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Exploring experiences and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young racially minoritised people in the United Kingdom: A qualitative study
Within high-income-countries, the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted people from racially minoritised backgrounds. There has been significant research interrogating the disparate impact of the virus, and recently, interest in the long-term implications of the global crisis on young pe...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9067664/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35507595 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266504 |
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author | Burgess, Rochelle A. Kanu, Nancy Matthews, Tanya Mukotekwa, Owen Smith-Gul, Amina Yusuf, Intisar Lamptey, Isabella McCauley, Nyisha Wilson, Renae Pirisola, Michael Gul, Malik |
author_facet | Burgess, Rochelle A. Kanu, Nancy Matthews, Tanya Mukotekwa, Owen Smith-Gul, Amina Yusuf, Intisar Lamptey, Isabella McCauley, Nyisha Wilson, Renae Pirisola, Michael Gul, Malik |
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description | Within high-income-countries, the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted people from racially minoritised backgrounds. There has been significant research interrogating the disparate impact of the virus, and recently, interest in the long-term implications of the global crisis on young people’s mental health and wellbeing. However, less work explores the experiences of young people from racialised backgrounds as they navigate the pandemic, and the specific consequences this has for their mental health. Forty young people (age 16–25) from Black, mixed and other minority backgrounds and living in London, participated in consecutive focus group discussions over a two-month period, to explore the impact of the pandemic on their lives and emotional wellbeing. Thematic analysis identified seven thematic categories describing the impact of the pandemic, indicating: deepening of existing socioeconomic and emotional challenges; efforts to navigate racism and difference within the response; and survival strategies drawing on communal and individual resources. Young people also articulated visions for a future public health response which addressed gaps in current strategies. Findings point to the need to contextualize public health responses to the pandemic in line with the lived experiences of racialised young people. We specifically note the importance of long-term culturally and socio-politically relevant support interventions. Implications for policy and practice are discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-90676642022-05-05 Exploring experiences and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young racially minoritised people in the United Kingdom: A qualitative study Burgess, Rochelle A. Kanu, Nancy Matthews, Tanya Mukotekwa, Owen Smith-Gul, Amina Yusuf, Intisar Lamptey, Isabella McCauley, Nyisha Wilson, Renae Pirisola, Michael Gul, Malik PLoS One Research Article Within high-income-countries, the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted people from racially minoritised backgrounds. There has been significant research interrogating the disparate impact of the virus, and recently, interest in the long-term implications of the global crisis on young people’s mental health and wellbeing. However, less work explores the experiences of young people from racialised backgrounds as they navigate the pandemic, and the specific consequences this has for their mental health. Forty young people (age 16–25) from Black, mixed and other minority backgrounds and living in London, participated in consecutive focus group discussions over a two-month period, to explore the impact of the pandemic on their lives and emotional wellbeing. Thematic analysis identified seven thematic categories describing the impact of the pandemic, indicating: deepening of existing socioeconomic and emotional challenges; efforts to navigate racism and difference within the response; and survival strategies drawing on communal and individual resources. Young people also articulated visions for a future public health response which addressed gaps in current strategies. Findings point to the need to contextualize public health responses to the pandemic in line with the lived experiences of racialised young people. We specifically note the importance of long-term culturally and socio-politically relevant support interventions. Implications for policy and practice are discussed. Public Library of Science 2022-05-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9067664/ /pubmed/35507595 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266504 Text en © 2022 Burgess et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Burgess, Rochelle A. Kanu, Nancy Matthews, Tanya Mukotekwa, Owen Smith-Gul, Amina Yusuf, Intisar Lamptey, Isabella McCauley, Nyisha Wilson, Renae Pirisola, Michael Gul, Malik Exploring experiences and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young racially minoritised people in the United Kingdom: A qualitative study |
title | Exploring experiences and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young racially minoritised people in the United Kingdom: A qualitative study |
title_full | Exploring experiences and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young racially minoritised people in the United Kingdom: A qualitative study |
title_fullStr | Exploring experiences and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young racially minoritised people in the United Kingdom: A qualitative study |
title_full_unstemmed | Exploring experiences and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young racially minoritised people in the United Kingdom: A qualitative study |
title_short | Exploring experiences and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young racially minoritised people in the United Kingdom: A qualitative study |
title_sort | exploring experiences and impact of the covid-19 pandemic on young racially minoritised people in the united kingdom: a qualitative study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9067664/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35507595 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266504 |
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