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Wellbeing of School Communities in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study in Chilean Low-SES Schools

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact schools and how education is conveyed to students. One of the aspects that has gained strength is supporting the wellbeing of educational communities. The purpose of this study was to describe and understand the construction of school wellbeing during the pa...

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Autores principales: López, Verónica, Ramírez, Lorena, López-Concha, Romina, Ascorra, Paula, Álvarez, Juan Pablo, Carrasco-Aguilar, Claudia, Jervis, Pamela, Squicciarini, Ana María, Simonsohn, Ariela, Contreras, Tabata, Opazo, Héctor
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9036095/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35478757
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.853057
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author López, Verónica
Ramírez, Lorena
López-Concha, Romina
Ascorra, Paula
Álvarez, Juan Pablo
Carrasco-Aguilar, Claudia
Jervis, Pamela
Squicciarini, Ana María
Simonsohn, Ariela
Contreras, Tabata
Opazo, Héctor
author_facet López, Verónica
Ramírez, Lorena
López-Concha, Romina
Ascorra, Paula
Álvarez, Juan Pablo
Carrasco-Aguilar, Claudia
Jervis, Pamela
Squicciarini, Ana María
Simonsohn, Ariela
Contreras, Tabata
Opazo, Héctor
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description The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact schools and how education is conveyed to students. One of the aspects that has gained strength is supporting the wellbeing of educational communities. The purpose of this study was to describe and understand the construction of school wellbeing during the pandemic, based on the notion of collective and sustainable wellbeing. Through a qualitative design, we conducted a study in four Chilean low-SES schools in which a national school mental health program is implemented. A total of 41 in-depth interviews and one group interview were conducted with students, parents, teacher, teacher assistants, school principals, psychosocial professionals, and the school mental health officers during the second half of the 2020 school year. Thematic content analyses showed that, while facing the school closure challenges, schools strived to protect students’ and teachers’ wellbeing. However, participants highlighted necessary conditions for sustaining the school community’s wellbeing and mental health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: assuring digital connectivity for all students; coordinated work with families and within the school; strengthening networks; curriculum adaptation and diversified pedagogical strategies; and emotional support toward teachers, families, and students. We discuss these findings and their implications for a sustainable and collective perspective of the wellbeing of school communities in low-SES schools, as well as for policy, practice, and research from the perspective of schools for social justice and health promotion.
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spelling pubmed-90360952022-04-26 Wellbeing of School Communities in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study in Chilean Low-SES Schools López, Verónica Ramírez, Lorena López-Concha, Romina Ascorra, Paula Álvarez, Juan Pablo Carrasco-Aguilar, Claudia Jervis, Pamela Squicciarini, Ana María Simonsohn, Ariela Contreras, Tabata Opazo, Héctor Front Psychol Psychology The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact schools and how education is conveyed to students. One of the aspects that has gained strength is supporting the wellbeing of educational communities. The purpose of this study was to describe and understand the construction of school wellbeing during the pandemic, based on the notion of collective and sustainable wellbeing. Through a qualitative design, we conducted a study in four Chilean low-SES schools in which a national school mental health program is implemented. A total of 41 in-depth interviews and one group interview were conducted with students, parents, teacher, teacher assistants, school principals, psychosocial professionals, and the school mental health officers during the second half of the 2020 school year. Thematic content analyses showed that, while facing the school closure challenges, schools strived to protect students’ and teachers’ wellbeing. However, participants highlighted necessary conditions for sustaining the school community’s wellbeing and mental health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: assuring digital connectivity for all students; coordinated work with families and within the school; strengthening networks; curriculum adaptation and diversified pedagogical strategies; and emotional support toward teachers, families, and students. We discuss these findings and their implications for a sustainable and collective perspective of the wellbeing of school communities in low-SES schools, as well as for policy, practice, and research from the perspective of schools for social justice and health promotion. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9036095/ /pubmed/35478757 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.853057 Text en Copyright © 2022 López, Ramírez, López-Concha, Ascorra, Álvarez, Carrasco-Aguilar, Jervis, Squicciarini, Simonsohn, Contreras and Opazo. 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). 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.
spellingShingle Psychology
López, Verónica
Ramírez, Lorena
López-Concha, Romina
Ascorra, Paula
Álvarez, Juan Pablo
Carrasco-Aguilar, Claudia
Jervis, Pamela
Squicciarini, Ana María
Simonsohn, Ariela
Contreras, Tabata
Opazo, Héctor
Wellbeing of School Communities in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study in Chilean Low-SES Schools
title Wellbeing of School Communities in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study in Chilean Low-SES Schools
title_full Wellbeing of School Communities in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study in Chilean Low-SES Schools
title_fullStr Wellbeing of School Communities in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study in Chilean Low-SES Schools
title_full_unstemmed Wellbeing of School Communities in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study in Chilean Low-SES Schools
title_short Wellbeing of School Communities in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study in Chilean Low-SES Schools
title_sort wellbeing of school communities in the context of covid-19 pandemic: a qualitative study in chilean low-ses schools
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9036095/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35478757
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.853057
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