Although many reports related to the focus of the Covid-19 pandemic at the death toll, there was a broader impact on people who ranged from remaining with long-term defects caused by disease to those who had undergone chaos as a result. death. This CDC emphasizes this in a new study that estimates how many children in the US have been left orphaned because of a pandemic.
According to a new study published in the Pediatrics journal, around 140,000 children under the age of 18 years of primary or secondary caregivers to Covid-19 from April 1, 2020, until June 30, 2021. This study said this refers to parents or this refers to people Old or a grandfather who has custody of the child or serves as a child caregiver.
It includes people who give children by home and cover their basic needs, including emotional support and care. It managed to be around 1 out of every 500 children in the US with its impact on ethnic and racial minority. Such losses, the CDC shows, is considered a detrimental childhood experience, which has been associated with past research with various mental health problems later on.
This study uses modeling with data on things such as census, mortality, and fertility levels to estimate how many children may lose one or more of their main or secondary caregivers. Researchers with CDC, Harvard University, Cape University, Oxford University, and Imperial College London participated in this study.
The majority of these deaths are estimated to have influenced primary caregivers more than just secondary caregivers. Director of Nida Nora D. Volkow, MD, explained:
The death of the figure of the parents is a big loss that can reshape the child’s life. We must work to ensure that all children have access to evidence-based prevention interventions that can help them navigate this trauma, to support their mental health and welfare in the future. At the same time, we must overcome a lot of underlying injustice and health gaps that put color people at a greater risk of getting Covid-19 and dying from Covid-19, which places children’s children at a greater risk of losing Parents or caregivers. and related side effects on their development.