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Associations between ongoing COVID‐19 lockdown and the financial and mental health experiences of Australian families

In 2020, Australia's successful COVID‐19 public health restrictions comprised a national “initial lockdown” (March–May) and “ongoing lockdown” (July–November) for metropolitan Victorian residents only. We evaluated associations between ongoing lockdown and family finances and mental health. In...

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Autores principales: Price, Anna M. H., Contreras‐Suárez, Diana, Zhu, Anna, Schreurs, Natalie, Measey, Mary‐Anne, Woolfenden, Sue, Burley, Jade, Bryson, Hannah, Efron, Daryl, Rhodes, Anthea, Goldfeld, Sharon
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Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9880716/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36721764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.252
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author Price, Anna M. H.
Contreras‐Suárez, Diana
Zhu, Anna
Schreurs, Natalie
Measey, Mary‐Anne
Woolfenden, Sue
Burley, Jade
Bryson, Hannah
Efron, Daryl
Rhodes, Anthea
Goldfeld, Sharon
author_facet Price, Anna M. H.
Contreras‐Suárez, Diana
Zhu, Anna
Schreurs, Natalie
Measey, Mary‐Anne
Woolfenden, Sue
Burley, Jade
Bryson, Hannah
Efron, Daryl
Rhodes, Anthea
Goldfeld, Sharon
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description In 2020, Australia's successful COVID‐19 public health restrictions comprised a national “initial lockdown” (March–May) and “ongoing lockdown” (July–November) for metropolitan Victorian residents only. We evaluated associations between ongoing lockdown and family finances and mental health. In the June and September 2020 Royal Children's Hospital National Child Health Polls, caregivers of children in Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) reported the following: job/income loss; material deprivation (inability to pay for essential items); income poverty; mental health (Kessler‐6); perceived impact on caregiver/child mental health; and caregiver/child coping. Data from caregivers (N = 1207/902) in June/September were analysed using difference‐in‐difference modelling (NSW provided the comparator). During Victoria's ongoing lockdown, job/income loss increased by 11% (95%CI: 3%–18%); Kessler‐6 poor mental health by 6% (95%CI: −0.3%–12%) and perceived negative mental health impacts by 14% for caregivers (95%CI: 6%–23%) and 12% for children (95%CI: 4%–20%). Female (vs. male) caregivers, metropolitan (vs. regional/rural) families, and families with elementary school‐aged children (vs. pre‐/high‐school) were the most affected. The ongoing lockdown was associated with negative experiences of mental health, employment and income, but not deprivation or poverty, likely because of government income supplements introduced early in the pandemic. Future lockdowns require planned responses to outbreaks and evidence‐informed financial and mental health supports.
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spelling pubmed-98807162023-01-27 Associations between ongoing COVID‐19 lockdown and the financial and mental health experiences of Australian families Price, Anna M. H. Contreras‐Suárez, Diana Zhu, Anna Schreurs, Natalie Measey, Mary‐Anne Woolfenden, Sue Burley, Jade Bryson, Hannah Efron, Daryl Rhodes, Anthea Goldfeld, Sharon Aust J Soc Issues Original Articles In 2020, Australia's successful COVID‐19 public health restrictions comprised a national “initial lockdown” (March–May) and “ongoing lockdown” (July–November) for metropolitan Victorian residents only. We evaluated associations between ongoing lockdown and family finances and mental health. In the June and September 2020 Royal Children's Hospital National Child Health Polls, caregivers of children in Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) reported the following: job/income loss; material deprivation (inability to pay for essential items); income poverty; mental health (Kessler‐6); perceived impact on caregiver/child mental health; and caregiver/child coping. Data from caregivers (N = 1207/902) in June/September were analysed using difference‐in‐difference modelling (NSW provided the comparator). During Victoria's ongoing lockdown, job/income loss increased by 11% (95%CI: 3%–18%); Kessler‐6 poor mental health by 6% (95%CI: −0.3%–12%) and perceived negative mental health impacts by 14% for caregivers (95%CI: 6%–23%) and 12% for children (95%CI: 4%–20%). Female (vs. male) caregivers, metropolitan (vs. regional/rural) families, and families with elementary school‐aged children (vs. pre‐/high‐school) were the most affected. The ongoing lockdown was associated with negative experiences of mental health, employment and income, but not deprivation or poverty, likely because of government income supplements introduced early in the pandemic. Future lockdowns require planned responses to outbreaks and evidence‐informed financial and mental health supports. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-12-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9880716/ /pubmed/36721764 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.252 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Australian Journal of Social Issues published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australian Social Policy Association. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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Bryson, Hannah
Efron, Daryl
Rhodes, Anthea
Goldfeld, Sharon
Associations between ongoing COVID‐19 lockdown and the financial and mental health experiences of Australian families
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36721764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.252
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