppi-reviewer4 Indoor air quality; School; Students; Performance; Health; COVID-19 OUTDOOR PM2.5 CONCENTRATIONS; CLASSROOM VENTILATION RATE; COGNITIVE-DEVELOPMENT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTANTS; ETHYLBENZENE; FILTRATION; ATTENTION; REMOVAL; TOLUENE PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - The issue of indoor air quality (IAQ) concerns 64 million students across Europe, but it is still a neglected topic, although it impacts both their health and learning outcomes. Classroom microclimate is the first key factor determining a healthy or unhealthy school environment, and it is influenced by ventilation, temperature and humidity rate. Classrooms are usually crowded, overheated and poorly ventilated, thus resulting in possible increases of carbon dioxide (CO2), that can cause several problems when its concentrations exceed the value of 0.15 percentage volume of CO2 (1500 ppm) or even at lower levels (1000 ppm). CO2 can also arise from outside the school, being widely produced by combustion of fossils or road traffic. Anthropogenic activities are responsible for the emission of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) too, which represent other possible external contaminants potentially impairing IAQ. Further dangerous exposures for students' health are those related to natural emission of gas Radon, which typically accumulates in poorly ventilated classrooms, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs, released by building materials, paints, furnishings, detergents), while chemicals substances (i.e. cyanoacrylate, lead, cadmium, nickel) might be contained in school materials. Finally, particulate matters (PM2.5 and PM10) originating from road traffic, domestic heating or industrial activities represent additional possible contaminants impacting schools' air quality. Poor IAQ might result in mild adverse events (i.e. headaches, nausea etc.) or cause respiratory problems. More frequently, IAQ affects students' attention and their school performances, as widely documented by many studies. Standardized tests administered to pupils exposed to poor IAQ (to assess reading and mathematical abilities) systematically result in worse outcomes compared to students staying in healthy classroom environments. In this paper, we present recommendations of UNESCO Chair on Health Education and Sustainable Development and Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA) to ensure an optimal IAQ at school, including some post-COVID-19 issues. DO - 10.34172/hpp.2020.29 VL - 10 IS - 3 SP - 169 EP - 174 CY - TABRIZ PB - TABRIZ UNIV MEDICAL SCIENCES & HEALTH SERVICES SN - WOS:000549579000003 U1 - 50806966 N1 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Rainbows, Teddy Bears and 'Others': The Cultural Politics of Children's Leisure Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic JF - LEISURE SCIENCES A1 - Mukherjee U KW - eppi-reviewer4 Children's leisure; coronavirus; COVID-19; sociology of childhood; children's participation PARTICIPATION AB - In countries currently under lockdown, schools and leisure facilities have closed their gates to the vast majority of children. Having to stay indoors for most of the day, children's leisurescapes have been radically transformed. In these circumstances, instances have emerged from across the globe of children adapting to the lockdown in creative ways and constructing leisurescapes within the limits of the home, by putting up rainbows and teddy bears on windows and porches. Drawing upon media reports about children's rainbow drawings and teddy bear hunts, in this paper, I deploy a sociological lens to demonstrate how children are using these leisure narratives as tools for participating in the wider conversation around the pandemic. At the same time, however, in pinning romanticized notions of hope and 'national spirit' upon the normative image of the child at play, media narratives are obfuscating the inequalities that fracture lived childhoods in the developed world. DO - 10.1080/01490400.2020.1773978 VL - IS - CY - PHILADELPHIA PB - TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC SN - WOS:000549538200001 U1 - 50806838 N1 - Social Sciences - Other Topics; Sociology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Science Education in the Light of COVID-19 The Contribution of History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science JF - SCIENCE & EDUCATION A1 - Reiss MJ KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; History of science; Nature of science; Philosophy of science; Sociology; Interdisciplinarity TUBERCULOSIS; DISEASE; MYTH PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - In this position paper, I examine how the history, philosophy and sociology of science (HPS) can contribute to science education in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. I discuss shortcomings in the ways that history is often used in school science, and examine how knowledge of previous pandemics might help in teaching about COVID-19. I look at the potential of issues to do with measurement in the context of COVID-19 (e.g. measurement of mortality figures) to introduce school students to issues about philosophy of science, and I show how COVID-19 has the affordance to broaden and deepen the moral philosophy that students typically meet in biology lessons. COVID-19 also provides opportunities to introduce students to sociological ways of thinking, examining data and questioning human practices. It can also enable students to see how science, economics and politics inter-relate. In the final part of the paper, I suggest that there are strong arguments in favour of an interdisciplinary approach in tackling zoonoses like COVID-19 and that there is much to be said for such interdisciplinarity in school science lessons when teaching about socio-scientific issues and issues intended to raise scientific literacy. DO - 10.1007/s11191-020-00143-5 VL - 29 IS - 4 SP - 1079 EP - 1092 CY - DORDRECHT PB - SPRINGER SN - WOS:000546843300001 U1 - 50806785 N1 - Education & Educational Research; History & Philosophy of Science ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Remotely Proctored K-12 High Stakes Standardized Testing During COVID-19: Will it Last? JF - EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT-ISSUES AND PRACTICE A1 - Michel RS KW - eppi-reviewer4 AB - DO - 10.1111/emip.12364 VL - IS - CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000554912000001 U1 - 50806727 N1 - Education & Educational Research; Psychology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: A call to action for psychological science JF - BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY A1 - O'Connor DB Aggleton, JP Chakrabarti, B Cooper, CL Cr KW - eppi-reviewer4 behaviour change; children; COVID-19; education; families; health; human development; mental health; neuroscience; pandemic; psychological science; psychology; school; stress; trauma; work FACE-TO-FACE; LIFE-COURSE; IMPACT; BEHAVIOR; TELEPHONE; RESPONSES; SARS AB - The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) that has caused the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic represents the greatest international biopsychosocial emergency the world has faced for a century, and psychological science has an integral role to offer in helping societies recover. The aim of this paper is to set out the shorter- and longer-term priorities for research in psychological science that will (a) frame the breadth and scope of potential contributions from across the discipline; (b) enable researchers to focus their resources on gaps in knowledge; and (c) help funders and policymakers make informed decisions about future research priorities in order to best meet the needs of societies as they emerge from the acute phase of the pandemic. The research priorities were informed by an expert panel convened by the British Psychological Society that reflects the breadth of the discipline; a wider advisory panel with international input; and a survey of 539 psychological scientists conducted early in May 2020. The most pressing need is to research the negative biopsychosocial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic to facilitate immediate and longer-term recovery, not only in relation to mental health, but also in relation to behaviour change and adherence, work, education, children and families, physical health and the brain, and social cohesion and connectedness. We call on psychological scientists to work collaboratively with other scientists and stakeholders, establish consortia, and develop innovative research methods while maintaining high-quality, open, and rigorous research standards. DO - 10.1111/bjop.12468 VL - IS - CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000549772800001 U1 - 50806771 N1 - Psychology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Returning Athletes Back to High School Sports in the COVID-19 Era: Preparing for the Fall JF - SPORTS HEALTH-A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH A1 - Asif IM Chang, CJ Diamond, AB Raukar, N Zaremski, KW - eppi-reviewer4 AB - DO - 10.1177/1941738120953851 VL - IS - CY - THOUSAND OAKS PB - SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC SN - WOS:000562037300001 U1 - 50806708 N1 - Sport Sciences ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Returning to school in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic for children with cystic fibrosis JF - PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY A1 - Hamilton J Ameel, K Asfour, F KW - eppi-reviewer4 AB - DO - 10.1002/ppul.24973 VL - IS - CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000553632000001 U1 - 50806753 N1 - Pediatrics; Respiratory System ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Returning to Sport Following COVID-19: Considerations for Heat Acclimatization in Secondary School Athletics JF - SPORTS MEDICINE A1 - Adams WM Periard, JD KW - eppi-reviewer4 AB - DO - 10.1007/s40279-020-01301-z VL - IS - CY - NORTHCOTE PB - ADIS INT LTD SN - WOS:000539959200001 U1 - 50806856 N1 - Sport Sciences ER - TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19 impact on fruit and vegetable markets JF - CANADIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS-REVUE CANADIENNE D AGROECONOMIE A1 - Richards TJ Rickard, B KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - Canadian fruit and vegetable markets were significantly impacted by the spread of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (and COVID-19 disease), beginning in March 2020. Due to the closure of restaurants, bars, and schools, produce growers and distributors were forced to shift supplies almost entirely from the foodservice to the retail channel. Shippers reported labor and logistical constraints in making the change, but the fresh produce supply chain remained robust. In the long term, we expect lasting changes in consumers' online food-purchasing habits, heightened constraints on immigrant labor markets, and tighter concentration in fresh produce distribution and perhaps retailing. DO - 10.1111/cjag.12231 VL - 68 IS - 2 SP - 189 EP - 194 CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000533460100001 U1 - 50806895 N1 - Agriculture; Business & Economics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Covid-19: Government must plan for schools to reopen, say paediatricians JF - BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL A1 - Rimmer A KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - DO - 10.1136/bmj.m2458 VL - 369 IS - CY - LONDON PB - BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP SN - WOS:000548571000011 U1 - 50806846 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Dialogical proposal of reading with the social dimension of journalistic genres: a theme and its different axiologies JF - LINGUAS & LETRAS A1 - Ritter LCB Hila, CVD Beloti, A Ferragini, NLD KW - eppi-reviewer4 Dialogic Theory; Journalistic genres; Thematic reading proposal PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - This article presents a methodological proposal of work with the social dimension of the enunciated-text, focused on the reading axis, for the 3rd year of High School, from a Thematic Planning of Dialogic Reading (PTLD), choosing the theme of isolation social, as a guiding theme for the work with two cartoons and one chronicle, produced in March, during the Covid-19 pandemic. The theoretical framework is anchored in the guiding assumptions of reading practice in the Bakhtinian dialogical conception. The methodological path seeks to understand each of these enunciated initially as autonomous genres, to, later, show the relationship between its constituent elements of a social responsive movement, permeated by innumerable voices and different valuations. The purpose of the proposal is to assist teachers in initial and continuing training to think about a work with the discursive practice of reading in a dialogical character for the classroom. DO - 10.5935/1981-4755.20200004 VL - 21 IS - 49 SP - 68 EP - 85 CY - PARANA PB - UNIV ESTADUAL OESTE PARANA-UNIOESTE SN - WOS:000545966400004 U1 - 50806968 N1 - Linguistics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Robotic transformative service research: deploying social robots for consumer well-being during COVID-19 and beyond JF - JOURNAL OF SERVICE MANAGEMENT A1 - Henkel AP Caic, M Blaurock, M Okan, M KW - eppi-reviewer4 Social robots; Vulnerable consumers; COVID-19; Eudaimonic well-being; Robotic transformative service research ELEMENTARY-SCHOOL; ASSISTIVE ROBOTS; HEALTH-CARE; LONELINESS; CHILDRENS; RELATEDNESS; SOCIALIZATION; EXPLORATION; MORTALITY; HAPPINESS AB - Purpose Besides the direct physical health consequences, through social isolation COVID-19 affects a considerably larger share of consumers with deleterious effects for their psychological well-being. Two vulnerable consumer groups are particularly affected: older adults and children. The purpose of the underlying paper is to take a transformative research perspective on how social robots can be deployed for advancing the well-being of these vulnerable consumers and to spur robotic transformative service research (RTSR). Design/methodology/approach This paper follows a conceptual approach that integrates findings from various domains: service research, social robotics, social psychology and medicine. Findings Two key findings advanced in this paper are (1) a typology of robotic transformative service (i.e. entertainer, social enabler, mentor and friend) as a function of consumers' state of social isolation, well-being focus and robot capabilities and (2) a future research agenda for RTSR. Practical implications This paper guides service consumers and providers and robot developers in identifying and developing the most appropriate social robot type for advancing the well-being of vulnerable consumers in social isolation. Originality/value This study is the first to integrate social robotics and transformative service research by developing a typology of social robots as a guiding framework for assessing the status quo of transformative robotic service on the basis of which it advances a future research agenda for RTSR. It further complements the underdeveloped body of service research with a focus on eudaimonic consumer well-being. DO - 10.1108/JOSM-05-2020-0145 VL - IS - CY - BINGLEY PB - EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000565945800001 U1 - 50806711 N1 - Business & Economics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Schools That 'Open Doors' to Prevent Child Abuse in Confinement by COVID-19 JF - SUSTAINABILITY A1 - Roca E A1 - Melgar P A1 - Gairal-Casado R A1 - Pulido-Rodriguez M Melgar, P Gairal-Casado, R Pulido-Rodriguez KW - eppi-reviewer4 child abuse; COVID-19; prevention SEXUAL-ABUSE; ZERO VIOLENCE; BYSTANDER; PROGRAMS; STUDENTS; BEHAVIOR PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - Background: Due to the expected increase in child abuse during the period of COVID-19 confinement, it is essential that social researchers and other professionals work together very quickly to provide alternatives that protect children. To respond to this extremely urgent demand, evidence-based actions are presented that are being carried out in nine schools in the autonomous communities of Valencia and Murcia, Spain, during the confinement with the goal of "opening doors" to foster supportive relationships and a safe environment to prevent child abuse. Methods: The research was conducted through the inclusion of teachers who are implementing these actions in dialogue with the researchers to define the study design, analysis, and discussion of the results. Results: Knowledge regarding six evidence-based actions is provided: (1) dialogic workspaces, (2) dialogic gatherings, (3) class assemblies, (4) dialogic pedagogical gatherings with teachers, (5) mixed committees, and (6) dynamisation of social networks with preventive messages and the creation of a sense of community, which are being implemented virtually. DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/su12114685 VL - 12 IS - 11 CY - BASEL PB - MDPI SN - WOS:000543391800348 U1 - 50806874 N1 - Science & Technology - Other Topics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - PEDAGOGICAL CONTINUITY PLAN, PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND STATE OF EMERGENCY. STUDY ON SECONDARY EDUCATION IN THE PROVINCE OF BUENOS AIRES JF - REVISTA TEMPOS E ESPACOS EDUCACAO A1 - Rodriguez NB Trybalski, MI KW - eppi-reviewer4 Professional practice; Pphysical education; Body education; Exception status PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - The teaching of Physical Education in Argentina has been questioned due to the context of the pandemic situation, COVID product 19. Today, the modification of the teaching system of face-to-face classes towards a remote modality (due to the closure of school buildings) has highlighted the difficulties implementing access and permanence in the system. This work places its study in the secondary education system of government admimistration, taking as its points Buenos Aires province, with the aim of analyzing the Plan of Pedagogical Continuity implemented by the General Culture and Education Directorate of that province, in the area of Physical Education, in the first cycle of the secondary level (1st, 2nd, and 3rd year) Based on the current provisions - national and provincial - of the entity that regulates the professional work of teachers in the public schools of the region, the article runs between public law and political fact, recovering Giorgio Agamben's research in the State of emergency, in order to analyze the proposal for teaching physical education in basic secondary school that includes 1st, 2st and 3rd year. DO - 10.20952/revtee.v13i32.14088 VL - 13 IS - 32 CY - SERGIPE PB - UNIV FEDERAL SERGIPE SN - WOS:000556163900001 U1 - 50806963 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19 and Schools Closure: Implications for School Nurses JF - JOURNAL OF SCHOOL NURSING A1 - Rosario R KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - DO - 10.1177/1059840520925533 VL - 36 IS - 4 SP - 241 EP - 242 CY - THOUSAND OAKS PB - SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC SN - WOS:000532961500001 U1 - 50806897 N1 - Nursing ER - TY - JOUR T1 - School Superintendents Confront COVID-19-"There Are No Good Options for Next Year" JF - JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION A1 - Rubin R KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - This Medical News story discusses the challenge of minimizing the risk of COVID-19 in kindergarten through 12th grades while maintaining prepandemic educational standards. DO - 10.1001/jama.2020.12575 VL - 324 IS - 6 SP - 534 EP - 536 CY - CHICAGO PB - AMER MEDICAL ASSOC SN - WOS:000562845100002 U1 - 50806716 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19-Related School Closings and Risk of Weight Gain Among Children JF - OBESITY A1 - Rundle AG Park, Y Herbstman, JB Kinsey, EW Wang, YC KW - eppi-reviewer4 BEHAVIORS; OBESITY PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - DO - 10.1002/oby.22813 VL - 28 IS - 6 SP - 1008 EP - 1009 CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000526648300001 U1 - 50806924 N1 - Endocrinology & Metabolism; Nutrition & Dietetics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Digital interventions in drama therapy offer a virtual playspace but also raise concern JF - DRAMA THERAPY REVIEW A1 - Sajnani N KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/04// Y1 - 2020/04// AB - This special issue was assembled before the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent measures involving social distancing encouraged by the World Health Organization and national governments have necessitated an unprecedented shift to online platforms for nearly all spheres of social life including work, schooling and healthcare. Drama therapists who have been offering services online have been generous in sharing insights, drama therapy educators have been collaborating on ways of translating training, and digital venues for therapeutic performance have emerged. Necessity is indeed the mother of invention. We have much work ahead of us but the creativity, spontaneity, playfulness and commitment of this community to accessible and effective care will take us forward. It is our hope at DTR that this issue might offer additional insights and resources to meet the needs of these times. DO - 10.1386/dtr_00012_2 VL - 6 IS - 1 SP - 3 EP - 6 CY - BRISTOL PB - INTELLECT LTD SN - WOS:000527401700001 U1 - 50806934 N1 - Theater ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Medical School Approach to Manage the Current COVID-19 Crisis JF - ACADEMIC MEDICINE A1 - Samarasekera DD Goh, DLM Lau, TC KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - VL - 95 IS - 8 SP - 1126 EP - 1127 CY - PHILADELPHIA PB - LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS SN - WOS:000562831800005 U1 - 50806732 N1 - Education & Educational Research; Health Care Sciences & Services ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Teachers' Perceived Self-Efficacy for Mobile Teaching and Learning JF - REVISTA ROMANEASCA PENTRU EDUCATIE MULTIDIMENSIONALA A1 - Santi E A A1 - Gorghiu G A1 - Pribeanu C Gorghiu, G Pribeanu, C KW - eppi-reviewer4 pandemic; on-line teaching; perceived self-efficacy; mobile technology; working from home PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - In the context of the pandemic generated by the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2), the global education system is currently facing an unprecedented situation which has proven to be difficult to be managed - closing schools and identifying alternative on-line methods in order to continue the educational process. Therefore, teachers, students and parents have become actors playing new roles to which they have to adapt as well and fast as possible. Innovative solutions, good practices, teaching staff creativity and a receptive attitude are fully used and exploited. The way in which the lessons, the strategies and the instruments used in teaching, learning and assessment are developed has to relate to a series of variables: digital skills - competences of teachers and students, their attitude toward modern available technological means, ways for customizing the instructive process and learning conditions. The teachers have to turn students into trustworthy and responsible parties, as active partners in the process of their own formation. The proposed research aims to identify - from the psychological point of view - the perceived self-efficacy among teachers in relation to the use of mobile technology in education, in the context of working just from home. The sample of the research consisted on 125 teachers, having different ages and background in Science and Technology, who carry out educational activities both in urban and rural areas. DO - https://doi.org/10.18662/rrem/12.1sup2/259 VL - 12 IS - 1 SP - 157 EP - 166 CY - IASI PB - LUMEN PUBLISHING HOUSE SN - WOS:000538380600020 U1 - 50806909 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Moral dilemmas of the Brazilian public management in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic JF - REVISTA DE ADMINISTRACAO PUBLICA A1 - Santos LS KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; moral dilemma; public management ETHICS PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - Due to the pandemic of the new coronavirus, Brazilian public management has made decisions of public interest that directly impact the lives of practically all Brazilians and present several intrinsic ethical issues. From this context, this article aims to identify and discuss some of the main moral dilemmas that challenge Brazilian public management in the face of the pandemic. To this end, news reports were selected from journalistic websites that presented dilemmas that occurred or are still occurring in Brazil. Six thematic areas were identified: social distancing; use of big data in the pandemic's management; the performance of health professionals; federal emergency aid and bureaucracy; school closures and online learning; and release of prisoners as a preventive measure. It was observed that, in contexts of crisis, citizens and public managers are displaced from their status quo, which leads to new forms of moral reasoning. These issues demand continuous reflection and debate on the ethical aspects of the pandemic, especially to the governments' social and moral obligations and the limits of such disruption to citizen's rights in a period of crisis. DO - 10.1590/0034-761220200219x VL - 54 IS - 4 SP - 909 EP - 922 CY - RIO DE JANEIRO RJ PB - FUNDACAO GETULIO VARGAS, EDITORA SN - WOS:000565842100019 U1 - 50806801 N1 - Public Administration ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Performance Evaluation of UAV-Enabled LoRa Networks for Disaster Management Applications JF - SENSORS A1 - Saraereh OA Alsaraira, A Khan, I Uthansakul, P KW - eppi-reviewer4 LoRA; packet reception rate; UAV; topology control SYSTEMS PY - 2020 DA - 2020/04// Y1 - 2020/04// AB - In hostile and remote environments, such as mountains, forests or suburban areas, traditional communications may not be available, especially after a disaster, such as a flood, a forest fire or an earthquake. In these situations, the wireless networks may become congested or completely disrupted and may not be adequate to support the traffic generated by rescuers. It is also considered as the key tool in Corona Virus (COVID-19) battle. Moreover, the conventional approaches with fixed gateways may not work either, and this might lead to decoding errors due to the large distance between mobile nodes and the gateway. To avoid the decoding errors and improve the reliability of the messages, we propose to use intermediate Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to transfer messages from ground-based Long Range (LoRa) nodes to the remote base station (BS). Specifically, this UAV-enabled LoRa architecture is based on the ad hoc WiFi network, wherein, UAVs act as relays for the traffic generated between LoRa nodes and BS. To make the architecture more efficient, a distributed topology control algorithm is also proposed for UAVs. The algorithm is based on virtual spring forces and movement prediction technique that periodically updates the UAV topology to adapt to the movement of the ground-based LoRa nodes that move on the surface. The simulation results show the feasibility of the proposed approach for packet reception rate and average delay quality of service (QoS) metrics. It is observed that the mechanisms implemented in a UAV-enabled LoRa network effectively help to improve the packet reception rate with nominal buffer delays. DO - 10.3390/s20082396 VL - 20 IS - 8 CY - BASEL PB - MDPI SN - WOS:000533346400238 U1 - 50806933 N1 - Chemistry; Engineering; Instruments & Instrumentation ER - TY - JOUR T1 - SARS-CoV-2 transmission, the ambiguous role of children and considerations for the reopening of schools in the fall JF - FUTURE MICROBIOLOGY A1 - Anastassopoulou C Spanakis, N Tsakris, A KW - eppi-reviewer4 children; COVID-19; novel coronavirus; pediatric cases; reopening; SARS-CoV-2; schools; transmission CORONAVIRUS; PNEUMONIA; COVID-19; SPREAD AB - DO - 10.2217/fmb-2020-0195 VL - IS - CY - LONDON PB - FUTURE MEDICINE LTD SN - WOS:000565626200001 U1 - 50806688 N1 - Microbiology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - School closure, COVID-19 and influenza A JF - PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY A1 - Wiwanitkit V KW - eppi-reviewer4 AB - DO - 10.1002/ppul.24972 VL - IS - CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000552879500001 U1 - 50806758 N1 - Pediatrics; Respiratory System ER - TY - JOUR T1 - School leadership during a pandemic: navigating tensions JF - JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL CAPITAL AND COMMUNITY A1 - Netolicky DM KW - eppi-reviewer4 Education reform; Leadership; School leadership; Professional capital; School reform; Professional collaboration AB - Purpose This paper explores, from the perspective of an Australian pracademic, how school leaders are leading during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach This essay explores the tensions navigated by school leaders leading during this time of global crisis, by looking to research as well as the author's lived experience. Findings The author finds that school leaders are navigating the following: accountability and autonomy; equity and excellence; the individual and the collective and well-being and workload. Originality/value This paper offers insights into school leadership, at all times but especially during times of crisis and during the COVID-19 pandemic. DO - 10.1108/JPCC-05-2020-0017 VL - IS - CY - BINGLEY PB - EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000538190400001 U1 - 50806885 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - School librarians online: integrated learning beyond the school walls JF - INFORMATION AND LEARNING SCIENCES A1 - Burns E KW - eppi-reviewer4 Education; Preparation; School libraries; Standards; Action research PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - Purpose This study aims to explore preservice school librarians' ability to develop and deliver integrated library lessons under remote teaching and learning conditions. This study will help school library educators identify the preparation required in coursework to effectively implement blended learning practices as well as identify perceived barriers and opportunities for implementing effective remote school library practice. Design/methodology/approach A participatory action research approach was used to explore online