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Tweens are not teens: the problem of amalgamating broad age groups when making pandemic recommendations
Demarcating childhood into two distinct and broad 10-year age bands of over and under age 10 is a disservice to our tween population (9–12 years), and may be overlooking our role in understanding the negative impacts of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) during a formative period of development. In this commenta...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8555731/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34716572 http://dx.doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00585-6 |
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author | McArthur, Brae Anne Madigan, Sheri Korczak, Daphne J. |
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description | Demarcating childhood into two distinct and broad 10-year age bands of over and under age 10 is a disservice to our tween population (9–12 years), and may be overlooking our role in understanding the negative impacts of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) during a formative period of development. In this commentary, we discuss the importance of considering tweens as a unique population of youth who are differentially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. We first describe the distinctive progress of tweens across various facets of developmental health, followed by recommendations to improve understanding and address impact of the pandemic and its restrictions on tweens. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a large impact on the day-to-day lives of tweens and what we do now will have long-lasting effects on their lifelong trajectories. |
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spelling | pubmed-85557312021-11-01 Tweens are not teens: the problem of amalgamating broad age groups when making pandemic recommendations McArthur, Brae Anne Madigan, Sheri Korczak, Daphne J. Can J Public Health Special Section on COVID-19: Commentary Demarcating childhood into two distinct and broad 10-year age bands of over and under age 10 is a disservice to our tween population (9–12 years), and may be overlooking our role in understanding the negative impacts of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) during a formative period of development. In this commentary, we discuss the importance of considering tweens as a unique population of youth who are differentially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. We first describe the distinctive progress of tweens across various facets of developmental health, followed by recommendations to improve understanding and address impact of the pandemic and its restrictions on tweens. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a large impact on the day-to-day lives of tweens and what we do now will have long-lasting effects on their lifelong trajectories. Springer International Publishing 2021-10-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8555731/ /pubmed/34716572 http://dx.doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00585-6 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to The Canadian Public Health Association 2021 |
spellingShingle | Special Section on COVID-19: Commentary McArthur, Brae Anne Madigan, Sheri Korczak, Daphne J. Tweens are not teens: the problem of amalgamating broad age groups when making pandemic recommendations |
title | Tweens are not teens: the problem of amalgamating broad age groups when making pandemic recommendations |
title_full | Tweens are not teens: the problem of amalgamating broad age groups when making pandemic recommendations |
title_fullStr | Tweens are not teens: the problem of amalgamating broad age groups when making pandemic recommendations |
title_full_unstemmed | Tweens are not teens: the problem of amalgamating broad age groups when making pandemic recommendations |
title_short | Tweens are not teens: the problem of amalgamating broad age groups when making pandemic recommendations |
title_sort | tweens are not teens: the problem of amalgamating broad age groups when making pandemic recommendations |
topic | Special Section on COVID-19: Commentary |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8555731/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34716572 http://dx.doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00585-6 |
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