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Group Homes and COVID-19: Perspectives of Youth Residents, Staff, and Caregivers
Objective: This study explored the perspectives of being in a youth group home during the COVID-19 pandemic from youth residents, staff, and caregivers. Methods: We conducted semi-structured interviews with 9 youth residents, 8 group home staff members, and 13 caregivers of residents. All participan...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9330444/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35897348 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19158978 |
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description | Objective: This study explored the perspectives of being in a youth group home during the COVID-19 pandemic from youth residents, staff, and caregivers. Methods: We conducted semi-structured interviews with 9 youth residents, 8 group home staff members, and 13 caregivers of residents. All participants were connected to the group home before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thematic analysis was used to identify lived experience themes. Results: Two overarching themes were identified among the youth residents—Safety response to COVID-19 and Socialization changes due to COVID—along with three subthemes: Structure leading to separation, Support and belonging amid a pandemic, and Competency. Three overarching themes were identified among the group home staff: Safety response to COVID-19, Increased responsibility, and Mental health changes because of a pandemic. Finally, three overarching themes were identified among the guardians of youth residents: Safety response to COVID-19, Belief in a mental health impact on the child, and Communication during a pandemic. Conclusions: The findings provide the experiences among three group home stakeholders. Overall, they demonstrated resilience in a setting and time when resilience was essential. Finally, the findings offer insight on the basis of which group homes/organizations can prepare for crises of a great magnitude, including vital communication elements. |
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spelling | pubmed-93304442022-07-29 Group Homes and COVID-19: Perspectives of Youth Residents, Staff, and Caregivers Howey, Whitney Assadollahi, Andrea Lundahl, Brad Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Objective: This study explored the perspectives of being in a youth group home during the COVID-19 pandemic from youth residents, staff, and caregivers. Methods: We conducted semi-structured interviews with 9 youth residents, 8 group home staff members, and 13 caregivers of residents. All participants were connected to the group home before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thematic analysis was used to identify lived experience themes. Results: Two overarching themes were identified among the youth residents—Safety response to COVID-19 and Socialization changes due to COVID—along with three subthemes: Structure leading to separation, Support and belonging amid a pandemic, and Competency. Three overarching themes were identified among the group home staff: Safety response to COVID-19, Increased responsibility, and Mental health changes because of a pandemic. Finally, three overarching themes were identified among the guardians of youth residents: Safety response to COVID-19, Belief in a mental health impact on the child, and Communication during a pandemic. Conclusions: The findings provide the experiences among three group home stakeholders. Overall, they demonstrated resilience in a setting and time when resilience was essential. Finally, the findings offer insight on the basis of which group homes/organizations can prepare for crises of a great magnitude, including vital communication elements. MDPI 2022-07-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9330444/ /pubmed/35897348 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19158978 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Howey, Whitney Assadollahi, Andrea Lundahl, Brad Group Homes and COVID-19: Perspectives of Youth Residents, Staff, and Caregivers |
title | Group Homes and COVID-19: Perspectives of Youth Residents, Staff, and Caregivers |
title_full | Group Homes and COVID-19: Perspectives of Youth Residents, Staff, and Caregivers |
title_fullStr | Group Homes and COVID-19: Perspectives of Youth Residents, Staff, and Caregivers |
title_full_unstemmed | Group Homes and COVID-19: Perspectives of Youth Residents, Staff, and Caregivers |
title_short | Group Homes and COVID-19: Perspectives of Youth Residents, Staff, and Caregivers |
title_sort | group homes and covid-19: perspectives of youth residents, staff, and caregivers |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9330444/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35897348 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19158978 |
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