teaching strategies in coursework then implement them in K-12 practice. Findings The findings include six criteria selected, developed lessons and the analyzed reflections of the preservice candidates. These discussed findings identify trends in developed online inquiry lessons and suggest considerations for school library educators when scaffolding instruction in preparation coursework. Future planning also explores considerations of access and technology instruction prior to practice. Research limitations/implications The COVID-19 crisis presented a unique challenge ideal for exploration by an educator and candidates in a school librarian preparation program. Using a revised assignment to facilitate a deliberate, authentic experience designed to blend theory and practice (Grossman, 2011), the evidence presented in the sample lessons and participant reflections documents that candidates are able to develop online learning and articulate the American Association of School Librarians Learner Competencies through work samples. According to this brief exploration, this preparation program was able to adapt the requirements of the assignment and prepare candidates to develop quality instructional lessons when online teaching pedagogy was embedded along with scaffolded instruction on collaborative teaching and instructional design. The limitation to this study is that the COVID crisis was accepted as the problem in the participatory action research model. Practical implications When provided instruction on embedded librarianship models and pedagogy practices of online instruction and scaffolded instruction, school library candidates successfully integrated online K-12 instruction. These instructional supports provided the integration of theory and practice necessary for effective preparation. Additional challenges remain to include considerations of access and student motivation which should be addressed in preparation coursework. Originality/value Never before have we seen all schools closed and instruction moved online without warning. School library preparation programs must look anew at how well they are preparing school librarians for practice across a variety of circumstances. This study looks at the preparation for online instruction K-12 schools were faced with in Spring 2020. DO - https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-04-2020-0107 VL - IS - CY - BINGLEY PB - EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000557051700001 U1 - 50806759 N1 - Information Science & Library Science ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Prospective Analysis of Levels and Correlates of Physical Activity during COVID-19 Pandemic and Imposed Rules of Social Distancing; Gender Specific Study among Adolescents from Southern Croatia JF - SUSTAINABILITY A1 - Sekulic D Blazevic, M Gilic, B Kvesic, I Zenic, N KW - eppi-reviewer4 physical activity; pandemic; COVID-19; puberty; fitness; physical literacy PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - Background: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, global authorities have imposed rules of social distancing that directly influence overall physical activity in populations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the trends of changes in physical-activity levels (PALs) in adolescents and factors that may be associated with PALs among the studied boys and girls. Methods: Participants in this prospective study comprised 388 adolescents (126 females; mean age: 16.4 +/- 1.9 years) from southern Croatia who were tested at a baseline (before the imposed rules of social distancing) and at a follow-up measurement (three weeks after the initiation). Baseline testing included anthropometric variables, variables of fitness status (done at the beginning of the school year), and PALs. At the follow-up, participants were tested on PALs. PALs were evaluated over an online platform using the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Adolescents. Results: A significant decrease of PALs was evidenced for the total sample (t-test = 3.46, p < 0.001), which was primarily influenced by a significant decrease of PALs in boys (t-test = 5.15, p < 0.001). The fitness status (jumping capacity, abdominal strength, aerobic endurance, and anaerobic endurance) was systematically positively correlated with PALs at the baseline and follow-up among boys and girls, with the most evident association between aerobic and anaerobic endurance capacities and PALs. Correlations between anthropometric and fitness variables with changes in physical activity (e.g., the difference between baseline and follow-up PALs) were negligible. Conclusions: Differences in PAL changes between genders were probably related to the fact that PALs among boys were mostly related to participation in organized sports. Correlations between baseline fitness status and PALs indicated the importance of overall physical literacy in preserving PALs in challenging circumstances, such as the COVID-19 pandemic observed here. DO - 10.3390/su12104072 VL - 12 IS - 10 CY - BASEL PB - MDPI SN - WOS:000543421400130 U1 - 50806908 N1 - Science & Technology - Other Topics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Self-regulated learning in online learning environments: strategies for remote learning JF - INFORMATION AND LEARNING SCIENCES A1 - Carter RA Rice, M Yang, SH Jackson, HA KW - eppi-reviewer4 Online learning; Teachers; Families; Self-regulated learning (SRL); Evidence-based practices; Online strategies; Emergency remote learning; K-12 online learning; Promising online practices; Learner control PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT; MOTIVATION; WORK; ACHIEVEMENT; PERCEPTIONS; DISCOVERY; EDUCATORS; STUDENTS; TEACHER; SCHOOL AB - Purpose Many teachers and students in the USA and various parts of the world are migrating some aspects of education online out of necessity. The purpose of this paper is to identify and describe strategies of the self-regulated learning (SRL) framework for K-12 students learning in online environments to support remote learning with online and digital tools during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach The SRL framework (Zimmerman, 2008) has been used consistently to support students in learning to work independently. This framework highlights three phases: planning, performing and evaluating. Previous research in K-12 online learning has yielded specific strategies that are useful. The paper identified and described the strategies to an audience seeking answers on how to meet the needs of students in online learning environment. Findings The main types of strategies that have emerged from previous studies include asking students to consider how they learn online, providing pacing support, monitoring engagement and supporting families. Originality/value Although the social crisis of COVID-19 is unique, prior research in online learning may be useful for supporting teacher practice and suggesting future research. Developing SRL skills of students will ensure the effectiveness of online learning that the field of education may ultimately focus on in the future. DO - 10.1108/ILS-04-2020-0114 VL - IS - CY - BINGLEY PB - EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000546011600001 U1 - 50806834 N1 - Information Science & Library Science ER - TY - JOUR T1 - STOP RACISM TO STOP COVID-19 Medical schools and other educational institutions need to tackle racism head on JF - BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL A1 - Semlyen J Hariharan, B Josiah, B Okongwu, K Quarshi KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - DO - 10.1136/bmj.m2746 VL - 370 IS - CY - LONDON PB - BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP SN - WOS:000552744200003 U1 - 50806778 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Impact of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents JF - CUREUS A1 - Shah K Mann, S Singh, R Bangar, R Kulkarni, R KW - eppi-reviewer4 covid-19; child and adolescent psychiatry; psychological first aid; school psychology; quarantine; online education; school counseling PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was first reported in Wuhan, China, and was later reported to have spread throughout the world to create a global pandemic. As of August 18th, 2020, the coronavirus had spread to more than 216 countries with at least 21,756,357 confirmed cases, resulting in 771,635 deaths globally. Several countries declared this pandemic as a national emergency, forcing millions of people to go into lockdown. This unexpected imposed social isolation has caused enormous disruption of daily routines for the global community, especially children. Among the measures intended to reduce the spread of the virus, most schools closed, canceled classes, and moved it to home-based or online learning to encourage and adhere to social distancing guidelines. Education and learnings of 67.6% of students are impacted globally due to coronavirus in 143 countries. The transition away from physical classes has significantly disrupted the lives of students and their families, posing a potential risk to the mental well-being of children. An abrupt change in the learning environment and limited social interactions and activities posed an unusual situation for children's developing brains. It is essential and obligatory for the scientific community and healthcare workers to assess and analyze the psychological impact caused by the coronavirus pandemic on children and adolescents, as several mental health disorders begin during childhood. Countries across the globe, including the United States, are in the dilemma of determining appropriate strategies for children to minimize the psychological impact of coronavirus. The design of this review is to investigate and identify the risk factors to mental health and propose possible solutions to avoid the detrimental consequence of this crisis on the psychology of our future adult generations. DO - 10.7759/cureus.10051 VL - 12 IS - 8 CY - PALO ALTO PB - CUREUS INC SN - WOS:000562644200017 U1 - 50806704 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Reopening schools after the COVID-19 lockdown JF - JOURNAL OF GLOBAL HEALTH A1 - Sheikh A Sheikh, A Sheikh, Z Dhami, S KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - DO - 10.7189/jogh.10.010376 VL - 10 IS - 1 CY - EDINBURGH PB - UNIV EDINBURGH, GLOBAL HEALTH SOC SN - WOS:000549898000083 U1 - 50806870 N1 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - COOPERATION OF VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS AND ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN PROFESSIONAL INTEGRATION OF PERSONS WITH A MENTAL DISABILITY JF - ACTA MISSIOLOGICA A1 - Slezakova K Trebski, K KW - eppi-reviewer4 Counselling organisations; Vocational schools; Mental disability; Professional integration; Good practice examples PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - Background: Vocational schools provide education and training on the performance of simple professional activities to students with a mental disability. The training aims to integrate persons with a mental disability into professional and social life. The provision of career guidance and cooperation with organisations involved in student vocational training is a very important aspect of promoting the professional integration of vocational school students. Organisations that can participate in this promotion are either educational or non-educational entities with which the guidance counsellor of the relevant vocational school establishes cooperation. Methods: The contribution reflects on the results of our research conducted at the beginning of 2019. Among other things, the research focused on whether or not vocational schools cooperate with the aforementioned organisations. The research sample consisted of 42 guidance counsellors of vocational schools from all eight self-governing regions of the Slovak Republic.The questionnaire was selected as a research method, the collected data were analysed in the SPSS statistical programme and processed using first- and second-stage statistical analysis. Results: The research results have shown that vocational schools cooperate most frequently with educational counselling organisations and relevant offices of Labour, Social Affairs and Family. However, it was found that the average employment rate of vocational school graduates is only 47%, suggesting that the promotion of professional integration of young adults with a mental disability is not at the required level. Conclusion: The conclusion of the contribution presents several relevant recommendations for practical application that derive from the performed research.In this context, the authors also attempted to present several examples of good practice abroad, which may serve as inspiration for the creation of additional expert studies and reflections that would help fill in the lack of effective solutions in this field in Slovakia. At the international level, these studies and reflections could subsequently point to the need for international cooperation to find new and effective solutions in the field of the professional lives of people with various types of disabilities (including mental disability) in countries that are not yet well prepared for their full inclusion in this field. Creating space for such professional discussions and reflections is particularly important in the current situation caused by the consequences of COVID-19 which affect the entire world and to some extent also affect the area studied in this article at the international and national levels within the individual EU member states as well as worldwide. VL - 14 IS - 1 SP - 142 EP - 152 CY - BRATISLAVA PB - ST ELIZABETH UNIV HEALTH & SOCIAL WORK BRATISLAVA SN - WOS:000535679600016 U1 - 50806976 N1 - Religion ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Social distancing effects on the teaching systems and teacher education programmes in Brazil: reinventing without distorting teaching JF - JOURNAL OF EDUCATION FOR TEACHING A1 - Prata-Linhares MM Cardoso, TDG Lopes, DS Zukowsky-Tavares, C KW - eppi-reviewer4 Teacher education; digital technologies; COVID-19; crisis; social isolation; school closure AB - Brazil is a country with marked social asymmetries, which have an impact on the impoverishment of basic educational proficiencies. We present a snapshot in a cross-sectional documentary study that registered the risk of distorting educational processes even more intensely, due to the easing of political and pedagogical decision-making. Planning and thinking about how to keep our teachers and students learning during the isolation and the post-pandemic period, implies the redesigning of education scenarios, searching for balance in teaching and in the use of technologies and resources. Until now, we have noticed an enlarged reproduction of pre-existing educational asymmetries. People who live in a situation of social vulnerability and digital exclusion are facing many more difficulties in the isolation period, as well as in managing to keep learning, than those in better financial conditions and with broadband internet access. It is a time that requires collective reinvention, bringing together policies and practices in a resolutive and equitable way. DO - 10.1080/02607476.2020.1800406 VL - IS - CY - ABINGDON PB - ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD