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COVID-19 pandemic’s disproportionate impact on childhood bereavement for youth of color: Reflections and recommendations

The COVID-19 pandemic devastated public welfare worldwide, bringing excess deaths connected to causes such as homicide, substance abuse, and heart disease. In the U.S., these mortality increases disproportionally impacted communities of color and contributed to a rise in bereavement among adults and...

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Autores principales: Burns, Michaeleen, Landry, Laura, Mills, David, Carlson, Nichole, Blueford, Jillian M., Talmi, Ayelet
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10098329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37063655
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2023.1063449
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author Burns, Michaeleen
Landry, Laura
Mills, David
Carlson, Nichole
Blueford, Jillian M.
Talmi, Ayelet
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description The COVID-19 pandemic devastated public welfare worldwide, bringing excess deaths connected to causes such as homicide, substance abuse, and heart disease. In the U.S., these mortality increases disproportionally impacted communities of color and contributed to a rise in bereavement among adults and children. The death of an important person is one of the most frequently reported disruptive childhood experiences. According to 2023 Childhood Bereavement Estimation Model (CBEM) results, one in 14 U.S. children will experience the death of a parent by age 18. The current study analyzes the impact of the pandemic on childhood bereavement due to parent death by comparing CBEM results for 2021 and 2020 to the average of annual results for 2016 through 2019 for combined U.S. Census race and Hispanic origin categories. Analyses demonstrate that more than 700,000 U.S. children were newly bereaved due to a parent's death in 2020 and 2021. 2020 increases were observed for each race and Hispanic origin population, ranging from 14.9% to 72.4% compared to the 2016–2019 annual average. Hispanic Asian Pacific Islander and Hispanic Black youth experienced the largest percentage increases, while non-Hispanic white youth experienced the smallest. The results contribute to the growing evidence documenting longstanding and enduring disparities in critical U.S. health outcomes based on race and Hispanic origin. Recommendations for the scale and focus of efforts to understand and address bereavement in a way that accommodates the rising need for support in diverse populations to help all bereaved children find hope and healing are offered.
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spelling pubmed-100983292023-04-14 COVID-19 pandemic’s disproportionate impact on childhood bereavement for youth of color: Reflections and recommendations Burns, Michaeleen Landry, Laura Mills, David Carlson, Nichole Blueford, Jillian M. Talmi, Ayelet Front Pediatr Pediatrics The COVID-19 pandemic devastated public welfare worldwide, bringing excess deaths connected to causes such as homicide, substance abuse, and heart disease. In the U.S., these mortality increases disproportionally impacted communities of color and contributed to a rise in bereavement among adults and children. The death of an important person is one of the most frequently reported disruptive childhood experiences. According to 2023 Childhood Bereavement Estimation Model (CBEM) results, one in 14 U.S. children will experience the death of a parent by age 18. The current study analyzes the impact of the pandemic on childhood bereavement due to parent death by comparing CBEM results for 2021 and 2020 to the average of annual results for 2016 through 2019 for combined U.S. Census race and Hispanic origin categories. Analyses demonstrate that more than 700,000 U.S. children were newly bereaved due to a parent's death in 2020 and 2021. 2020 increases were observed for each race and Hispanic origin population, ranging from 14.9% to 72.4% compared to the 2016–2019 annual average. Hispanic Asian Pacific Islander and Hispanic Black youth experienced the largest percentage increases, while non-Hispanic white youth experienced the smallest. The results contribute to the growing evidence documenting longstanding and enduring disparities in critical U.S. health outcomes based on race and Hispanic origin. Recommendations for the scale and focus of efforts to understand and address bereavement in a way that accommodates the rising need for support in diverse populations to help all bereaved children find hope and healing are offered. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10098329/ /pubmed/37063655 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2023.1063449 Text en © 2023 Burns, Landry, Mills, Carlson, Blueford and Talmi. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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COVID-19 pandemic’s disproportionate impact on childhood bereavement for youth of color: Reflections and recommendations
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title_full COVID-19 pandemic’s disproportionate impact on childhood bereavement for youth of color: Reflections and recommendations
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title_short COVID-19 pandemic’s disproportionate impact on childhood bereavement for youth of color: Reflections and recommendations
title_sort covid-19 pandemic’s disproportionate impact on childhood bereavement for youth of color: reflections and recommendations
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10098329/
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