COVID-19 impact on risk and protective factors through a child development lens
Joan Lombardi is an international expert on child development and child and family policy. Listen to her audio recording as she outlines the impact of COVID-19 on risk and protective factors through a developmental lens.
Your Task
Consider the children you are working with or that your programmes engage. How is the protection and well-being of children in the following age brackets affected differently by COVID-19 in your context?
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Newborns and babies in the first months and years of life
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Toddlers
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Preschool children
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School-aged children
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Adolescents
How do other factors, such as gender and ability, increase the severity of exposure to certain risk factors in COVID-19?
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Protecting Children during Infectious Disease Outbreaks
Protecting Children during Infectious Disease Outbreaks
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