SN - WOS:000555258300001 U1 - 50806722 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Weathering the pandemic: How the Caribbean Basin can use viral and environmental patterns to predict, prepare, and respond to COVID-19 JF - JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY A1 - Sola DED Wang, LY Vazquez, M Mendez-Lazaro, PA KW - eppi-reviewer4 coronavirus; pandemic; seasonal incidence RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; INFLUENZA-VIRUS; SCHOOL CLOSURE; MIDDLE-EAST; SAN-JUAN; SARS; TRANSMISSION; SEASONALITY; DUST PY - 2020 DA - 2020/09// Y1 - 2020/09// AB - The 2020 coronavirus pandemic is developing at different paces throughout the world. Some areas, like the Caribbean Basin, have yet to see the virus strike at full force. When it does, there is reasonable evidence to suggest the consequent COVID-19 outbreaks will overwhelm healthcare systems and economies. This is particularly concerning in the Caribbean as pandemics can have disproportionately higher mortality impacts on lower and middle-income countries. Preliminary observations from our team and others suggest that temperature and climatological factors could influence the spread of this novel coronavirus, making spatiotemporal predictions of its infectiousness possible. This review studies geographic and time-based distribution of known respiratory viruses in the Caribbean Basin in an attempt to foresee how the pandemic will develop in this region. This review is meant to aid in planning short- and long-term interventions to manage outbreaks at the international, national, and subnational levels in the region. DO - 10.1002/jmv.25864 VL - 92 IS - 9 SP - 1460 EP - 1468 CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000537005300001 U1 - 50806863 N1 - Virology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - SPARK-ing innovation: a model for elementary classrooms as COVID-19 unfolds JF - JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL CAPITAL AND COMMUNITY A1 - Powers JM Brown, M Wyatt, LG KW - eppi-reviewer4 Leadership; Teams; Mentoring; Collegiality MULTI-AGE CLASSES; READING OUTCOMES; SCHOOL STUDENTS AB - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe SPARK, an innovative elementary school that highlights the possibilities for elementary education as COVID-19 continues to unfold. Design/methodology/approach The authors' analysis is based on a research synthesis of the main features of the SPARK model, as it was operating when schools in Arizona closed because of the coronavirus pandemic: project-based learning, a teaming model, heterogeneously grouped multi-age classes, blended learning, supporting students' development as self-directed learners, mindfulness and looping. Findings This paper outlines the empirical grounding for the main features of the model and suggests how they might address elementary students' learning and social emotional needs when schools in Arizona reopen for in-person instruction either as full-service schools or on a staggered or hybrid schedule. Originality/value Educators from other districts can use this model as a springboard for reimagining their own educational spaces and practices in this new and still uncertain period when schools and school districts consider how to move forward. While many of these practices are not novel, the authors' research synthesis highlights how SPARK combines them in a way that is unique and particularly relevant for the present moment. DO - 10.1108/JPCC-06-2020-0036 VL - IS - CY - BINGLEY PB - EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000564905600001 U1 - 50806703 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Using Controlled Trials to Resolve Key Unknowns About Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic JF - JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION A1 - Starr P KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - This Viewpoint proposes implementing comparison groups for policy decisions, for example assessing disease transmission with alternative housing vs in-home isolation of individuals who test positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), or with different durations or cycles of school openings, to gather data that could make broader and future policy implementations more informed and effective. DO - 10.1001/jama.2020.8573 VL - 323 IS - 23 SP - 2369 EP - 2370 CY - CHICAGO PB - AMER MEDICAL ASSOC SN - WOS:000543376700011 U1 - 50806851 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Responding to COVID-19: Short- and long-term challenges JF - PHI DELTA KAPPAN A1 - Starr JP KW - eppi-reviewer4 crisis; coronavirus; COVID; pandemic; response; leader; superintendent; school; district; student; children; needs; food; service; support; finance; plan PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - In the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak, school district leaders' most immediate priority was to ensure that students have access to regular meals. However, efforts to provide a range of other social services must follow close behind. As a start, superintendents can look to their data systems to help them identify those students and families that are most likely to need social services to make it through this phase and beyond. But even while racing to ensure students' health and safety, they cannot afford to ignore the longer-term challenges that their districts will face, given not just the need to move instruction online but also given that COVID-19 is all but guaranteed to do serious damage to state and local economies. VL - 101 IS - 8 SP - 60 EP - 61 CY - THOUSAND OAKS PB - SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC SN - WOS:000532368300013 U1 - 50806918 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A large COVID-19 outbreak in a high school 10 days after schools' reopening, Israel, May 2020 JF - EUROSURVEILLANCE A1 - Stein-Zamir C Abramson, N Shoob, H Libal, E Bitan, M KW - eppi-reviewer4 CLOSURE PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - On 13 March 2020, Israel's government declared closure of all schools. Schools fully reopened on 17 May 2020. Ten days later, a major outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) occurred in a high school. The first case was registered on 26 May, the second on 27 May. They were not epidemiologically linked. Testing of the complete school community revealed 153 students (attack rate: 13.2%) and 25 staff members (attack rate: 16.6%) who were COVID-19 positive. DO - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.29.2001352 VL - 25 IS - 29 SP - 2 EP - 6 CY - STOCKHOLM PB - EUR CENTRE DIS PREVENTION & CONTROL SN - WOS:000563782000001 U1 - 50806762 N1 - Infectious Diseases ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence Implementation During COVID-19 Challenges in Croatia JF - PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA-THEORY RESEARCH PRACTICE AND POLICY A1 - Stojanovic M El-Khatib, Z Brandic, AR Maalouf, W KW - eppi-reviewer4 online teaching; social emotional learning; COVID-19; Croatia; Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - Globally, the Coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic situation has affected the education system. forcing students to start distance learning. Consequently, education of students reverted to online platforms or TV station broadcasts. Extracurricular programs have also experienced a setback given the natural prioritization of mandatory school subjects. Meanwhile, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) was implementing a teacher-led extracurricular activity for children of age 10-15 years to prevent substance use and other negative life and social consequences (Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence [LQSFA]). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, LQSFA was difficult to sustain, partly as it was considered extracurricular and partly given its interactive requirement that was difficult to apply through distance learning. Nevertheless. schools' facilitators managed to adapt the program information sharing and communication strategies with the student groups and identified essential sessions allowing continuity of program implementation and utilization of critical program skills during COVID-19 pandemic. The practical implication of the facilitators' assessment of the relevance, value, motivation and feasibility of the implementation of the LQSFA program within the current COVID- 19 circumstances calls for the eminent need for adaptation of its implementation modality to meet the current educational delivery circumstances. DO - 10.1037/tra0000843 VL - 12 IS - SP - S274 EP - S275 CY - WASHINGTON PB - EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC SN - WOS:000548599700102 U1 - 50806747 N1 - Psychology; Psychiatry ER - TY - JOUR T1 - On Knowing: Willingness, Fugitivity and Abolition in Precarious Times JF - JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION A1 - Stovall D KW - eppi-reviewer4 abolition; fugitive; knowing; literacy; pandemic; political PY - 2020 DA - 2020///Spring Y1 - 2020///Spring AB - The author complements his JoLLE keynote speech, available on video, with an essay that situates historical means of oppression within two current pandemics: the coronavirus crisis and the longstanding crisis of White supremacy. He expands this notion to include societal advantage beyond Whiteness, particularly the advantages that accrue to wealthy, western European descended, able-bodied, cis-gender, Protestant, heterosexual males, whose lives have been normalized to represent all that is right and good. Schools, he maintains, are structured to support the value system of a single demographic group, making U.S. schooling fundamentally unjust extensions of discrimination more broadly practiced. He asserts that teachers dedicated to abolishing oppressive systems must teach to refute what the world says about Black and Brown youth. He maintains that a post-pandemic world would abandon its orientation to markets and status quo preservation. Rather, it will shift its emphasis to a commitment to cultivating students' knowledge of themselves, their solidarity as members of a community, and their self-determination beyond the bounds of the discriminatory structures that have long dominated US society and its schools. VL - 16 IS - 1 CY - ATHENS PB - UNIV GEORGIA, COLL EDUCATION SN - WOS:000530050300034 U1 - 50806946 N1 - Linguistics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Theory on Exploring Acceptance and Adoption of Digital Textbooks: A Guide for the Book Publishing Industry JF - PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY A1 - Sulaiman WNAW Mustafa, SE KW - eppi-reviewer4 Digital textbook; Acceptance and adoption; Theory; Systematic review STUDENTS BEHAVIORAL INTENTION; CONTINUANCE INTENTION; ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOKS; INFORMATION-TECHNOLOGY; INTERACTIVE ETEXTBOOK; EMPIRICAL-EVIDENCE; USER ACCEPTANCE; SCHOOL STUDENTS; EXPECTATION; GAMES PY - 2020 DA - 2020/09// Y1 - 2020/09// AB - An uncertain world due to the Covid-19 pandemic embarks the publishers to find the best solution when designing the digital textbook to meet the student's new norms. Therefore, understanding the theories of user acceptance and adoption of technology is very critical. Thus, this study aimed to analyze the existing literature on the theory used for exploring the acceptance and adoption of digital textbooks among students. Thirty-two studies guided by PRISMA's statement of Preferred Reporting Articles for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis were acknowledged for the systematic evaluation of Scopus and Web of Science databases. This work provided two main contributions. First, the study delivered condensed information on the theory used in the acceptance and adoption of digital textbook usage which will guide the publishers to consider when designing the digital textbook. Second, the results provided insights into the relevance of a new aspect for future research in the digital textbook context. DO - 10.1007/s12109-020-09742-0 VL - 36 IS - 3 SP - 381 EP - 398 CY - NEW YORK PB - SPRINGER SN - WOS:000545191800001 U1 - 50806794 N1 - Information Science & Library Science ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Parasite (s), contaminated, invisible, abyssal JF - REMEA-REVISTA ELETRONICA DO MESTRADO EM EDUCACAO AMBIENTAL A1 - Sussekind ML Reis, GRFD Pereira, F KW - eppi-reviewer4 curriculum; invisibility; necropolitics PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - This article was written by six hands during the coronavirus pandemic period along the months of March and April 2020, involving only virtual contacts between the authors. Consider the context of the pandemic and the debates proposed by the movie Parasita (BONG, 2019), making strong anti-capitalist criticism and arguing that creations by school practitioners are knowledges and solidarity that dislocate abyssal lines of western patriarch capitalism and challenge the necropolitical maps. Concludes that resistance and creation exist within everyday life at schools. DO - 10.14295/remea.v0i0.11331 VL - 37 IS - 2 SP - 487 EP - 509 CY - RIO GRANDE PB - FEDERAL UNIV RIO GRANDE, INST EDUCATION SN - WOS:000546961200027 U1 - 50806871 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Philippine Teachers' Practices to Deal with Anxiety amid COVID-19 JF - JOURNAL OF LOSS & TRAUMA A1 - Talidong KJB Toquero, CMD KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; home quarantine; teachers; Facebook; anxiety PY - 2020 DA - 2020/10// Y1 - 2020/10// AB - School closures, home quarantine, and social distancing implemented worldwide can cause a sudden anxiety even among teachers. A designed online survey collected data from Filipino teachers' practices on how they deal with anxiety due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The practices include information seeking, preventive measures, and other coping mechanisms to deal with anxiety during the quarantine period. Results revealed that teachers practice virtual learning, communicate with the professional community, adhere to quarantine requirements, and find purposeful activities to deal with anxiety due to the suspension of national school-related activities in the country brought by the pandemic. DO - 10.1080/15325024.2020.1759225 VL - 25 IS - 6-7 SP - 573 EP - 579 CY - PHILADELPHIA PB - TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC SN - WOS:000532300800001 U1 - 50806922 N1 - Psychology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Covid-19: US cases soar as Trump pushes for schools to open JF - BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL A1 - Tanne JH KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - DO - 10.1136/bmj.m2803 VL - 370 IS - CY - LONDON PB - BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP SN - WOS:000550437700016 U1 - 50806782 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Teaching emergency medicine in a dental school during the time of COVID-19 JF - JOURNAL OF DENTAL EDUCATION A1 - Damien NM Chappell, DJ van der Hoeven, R KW - eppi-reviewer4 AB - DO - 10.1002/jdd.12322 VL - IS - CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000554675500001 U1 - 50806768 N1 - Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Child protection in the time of COVID-19 JF - JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH