期刊
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC PSYCHOLOGY
卷 47, 期 2, 页码 158-170出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsab135
关键词
anxiety; behavior problems; COVID-19; depression; healthcare services and utilization; health disparities and inequities; infancy and early childhood; parent psychosocial functioning; social support; stress
资金
- Valhalla Charitable Foundation
- Heising-Simons Foundation
- Pritzker Family Foundation
- Buffet Early Childhood Fund
- Imaginable Futures
- Bainum Family Foundation
- Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation
This study found that the COVID-19 pandemic had different impacts on households of children with special healthcare needs compared to those without. Caregivers of children with special healthcare needs experienced more emotional distress and reported higher levels of behavioral problems in their children. Structural barriers also led to higher percentages of missed preventive healthcare visits and vaccinations for children with special healthcare needs. Additionally, social support had positive effects on the well-being of caregivers and children in households without special healthcare needs, but not in households with special healthcare needs.
Objective This study examined how the COVID-19 pandemic differently affected households of children with versus without special healthcare needs. We compared caregivers' and children's emotional well-being (Aim 1), the utilization of preventive healthcare services for young children (Aim 2), and the promotive effects of social support on well-being outcomes (Aim 3) during the pandemic between the two groups. Methods Data were drawn from an ongoing, large, longitudinal, and national survey that assessed the pandemic impact on households of young children (0-5). Analyses for Aims 1 and 2 were based on 10,572 households, among which 10.96% had children with special healthcare needs. Analyses for Aim 3 were based on a subsample of 821 families, among which 12.54% had children with special healthcare needs. Results Caregivers of children with special healthcare needs exhibited more emotional distress and reported higher levels of household children's behavioral problems during the pandemic. The percentages of missed preventive healthcare visits and vaccinations were also higher in families of children with special healthcare needs due to structural barriers. Lastly, emotional social support was indirectly related to children's decreased behavioral problems through caregivers' reduced emotional distress, only among households of children without special healthcare needs. In other words, social support alone was not sufficient in promoting caregivers' and children's better well-being outcomes among households of children with special healthcare needs. Conclusions The pandemic has caused extensive burdens on families of children with special healthcare needs. Actions from policymakers and early intervention service providers are urgently needed to mitigate these impacts.
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