A1 - Teo SSS Griffiths, G KW - eppi-reviewer4 child abuse; child protection; COVID-19; school; unemployment ABUSE PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - As the number of cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2 rises exponentially in Australia with consequences for the health system and society at large, we need to remember that during this pandemic that necessary social distancing measures, effective school closures and rising unemployment levels may lead to an increased risk for child abuse and neglect. DO - 10.1111/jpc.14916 VL - 56 IS - 6 SP - 838 EP - 840 CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000535948200001 U1 - 50806886 N1 - Pediatrics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The "war over tourism": challenges to sustainable tourism in the tourism academy after COVID-19 JF - JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM A1 - Higgins-Desbiolles F KW - eppi-reviewer4 Tourism education; sustainable tourism; responsible tourism; boosterism in tourism; critical tourism; COVID-19 SOCIAL TOURISM; PLATFORM; ETHICS AB - COVID-19 is widely recognised as a challenge or even a game-changer for travel and tourism. It has also been a catalyst to serious debate in the "tourism academy," as revealed by a discussion on TRINET Tourism Information Network via email in May 2020. The catalyst to this debate was an email by academic Jim Butcher announcing his work entitled "the war on tourism," published in an online magazine. Presenting a binary between industry recovery and reform, Butcher's article denounced a body of tourism work he portrayed as hostile to the industry and as using COVID-19 as an opportunity to attack it. He argued that this resulted in harm to tourism businesses, tourism workers and ordinary tourists. These TRINET discussions worked to present a binary in schools of thought, divided by being either for the tourism industry or against it. This analysis explains how advocates of industry rapid recovery stand opposed to wider efforts to reform tourism to be more ethical, responsible and sustainable. The struggle concerns both the proper role of tourism and tourism academics. Outcomes from this debate have repercussions for the development of the discipline, the education of tourism students and the future of tourism practices. DO - 10.1080/09669582.2020.1803334 VL - IS - CY - CLEVEDON PB - CHANNEL VIEW PUBLICATIONS SN - WOS:000556505300001 U1 - 50806724 N1 - Science & Technology - Other Topics; Social Sciences - Other Topics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The COVID-19 outbreak and public perceptions of sport events in Japan JF - MANAGING SPORT AND LEISURE A1 - Sato S Oshimi, D Bizen, Y Saito, R KW - eppi-reviewer4 Coronavirus; COVID-19; risk perception; Koshien; Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics AB - The pandemic of the COVID-19 has forced various sport organizations to postpone or cancel sport events. The current investigation provides a rapid analysis of public perceptions of (1) postponement and cancelation decisions made by sport organizations, and (2) whether the Tokyo Olympics 2020 should be held in July 2020. Data from Japanese citizens (n= 529) show that approximately 75% supported postponement decisions made by professional sport leagues. Surprisingly, only fewer than 50% supported the cancelation decision of the high school baseball tournament (i.e., Spring Koshien). Regarding the Tokyo Olympics, 35.2% disagreed with holding the games, which was almost identical to those who were in favour of holding it (35.3%). The government and decision-makers should recognize the potential biases in public opinions and prioritize the scientific evidence to protect the health of the community. (Note: The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics 2020 was postponed after the completion of this study). DO - 10.1080/23750472.2020.1773301 VL - IS - CY - ABINGDON PB - ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD SN - WOS:000543410600001 U1 - 50806887 N1 - Business & Economics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The COVID-19 post-pandemic scenario to Oral Radiology at Dental Schools JF - ORAL RADIOLOGY A1 - Rosa BSPA Ferreira, MD Moreira, GC Bastos, MF Pinto KW - eppi-reviewer4 AB - DO - 10.1007/s11282-020-00466-7 VL - IS - CY - NEW YORK PB - SPRINGER SN - WOS:000549834200001 U1 - 50806772 N1 - Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The impact of COVID-19 on coordinated specialty care (CSC) for people with first episode psychosis (FEP): Preliminary observations, and recommendations, from the United States, Israel and China JF - COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY QUARTERLY A1 - Meyer-Kalos PS Roe, D Gingerich, S Hardy, K Bello, I KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; first episode psychosis; treatment recommendations; coordinated specialty care 1ST-EPISODE PSYCHOSIS; COMMUNITY; PROGRAM AB - In the wake of COVID-19, mental health providers and treatment programs are adapting rapidly to the challenges in engaging people and delivering treatment with limited guidance. This paper will explore the challenges associated with delivering treatment within coordinated specialty care (CSC) programs for people with first episode psychosis. Suggestions for treatment will take into consideration experiences with stress, changes to the pursuit of work and school, and increased time spent with families. Drawing on the experience of several CSC programs in the United States, Israel, and China, we describe the impact and modifications to the core treatment elements in CSC including medication, family interactions, supported employment and education, individual therapy, peer support and the way they are delivered. The paper includes recommendations based on experiences from CSC programs to help staff members, participants, and family members better identify, prepare, cope and respond to the unique new challenges and suggests modifications that can be made during various stages of the coronavirus pandemic. DO - 10.1080/09515070.2020.1771282 VL - IS - CY - ABINGDON PB - ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD SN - WOS:000547605700001 U1 - 50806854 N1 - Psychology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The interplay between mothers' and children behavioral and psychological factors during COVID-19: an Italian study JF - EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY A1 - Di Giorgio A1 - E Di Riso A1 - D Mioni A1 - G Cellini A1 - N KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19 outbreak; Mothers and children; Home confinement; Work condition EMOTION REGULATION; SLEEP QUALITY; DIFFICULTIES; DEPRESSION; VALIDATION; INSTRUMENT; QUARANTINE; DISORDER; SCALE AB - Italy has been the first nation outside of Asia to face the COVID-19 outbreak. To limit viral transmission of infection, by March 10th, 2020, the Italian Government has ordered a national lockdown, which established home confinement, home (smart) working, and temporary closure of non-essential businesses and schools. The present study investigated how these restrictive measures impacted mothers and their pre-school children's behavioral habits (i.e., sleep timing and quality, subjective time experience) and psychological well-being (i.e., emotion regulation, self-regulation capacity). An online survey was administered to 245 mothers with pre-school children (from 2 to 5 years). Mothers were asked to fill the survey thinking both on their habits, behaviors, and emotions and on those of their children during the quarantine, and retrospectively, before the national lockdown (i.e., in late February). A general worsening of sleep quality and distortion of time experience in both mothers and children, as well as increasing emotional symptoms and self-regulation difficulties in children, was observed. Moreover, even when the interplay between the behavioral and psychological factors was investigated, the factor that seems to mostly impact both mothers' and children's psychological well-being was their sleep quality. Overall, central institutions urgently need to implementing special programs for families, including not only psychological support to sustain families with working parents and ameliorating children's management. DO - 10.1007/s00787-020-01631-3 VL - IS - CY - NEW YORK PB - SPRINGER SN - WOS:000564503300003 U1 - 50806698 N1 - Psychology; Pediatrics; Psychiatry ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Longer-Term Impact of COVID-19 on K-12 Student Learning and Assessment JF - EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT-ISSUES AND PRACTICE A1 - Middleton KV KW - eppi-reviewer4 classroom assessment; COVID-19; student growth; teaching and learning ACHIEVEMENT AB - Due to the precipitous onset of the coronavirus disease, teachers and students across the nation were thrust into a new environment, and the impact of this new experience will be felt both shorter and longer term. This academic year saw "test pollution" with the switch to online instruction, and student learning was significantly impacted by stress, anxiety, illness, being forced to learn in a vastly different method than previously experienced, and the increased potential to fall behind due to lack of access to materials. Classroom assessment, teaching and learning, and measurement and interpretation of student growth are among the numerous areas that have been affected by the sudden switch of schools to online instruction that will require much thought in order to examine the impact of the significant deviation from the classroom norms on which much of previous research has been based. Educators, educational researchers, and policymakers have been presented with a challenge that does not have a definitive answer. There are many unknowns that remain as schools plan to move forward with instruction. However, through collaboration, the knowledge that each of these professionals can contribute ensures that adequate decisions will be made that will benefit all students equitably. DO - 10.1111/emip.12368 VL - IS - CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000551278500001 U1 - 50806763 N1 - Education & Educational Research; Psychology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The parenting 'vaccine' JF - NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR A1 - Perks B Cluver, LD KW - eppi-reviewer4 ABUSE AB - The world is waiting for a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2. In anticipation of successful trial results, preparations are being made for an unprecedented effort to achieve universal coverage and protection. But the interim measures to mitigate COVID-19 have brought their own severe and negative aftershocks. Global lockdowns and closures of schools and protective services have shone light on the vulnerability of children. Challenges of parenting under the strain of the epidemic are near-universal, and most harsh parenting is not malicious, but triggered by stress, poverty and mental health distress. In the extreme, the situation of fragile families affected by violence and neglect has worsened(1), abusers have had increased impunity and victims have been cut off from supportive teachers, social workers and friends. The looming economic fallout and uncertainty is adding yet more pressure onto such family settings, with lifetime and intergenerational consequences for the children affected. But there is a cost-effective and scalable response. DO - 10.1038/s41562-020-0932-8 VL - IS - CY - NEW YORK PB - NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP SN - WOS:000560287600001 U1 - 50806712 N1 - Psychology; Science & Technology - Other Topics; Neurosciences & Neurology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Potential Impact of COVID-19 on Student Learning and How Schools Can Respond JF - EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT-ISSUES AND PRACTICE A1 - Wyse AE Stickney, EM Butz, D Beckler, A Close, CN KW - eppi-reviewer4 assessment; COVID-19; instruction; practice; student learning AB - There is no denying the impact that the coronravirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has had on many aspects of our lives. This article looks at the potential impact of COVID-19 on student learning as schools abruptly morphed into virtual learning environments using data from several instructional, practice, and assessment solutions offered by Renaissance. First, three hypothetical learning scenarios are considered using normative data from Star assessments to explore the potential impact on reading and math test performace. Next, data on Focus Skills are used to highlight which grades may have missed the most foundational math and reading content if instruction was stopped or reduced. Last, data from two of Renaissance's practice tools are used to evaluate whether students were practicing key skills following school closures. The article concludes that academic decline will likely occur but may be tempered by the increased use of practice tools; effects may look different for math and reading; and may impact grades and schools differently. As such, schools may need to leverage decision-making frameworks, such as the Multi-tiered Systems of Support/Response-to-Intervention (MTSS/RTI) framework, more than ever to identify needs and target instruction where it matters most when school begins in fall 2020. DO - 10.1111/emip.12357 VL - IS - CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000551285700001 U1 - 50806764 N1 - Education & Educational Research; Psychology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The relative effect of pupil absenteeism on literacy and numeracy in the primary school JF - EDUCATIONAL STUDIES A1 - Carroll HCM KW - eppi-reviewer4 Pupil absenteeism; primary school; literacy; numeracy; primary school teacher ACADEMIC-ACHIEVEMENT; STUDENT ATTENDANCE; ELEMENTARY; MATHEMATICS; ABSENCES AB - A literature search identified only 12 articles which had examined the relative effect of either attendance or absence on primary/elementary school children's literacy and numeracy. However, with respect to the relative effect of both attendance and absence, no consistent picture emerged from the articles. Furthermore, for each of the articles, the conclusion about the relative effect was based on visual inspection of the relevant statistic. The second problem was overcome in the study presented in this article by using the British Ability Scales Word Reading and Basic Arithmetic scales to assess the literacy and numeracy of eleven-year-old Poor and Better Attenders. Significantly more of the former than the latter were found to have an arithmetic score significantly below their reading score. The article ends with a consideration of the implications of the study for the primary school teacher and of COVID-19 for the study's findings. DO - 10.1080/03055698.2020.1793302 VL - IS - CY - ABINGDON PB - ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD SN - WOS:000558471900001 U1 - 50806728 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Thinking with 'lexical' features to reconceptualize the 'grammar' of schooling: Shifting the focus from school to society JF - JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL CHANGE A1 - Courtney SJ Mann, B KW - eppi-reviewer4 Educational change; Grammar of schooling; Lexical features; COVID-19 CONSEQUENCES; LEADERSHIP; EDUCATION; ENGLAND AB - Achieving changes to education practices and structures is a significant issue facing reformers internationally, and researchers have confronted how such changes, and the conditions for these, might be conceptualized. These issues resonate particularly as researchers grapple with imagining a post-COVID-19 landscape where social and educational norms may change. Tyack and Tobin, in their 1994 article 'The "Grammar" of Schooling: Why has it been so hard to change?' argued that several features of the American education system are so persistent as to warrant being understood as the 'grammar' of schooling. In this article, we reconceptualize this 'grammar' by taking seriously Tyack and Tobin's insistence that 'grammar' organises meaning. Starting here, we argue that what they took to be grammatical features are the products and not the producers of meaning. We draw on the cases of the United States and England to argue that four international discourses have performed this meaning-making work: industrialization; welfarism; neoliberalism and neoconservatism. These are the 'grammars' of schooling-and of society. Their discursive products, including age grading and sorting into subjects are, we suggest, 'lexical' features that express the grammar. We use lexical features to explain the multi-directional interplay between discourse and educational feature: the lexical may endure longer than the grammatical, changes to which may be effected and/or legitimated through appealing to a lexical feature. We conclude by outlining key implications for realizing and conceptualizing educational change, including for a post-COVID-19 landscape. DO - 10.1007/s10833-020-09400-4 VL - IS - CY - DORDRECHT PB - SPRINGER SN - WOS:000559426300002 U1 - 50806714 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Covid-19: Researchers question policy of closing schools after finding under 20s have low susceptibility to virus JF - BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL A1 - Torjesen I KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - DO - 10.1136/bmj.m2439 VL - 369 IS - CY - LONDON PB - BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP SN - WOS:000548568900010 U1 - 50806847 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - School-Based Health Centers During Academic Disruption: Challenges an Opportunity in Urban Mental Health JF - PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA-THEORY RESEARCH PRACTICE AND POLICY A1 - Torres-Pagan L Terepka, A KW - eppi-reviewer4 School Based Health Centers during crisis; COVID-19; youth mental health; school closures; urban mental health IMMIGRANTS; CARE PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - School based health centers (SBHC) provide healthcare services to youth and their families. In response to the global health crisis from COVID-19, schools' closures have impacted the access to vital services during times of increased need for physical and mental healthcare. Youth of minority racial and ethnic backgrounds living in urban settings face compounding factors including adverse childhood events, economic disadvantages, and barriers to healthcare. The mental health response of SBHCs in New York City as it relates to population specific factors such as family supports, economic considerations. and healthcare correlates is explored. The role of school based health centers and recommendations for interventions addressing mental health concerns in youth during COVID-19 are discussed. DO - 10.1037/tra0000611 VL - 12 IS - SP - S276 EP - S278 CY - WASHINGTON PB - EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC SN - WOS:000548599700103 U1 - 50806748 N1 - Psychology; Psychiatry ER - TY - JOUR T1 - How Digital Natives Learn and Thrive in the Digital Age: Evidence from an Emerging Economy JF - SUSTAINABILITY A1 - Tran T Ho, MT Pham, TH Nguyen, MH Nguyen, KLP KW - eppi-reviewer4 socio-economic status; parental education; digital literacy; digital resilience; Vietnam; quality education; Sustainable Development Goal 4; digital age; bayesvl INTERNET SKILLS; LITERACY LEVEL; SELF-EFFICACY; ICT LITERACY; INFORMATION; STUDENTS; GENDER; INEQUALITIES; ADDICTION; COMPUTER PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - As a generation of 'digital natives,' secondary students who were born from 2002 to 2010 have various approaches to acquiring digital knowledge. Digital literacy and resilience are crucial for them to navigate the digital world as much as the real world; however, these remain under-researched subjects, especially in developing countries. In Vietnam, the education system has put considerable effort into teaching students these skills to promote quality education as part of the United Nations-defined Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4). This issue has proven especially salient amid the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, which had obliged most schools to switch to online forms of teaching. This study, which utilizes a dataset of 1061 Vietnamese students taken from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)'s "Digital Kids Asia Pacific (DKAP)" project, employs Bayesian statistics to explore the relationship between the students' background and their digital abilities. Results show that economic status and parents' level of education are positively correlated with digital literacy. Students from urban schools have only a slightly higher level of digital literacy than their rural counterparts, suggesting that school location may not be a defining explanatory element in the variation of digital literacy and resilience among Vietnamese students. Students' digital literacy and, especially resilience, also have associations with their gender. Moreover, as students are digitally literate, they are more likely to be digitally resilient. Following SDG4, i.e., Quality Education, it is advisable for schools, and especially parents, to seriously invest in creating a safe, educational environment to enhance digital literacy among students. DO - 10.3390/su12093819 VL - 12 IS - 9 CY - BASEL PB - MDPI SN - WOS:000537476200317 U1 - 50806907 N1 - Science & Technology - Other Topics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Dataset of Vietnamese student's learning habits during COVID-19 JF - DATA IN BRIEF A1 - Trung T A1 - Hoang A D A1 - Nguyen T T A1 - Dinh V H A1 - Nguyen Y Hoang, AD Nguyen, TT Dinh, VH Nguyen, Y KW - eppi-reviewer4 Learning habits; School closure; Socioeconomic; Occupational Aspiration; COVID-19; Vietnam; Secondary school SOCIOECONOMIC-STATUS PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - A dataset was constructed to examine Vietnamese student's learning habits during the time schools were suspended due to the novel coronavirus - SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), in response to a call for interdisciplinary research on the potential effects of the coronavirus pandemic (Elsevier, 2020). The questionnaires were spread over a network of educational communities on Facebook from February 7 to February 28, 2020. Using the snowball sampling method, researchers delivered the survey to teachers and parents to provide formal consent before they forwarded it to their students and children. In order to measure the influence of students' socioeconomic status and occupational aspirations on their learning habits during school closures, the survey included three major groups of questions: (1) Individual demographics, including family socioeconomic status, school type, and occupational aspirations; (2) Student's learning habits, including hours of learning before and during the period of school suspension, with and without other people's support; and (3) Students' perceptions of their self-learning during the school closures. There was a total of 920 clicks on the survey link, but only 460 responses accompanied by consent forms were received. Non-credible answers (e.g., year of birth after 2009, more than 20 hours of learning per day) were eliminated. The final dataset included 420 valid observations. (C) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2020.105682 VL - 30 IS - CY - AMSTERDAM PB - ELSEVIER SN - WOS:000541974500022 U1 - 50806878 N1 - Science & Technology - Other Topics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Disparities in parental awareness of children's seasonal influenza vaccination recommendations and influencers of vaccination JF - PLOS ONE A1 - Tuckerman J Crawford, NW Marshall, HS KW - eppi-reviewer4 PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; YOUNG-CHILDREN; IMMUNIZATION; CARE; PERSPECTIVES; ATTITUDES; COVERAGE; IMPACT; SCHOOLCHILDREN; DETERMINANTS PY - 2020 DA - 2020/04// Y1 - 2020/04// AB - Objective To determine parental awareness of influenza vaccination recommendations for children and explore associations with awareness. Design Cross-sectional survey. Setting/participants South Australian parents with a telephone listing in the Electronic White Pages were randomly selected. Methods Participants were interviewed using Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) during May-July 2016. Univariable and multivariable analyses explored characteristics associated with awareness; with the survey data weighted to reflect the population of SA and the probability of selection within a household. Results Of 539 parents, 33% were aware of the recommendation that all children (< 5 years) should receive the influenza vaccine annually with 51.9% aware that children with special risk medical conditions (SRMC) should also receive the vaccine annually. Characteristics strongly associated with parental awareness of the recommendation for children aged < 5 years were knowledge of recommendation for children with a SRMC (adjusted Odds Ratio [aOR] 10.46, CI 4.44-24.63) or living in a metropolitan area (aOR 2.91, CI 1.19-7.09). There was lack of awareness in those not working (aOR 0.13, CI 0.04-0.47), with trade level education (compared with high school) (aOR 0.25 CI, 0.09-0.71) and in those born in the UK or Ireland (aOR 0.19, CI 0.04-0.85). Awareness of the recommendation for children with SRMC to receive the vaccine was strongly associated with knowledge of the influenza recommendation for children <5 years (aOR 10.22, CI 4.39-23.77) or not being born in Australia [UK/Ireland (aOR 7.63, CI 1.86-31.31); other (aOR 3.93, CI 0.94-16.42)]. The most influential cues to future receipt were a general practitioner (GP) recommendation (63.8%) and providing influenza vaccine free for all children (37.6%). More parents who delayed or excluded vaccines believed that their children's vaccinations (in general) were unnecessary, as other children were vaccinated (42.8%) compared to those with no or minor concerns (11.1%) (p<0.0001). Conclusions Parental awareness of children's influenza vaccine recommendations is low. Targeted communication strategies and resources are required to establish broader community awareness of recommendations. Healthcare provider endorsement of the vaccine remains key and health care professionals, particularly GPs and paediatric specialists should be encouraged to discuss influenza vaccine with parents at every opportunity. Many parents have vaccine concerns and addressing concerns across the spectrum of hesitancy is crucial. DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0230425 VL - 15 IS - 4 CY - SAN FRANCISCO PB - PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE SN - WOS:000535977000018 U1 - 50806927 N1 - Science & Technology - Other Topics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - INFLUENCE OF DIETARY AND PHYSICAL HABITS IN SCHOOLCHILDREN JF - REVISTA IBEROAMERICANA DE CIENCIAS DE LA ACTIVIDAD FISICA Y EL DEPORTE A1 - Ubago-Jimenez JL Chacon-Cuberos, R Puertas-Molero, P Ramirez- KW - eppi-reviewer4 mediterranean diet; obesity; schoolchildren MEDITERRANEAN DIET; QUALITY; CHILDREN PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - Obesity has become one of the pandemics of the 21st century and more specifically among the school population. Therefore, this work aims to describe the levels of obesity, the level of diet and the practice of physical activity in primary school students. To this end, the sample is made up of 150 primary school students from three public schools in Granada aged 10-12 (M=10.9; S.D.=1.8). The KIDMED questionnaire was used, the main results of which were that the selected sample focuses on the best and best diet. The main conclusions are that the sample presents an optimal diet and that boys practice collective sports with contact in a higher percentage than girls, while girls prefer individual sports without contact. DO - 10.24310/riccafd.2020.v9i1.8306 VL - 9 IS - 1 SP - 106 EP - 113 CY - MALAGA PB - UNIV MALAGA SN - WOS:000544815800008 U1 - 50806971 N1 - Sport Sciences ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Prevalence and factors influencing the distribution of influenza viruses in Kenya: Seven-year hospital-based surveillance of influenza-like illness (2007-2013) JF - PLOS ONE A1 - Umuhoza T Bulimo, WD Oyugi, J Schnabel, D Mancuso, KW - eppi-reviewer4 SEASONAL INFLUENZA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; BURDEN PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - Background Influenza viruses remain a global threat with the potential to trigger outbreaks and pandemics. Globally, seasonal influenza viruses' mortality range from 291 243-645 832 annually, of which 17% occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa. We sought to estimate the overall prevalence of influenza infections in Kenya, identifying factors influencing the distribution of these infections, and describe trends in occurrence from 2007 to 2013. Methods Surveillance was conducted at eight district hospital sites countrywide. Participants who met the case definition for influenza-like illness were enrolled in the surveillance program. The nasopharyngeal specimens were collected from all participants. We tested all specimens for influenza viruses with quantitative reverse transcriptase real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) assay. Bivariate and multivariate log-binomial regression was performed with a statistically significant level of p<0.005. An administrative map of Kenya was used to locate the geographical distribution of surveillance sites in counties. We visualized the monthly trend of influenza viruses with a graph and chart using exponential smoothing at a damping factor of 0.5 over the study period (2007-2013). Results A total of 17446 participants enrolled in the program. The overall prevalence of influenza viruses was 19% (n = 3230), of which 76% (n = 2449) were type A, 21% (n = 669) type B and 3% (n = 112) A/ B coinfection. Of those with type A, 59% (n = 1451) were not subtyped. Seasonal influenza A/H3N2 was found in 48% (n = 475), influenza A/H1N1/pdm 2009 in 43% (n = 434), and seasonal influenza A/ H1N1 in 9% (n = 88) participants. Both genders were represented, whereas a large proportion of participants 55% were <= 1year age. Influenza prevalence was high, 2 times more in other age categories compared to <= 1year age. Category of occupation other than children and school attendees had a high prevalence of influenza virus (p< <0.001). The monthly trends of influenza viruses' positivity showed no seasonal pattern. Influenza types A and B co-circulated throughout the annual calendar during seven years of the surveillance. Conclusions Influenza viruses circulate year-round and occur among children as well as the adult population in Kenya. Occupational and school-based settings showed a higher prevalence of influenza viruses. There were no regular seasonal patterns for influenza viruses. DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0237857 VL - 15 IS - 8 CY - SAN FRANCISCO PB - PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE SN - WOS:000564080300082 U1 - 50806706 N1 - Science & Technology - Other Topics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Using games for language learning in the age of social distancing JF - FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANNALS A1 - Dubreil S KW - eppi-reviewer4 culture; games; game-based learning; game design AB - Since the COVID-19 pandemic has led to nation-wide school closures, the transition to remote teaching has caused profound disruption to classroom instruction. In this article, I share the impact that this forced transition has had on the redesign of the second half of a French course entitled "Gaming culture and culture of games," to meet the pedagogical challenge posed by the pandemic, retain the integrity of the course, and provide useful tools to mitigate the circumstances. In particular, I examine how the situation was an opportunity to combine language and culture pedagogy with game design to enable students to think critically about the course content and contribute meaningful solutions to learning languages in the age of social distancing. DO - 10.1111/flan.12465 VL - IS - CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000545422300001 U1 - 50806849 N1 - Education & Educational Research; Linguistics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Advancing scientific knowledge in times of pandemics JF - NATURE REVIEWS IMMUNOLOGY A1 - Vabret N Samstein, R Fernandez, N Merad, M KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - This Comment article from the Precision Immunology Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine (PrIISM), New York, describes their efforts to provide critical reviews of COVID-19 articles posted daily on the preprint servers bioRxiv and medRxiv. Researchers at the Precision Immunology Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine (PrIISM), New York, describe their contribution to the global research effort against COVID-19 by trying to separate signal from noise in the preprint arena. DO - 10.1038/s41577-020-0319-0 VL - 20 IS - 6 SP - 338 EP - 338 CY - LONDON PB - NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP SN - WOS:000537057000002 U1 - 50806884 N1 - Immunology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19, school closures, and child poverty: a social crisis in the making JF - LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH A1 - Van Lancker A1 - W Parolin A1 - Z KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - DO - 10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30084-0 VL - 5 IS - 5 SP - E243 EP - E244 CY - OXFORD PB - ELSEVIER SCI LTD SN - WOS:000531073600006 U1 - 50806916 N1 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - School closure and management practices during coronavirus outbreaks including COVID-19: a rapid systematic review JF - LANCET CHILD & ADOLESCENT HEALTH A1 - Viner RM Russell, SJ Croker, H Packer, J Ward, J KW - eppi-reviewer4 ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; UNITED-KINGDOM; INFLUENZA; IMPACT; TRANSMISSION; SARS; HOLIDAYS; LESSONS PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, 107 countries had implemented national school closures by March 18, 2020. It is unknown whether school measures are effective in coronavirus outbreaks (eg, due to severe acute respiratory syndrome [SARS], Middle East respiratory syndrome, or COVID-19). We undertook a systematic review by searching three electronic databases to identify what is known about the effectiveness of school closures and other school social distancing practices during coronavirus outbreaks. We included 16 of 616 identified articles. School closures were deployed rapidly across mainland China and Hong Kong for COVID-19. However, there are no data on the relative contribution of school closures to transmission control. Data from the SARS outbreak in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Singapore suggest that school closures did not contribute to the control of the epidemic. Modelling studies of SARS produced conflicting results. Recent modelling studies of COVID-19 predict that school closures alone would prevent only 2-4% of deaths, much less than other social distancing interventions. Policy makers need to be aware of the equivocal evidence when considering school closures for COVID-19, and that combinations of social distancing measures should be considered. Other less disruptive social distancing interventions in schools require further consideration if restrictive social distancing policies are implemented for long periods. DO - 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30095-X VL - 4 IS - 5 SP - 397 EP - 404 CY - OXFORD PB - ELSEVIER SCI LTD SN - WOS:000536730700018 U1 - 50806912 N1 - Pediatrics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Virtual surgical education for core surgical trainees in the Yorkshire deanery during the COVID-19 pandemic JF - SCOTTISH MEDICAL JOURNAL A1 - Laloo R Giorga, A Williams, A Biyani, CS Yiasemid KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; surgical education; surgical training IMPACT AB - Background and Aims An online teaching programme for Core Surgical Trainees (CSTs) was designed and delivered during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study is to assess the feasibility and the reception of a fully online teaching programme. Methods Twenty teaching sessions were delivered either viaZoom (TM) or were pre-recorded and uploaded onto aGoogle Classroom (TM) andYouTube (TM) website. Online feedback, delivered viaGoogle Forms (TM), were completed by CSTs following each teaching session.YouTube Studio (TM) analytics were used to understand patterns in viewing content. Results 89.9% of trainees were satisfied with the teaching series. Trainees preferred short, weekly sessions (79%), delivered by senior surgeons, in the form of both didactical and interactive teaching. YouTube analytics revealed that the highest peak in views was documented on the weekend before the deadline for evidence upload on the Intercollegiate Surgical Collegiate Programme (ISCP) portfolio. Conclusion An entirely online teaching programme is feasible and well-received by CSTs. Trainees preferred live, interactive, procedure-based, consultant-led sessions lasting approximately thirty minutes to one hour and covering a myriad of surgical specialties. This feedback can be used to improve future online surgical teaching regionally and nationally in order to gain training opportunities lost during the pandemic. DO - 10.1177/0036933020951927 VL - IS - CY - LONDON PB - SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD SN - WOS:000566175200001 U1 - 50806689 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Children and adolescents in the CoVid-19 pandemic: Schools and daycare centers are to be opened again without restrictions. The protection of teachers, educators, carers and parents and the general hygiene rules do not conflict with this JF - GMS HYGIENE AND INFECTION CONTROL A1 - Walger P Heininger, U Knuf, M Exner, M Popp, W KW - eppi-reviewer4 SARS-CoV-2; children; adolescents; school; kindergarten SARS-COV-2 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - In the opinion of the medical societies of hygiene and pediatrics undersigning the present statement, the analyses published to date regarding transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and the course of CoVid-19 show that children play a much less significant role in the spread of the virus than do adults. According to the findings available to date, not only do children and adolescents less frequently fall ill with CoVid-19, they also generally become less severely ill than do adults. The vast majority of infections in children and adolescents are asymptomatic or oligosymptomatic. Even the first analyses from China demonstrated that children and adolescents play a subordinate role in the transmission of the virus - not only to other children and adolescents, but also to adults. Taking into account regional infection rates and available resources, daycare centers, kindergartens and elementary schools promptly should be reopened. For children, this should be possible without excessive restrictions, such as clustering into very small groups, implementation of barrier precautions, maintaining appropriate distance from others or wearing masks. A factor more decisive than individual group size is the issue of sustaining the constancy of respective group members and the avoidance of intermixing. Children can be taught basic rules of hygiene such as handwashing and careful hygiene behavior when coming into contact with others during mealtimes and/or when using sanitary facilities. Independent of the prevention measures implemented for children and adolescents, the protection of teachers, educators and caregivers is crucial, (e.g., the maintenance of appropriate distance from others, use of medical masks, situation-dependent hand disinfection, when necessary, supported by regular pool testing). Children over the age of 10 and adolescents up to school graduation age are more capable of actively understanding and conforming to specific hygiene rules. For this group, maintaining appropriate distance from others (1.5 meters), wearing a mouth-and-nose protection (whenever they are not sitting in their assigned classroom seats) and consistent education regarding the basic rules of infection prevention may provide increased options for normalizing teaching activities. Children and adolescents suspected of infection with SARS-CoV-2 should be tested immediately in order to either confirm or rule out such an infection. Evidence of individual infections in children or students must not automatically lead to the closure of the entire daycare center or school. A detailed analysis of the chain of infection is a prerequisite for a balanced approach to infection control. The opening of schools and children's facilities should be accompanied by specifically structured, model surveillance studies that further clarify outstanding questions about infectious disease events and hygiene control. These prospective, concomitant examinations will be essential for the purpose of evaluating and verifying the effectiveness of the required hygiene measures. DO - 10.3205/dgkh000346 VL - 15 IS - CY - DUESSELDORF PB - GERMAN MEDICAL SCIENCE-GMS SN - WOS:000537474700001 U1 - 50806890 N1 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER - TY - JOUR T1 - DESIGNING ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR FLIPPED APPROACHES IN PROFESSIONAL MATHEMATICS TEACHER DEVELOPMENT JF - JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION-RESEARCH A1 - Weinhandl R Lavicza, Z Houghton, T KW - eppi-reviewer4 scaling-up innovations; professional teacher development; blended learning; mathematics teaching; online learning environments; flipped approaches CLASSROOM; EDUCATION; ICT; IMPLEMENTATION; KNOWLEDGE; PROGRESS; MODEL PY - 2020 DA - 2020/// Y1 - 2020/// AB - Aim/Purpose Our research aims to explore which design elements and aspects of online learning environments are relevant for teachers when introduced to educational innovations such as flipped learning and, thereby, to enable facilitating the dissemination of these innovations. Background Integrating educational innovations from academic discourses or professional teacher development into teachers' classroom practices is challenging. Sustaining and reinforcing their effects on professional development is also difficult especially because of the lack of continuous support and inspiration for long term pedagogical changes. Online learning environments could facilitate such assistance, inspiration, and assist in developing supportive teacher communities. The current coronavirus pandemic and the associated homeschooling illustrate that supportive off-and online teacher communities and mutual support and inspiration of teachers will become increasingly significant, especially in virtual learning environments. Methodology To discover key elements and aspects of such learning environments, an online learning environment for flipped mathematics education was developed, and its application was investigated following design-based research principles. Contribution In this paper, specifications of design elements and aspects of our online learning environments for teachers embedded into flipped education and other educational innovations will be introduced. Findings The evaluation of the research data using grounded theory principles indicated that if online learning environments was to promote flipped approaches in mathematics education for teachers in our study the following categories were essential: (a) teachers want to be able to make decisions concerning online learning, (b) online learning environments should illustrate advantages of approaches/technologies as well as their practical relevance, (c) online learning environments should not lead to additional work for teachers, and (d) privacy and security of online learning environments. Recommendations for Practitioners Following results of our study, teachers should be provided with a variety of high-quality learning materials and opportunities for teachers to share their own learning materials through online learning environments in professional teacher development. However, when providing a variety of learning materials, course leaders should ensure not to overburden participants of professional teacher development. Recommendations for Researchers For researchers, it is necessary to verify results of our qualitative study quantitatively and to apply our results in other fields of online learning as well. Focusing on the contradictions between the visibility and dissemination of innovation through OLE and teachers' request for closed OLE could be fruitful. Impact on Society Results of our study could also have an impact on working lives as a whole, and not just schools or professional teacher development. The corona pandemic has increased the relevance of online working and related online learning for a growing part of our society. High-quality online learning environments could play important roles in this professional transformation. Future Research Our consecutive research step will be, on the one hand, to explore how online learning environments and their elements could support teachers in their everyday professional lives and thus shifting our research focus from professional teacher development to teaching and learning mathematics in schools. On the other hand, our future research will focus on developing quality standards for learning materials for online learning environments. Furthermore, research should also be continued in regions and subjects with less favorable conditions. This enhancement of research setting should improve the generalizability of our results. DO - 10.28945/4573 VL - 19 IS - SP - 315 EP - 337 CY - SANTA ROSA PB - INFORMING SCIENCE INST SN - WOS:000542994700001 U1 - 50806972 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Purpose as a Powerful Resource in the Time of COVID-19 JF - JOURNAL OF HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY A1 - White AE KW - eppi-reviewer4 purpose; COVID-19; adversity YOUTH PURPOSE; LIFE PY - 2020 DA - 2020/09// Y1 - 2020/09// AB - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2), has claimed thousands of lives within the past few months; disrupted people's participation in work, family, and school settings; and challenged economic and health care systems across the globe. In light of the countless challenges posed by COVID-19, a sense of purpose (i.e., a long-term life aim that guides behavior and contributes to the world beyond oneself) may be one important psychological resource for people of all ages to develop and/or recruit during this crisis. This article provides a brief overview of the purpose development literature, the argument that a growing or solidified sense of purpose can serve as an important internal resource during periods of adversity, and recommendations for practice during the COVID-19 pandemic. DO - 10.1177/0022167820940464 VL - 60 IS - 5 SP - 682 EP - 689 CY - THOUSAND OAKS PB - SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC SN - WOS:000548871600001 U1 - 50806779 N1 - Psychology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Will the pandemic change schools? JF - JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL CAPITAL AND COMMUNITY A1 - Sahlberg P KW - eppi-reviewer4 School change; Professionalism; COVID-19 AB - Purpose This essay offers a perspective for practitioners and decision-makers to look beyond short-term recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and consider longer-term consequences that it may have on schools. Design/methodology/approach In this essay, I discuss some general observations about education during the pandemic and then provide a perspective to some issues related to educational inequalities and learning from home during the pandemic. The essay is informed by recent media articles and reports of national and international institutions. Findings This essay makes three claims: Despite high hopes, there is only a little chance schools will change as a consequence of this pandemic without bold and brave shifts in mindset in how that change happens. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the effects of preexisting social and educational inequalities; fixing these would be an important consequence of the pandemic. During school closures, learning from home has been mostly based on the old logic of consuming information and knowledge rather than creating or cocreating new ideas and solutions to real-life problems. Research limitations/implications This is an essay that offers evidence-informed perspectives to current development in education, and it should not be treated as a research-based article. Originality/value This essay will contribute to the evolving public conversation and professional debate on the future of school education. It will be part of the series of essays that will support those who are seeking to not just adapt to meet the pandemic but also to step back and consider the medium to longer-term implications. DO - 10.1108/JPCC-05-2020-0026 VL - IS - CY - BINGLEY PB - EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD SN - WOS:000546073500001 U1 - 50806824 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Covid-19: NHS Test and Trace must improve for schools to reopen safely, say researchers JF - BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL A1 - Wise J KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - DO - 10.1136/bmj.m3083 VL - 370 IS - CY - LONDON PB - BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP SN - WOS:000556140300001 U1 - 50806725 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Covid-19: Push to reopen schools risks new wave of infections, says Independent SAGE JF - BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL A1 - Wise J KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - DO - 10.1136/bmj.m2161 VL - 369 IS - CY - LONDON PB - BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP SN - WOS:000538337300015 U1 - 50806888 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Covid-19: Delaying school reopening by two weeks would halve risks to children, says iSAGE JF - BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL A1 - Wise J KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05// Y1 - 2020/05// AB - DO - 10.1136/bmj.m2079 VL - 369 IS - CY - LONDON PB - BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP SN - WOS:000538336800019 U1 - 50806893 N1 - General & Internal Medicine ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Impact of Social Uncertainty, Protests, and COVID-19 on Hong Kong Teachers JF - JOURNAL OF LOSS & TRAUMA A1 - Wong KM A1 - Moorhouse BL KW - eppi-reviewer4 Teacher motivation; social uncertainty; Hong Kong; COVID-19; protests PY - 2020 DA - 2020/11// Y1 - 2020/11// AB - Teachers in Hong Kong endured an unprecedented 2019-2020 school year with widespread civil unrest followed by the COVID-19 pandemic. These events placed a great deal of stress on teachers as they navigated them with students in face-to-face and virtual environments. The current study examines how social uncertainty impacted ten primary and secondary school teachers in Hong Kong through semi-structured interviews. Findings indicated that the challenging events strengthened teacher motivation as they demonstrated greater commitment to teaching, a strong desire to journey with students through hardship, and a motivation to equip students with tools to navigate uncertain circumstances in the future. DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2020.1776523 VL - 25 IS - 8 SP - 649 EP - 655 CY - PHILADELPHIA PB - TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC SN - WOS:000544014600001 U1 - 50806855 N1 - Psychology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Working with Atypical Samples JF - EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT-ISSUES AND PRACTICE A1 - Cui ZM KW - eppi-reviewer4 atypical samples; COVID-19; equating; resampling; sample size; smoothing SMOOTHING METHODS AB - Thanks to COVID-19, schools were closed and tests were canceled. The result is that we may not see test-taking data typically seen before. For some analyses, sample sizes may not meet the minimum requirement. For others, the sample of test-takers may be different from previous years. In some situation, there may be no data at all. What do we do in these and other similar situations? Several ideas are presented in this article. Directions are suggested for not only dealing with challenges like this but also preparing for them. DO - 10.1111/emip.12360 VL - IS - CY - HOBOKEN PB - WILEY SN - WOS:000550469700001 U1 - 50806770 N1 - Education & Educational Research; Psychology ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Learning under Lockdown: English teaching in the time of Covid-19 JF - CHANGING ENGLISH-STUDIES IN CULTURE AND EDUCATION A1 - Yandell J KW - eppi-reviewer4 Online teaching; pedagogy; literary knowledge; intertextuality; dialogue; learning PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - What happens when, in a nation under lockdown, teaching moves online? How is English as a school subject being differently configured? What are the gains and losses? This essay examines, through the prism of a single online lesson, the approach to English, to curriculum and pedagogy, that has been adopted by the Oak National Academy website, a repository of online lessons that has been sponsored by the Department for Education in England. It offers a highly prescriptive, monologic approach to English, an approach that is structured around the pedagogy of 'direct instruction' and the demands of high-stakes assessment. DO - 10.1080/1358684X.2020.1779029 VL - 27 IS - 3 SP - 262 EP - 269 CY - ABINGDON PB - ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD SN - WOS:000565612100006 U1 - 50806799 N1 - Education & Educational Research ER - TY - JOUR T1 - ARCHITECTURAL REPONSES TO RESPIRATORY INFECTIOUS DISEASE JF - SPACE A1 - Yeram K KW - eppi-reviewer4 PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06// Y1 - 2020/06// AB - Transportation systems have developed to such an extent that it is possible to travel anywhere in the world. Global mobility has enhanced exchange and communication, but the subsequent increase in random contact between strangers has exposed our cities to greater risk of infection. Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) is highly transmissible, even in mild and asymptomatic cases. This has raised extreme concern for communal and public places, such as hospitals, schools, and workplaces, and an increased need for new architectural devices that will stem the tide of infection. This report looks to historic respiratory infectious diseases and the responses to them, and to the present the architectural and urban planning responses devised in Korea and abroad to deal with COVID-19. VL - IS - 631 SP - 50 EP - 55 CY - SEOUL PB - SPACE MAGAZINE SN - WOS:000553645100014 U1 - 50806864 N1 - Architecture ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Suspending Classes Without Stopping Learning: China's Education Emergency Management Policy in the COVID-19 Outbreak JF - JOURNAL OF RISK AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT A1 - Zhang WN Wang, YX Yang, LL Wang, CY KW - eppi-reviewer4 COVID-19; China; school; emergency management; emergency policy; Suspending Classes Without Stopping Learning; online teaching PY - 2020 DA - 2020/03// Y1 - 2020/03// AB - Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 outbreak, an emergency policy initiative called "Suspending Classes Without Stopping Learning" was launched by the Chinese government to continue teaching activities as schools across the country were closed to contain the virus. However, there is ambiguity and disagreement about what to teach, how to teach, the workload of teachers and students, the teaching environment, and the implications for education equity. Possible difficulties that the policy faces include: the weakness of the online teaching infrastructure, the inexperience of teachers (including unequal learning outcomes caused by teachers' varied experience), the information gap, the complex environment at home, and so forth. To tackle the problems, we suggest that the government needs to further promote the construction of the educational information superhighway, consider equipping teachers and students with standardized home-based teaching/learning equipment, conduct online teacher training, include the development of massive online education in the national strategic plan, and support academic research into online education, especially education to help students with online learning difficulties. DO - 10.3390/jrfm13030055 VL - 13 IS - 3 CY - BASEL PB - MDPI SN - WOS:000523491700017 U1 - 50806948 N1 - Business & Economics ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Managing Psychological Distress in Children and Adolescents Following the COVID-19 Epidemic: A Cooperative Approach JF - PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA-THEORY RESEARCH PRACTICE AND POLICY A1 - Zhou X KW - eppi-reviewer4 adolescents; distress; social system; school; family PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08// Y1 - 2020/08// AB - Children and adolescents are susceptible to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic and tend to show posttraumatic distress. Immediately after an epidemic, governments and social organizations often provide psychological services for children and adolescents to relieve their distress. However, many adolescents report distress even long after a traumatic event because of the unaddressed traumatic atmosphere in schools or families. To advance this issue, this article proposes a cooperative model of psychological services provision for children and adolescents in response to the COVID-19 epidemic. This model suggests that psychological services should simultaneously include social, school, and family systems, which interact and have a synergistic effect. The social system provides direct services not only for children and adolescents but also for their school and family systems; school and family systems cooperate to support adolescents. Psychological work also needs to emphasize the key elements of school and family systems. Attention should be given to teachers' distress, teacher-student relationships, and peer relationships in the school system, as well as to parents' distress, parent-child relationships, and the marital relationship in the family system. In these ways, adolescents can achieve an efficient and sustainable recovery following a disaster. DO - 10.1037/tra0000754 VL - 12 IS - SP - S76 EP - S78 CY - WASHINGTON PB - EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC SN - WOS:000548599700028 U1 - 50806749 N1 - Psychology; Psychiatry ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Prevalence of depression and its correlative factors among female adolescents in China during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak JF - GLOBALIZATION AND HEALTH A1 - Zhou JJ Yuan, XF Qi, H Liu, R Li, YQ Huang, HH KW - eppi-reviewer4 Prevalence; Depression; Female; Adolescent; COVID-19; Outbreak GENDER-DIFFERENCES; SYMPTOMS; CHILDREN; ASSOCIATION; SCHOOL; ONSET PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07// Y1 - 2020/07// AB - Background The outbreak of 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) could increase the risk of depression. However, epidemiological data on outbreak-associated depressive morbidity of female adolescents are not available. This study determines the incidence and correlates of depression among female adolescents aged 11-18 years during the COVID-19 outbreak in mainland China. Methods A large cross-sectional sample, nationwide online survey was conducted during the COVID-19 outbreak. Depression was assessed using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), and the correlative factors of depression were analyzed. Results In this study, 4805 female adolescents were enrolled with a median (range) age of 15 (11-18) years. Of them, 1899 (39.5%) suffered from depression with a CES-D score of > 15. The onset of depression was significantly related to age, grade, distant learning, attitude toward COVID-19, sleep duration, and physical exercise duration. Furthermore, participants aged 15-18 years (OR = 1.755, 95% CI: 1.550-1.987,p < 0.001), participating in distant learning (OR = 0.710, 95% CI: 0.564-0.894,p = 0.004), concerned about COVID-19 (OR = 0.414, 95% CI: 0.212-0.811,p = 0.010), with sleep duration/day of < 6 h (OR = 2.603, 95% CI: 1.946-3.483,p < 0.001),and with physical exercise duration/day < 30 min (OR = 1.641, 95% CI: 1.455-1.850,p < 0.001) represented to be independent factors for suffering from depression. Conclusion During the COVID-19 outbreak, depression was common among female adolescents. Older age, distant learning, concern about COVID-19, short sleep duration, and physical exercise duration represented the independent factors for suffering from depression. DO - 10.1186/s12992-020-00601-3 VL - 16 IS - 1 CY - LONDON PB - BMC SN - WOS:000556823200003 U1 - 50806755 N1 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ER -