Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Children's National Health System, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 111 Michigan Ave. NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20011, United States.
Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, United States.
Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2021 Feb;51(2):100970. doi: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2021.100970. Epub 2021 Feb 27.
To effectively care for children during COVID-19, pediatricians need to appreciate the stress and potential traumatic effect of the pandemic. By employing the "CARES" framework, pediatric providers can openly discuss the pandemic with patients and families, collaborate to build resiliency, and encourage engagement in activities and resources that are protective. This approach could potentially prevent both the short and long term health consequences resulting from the toxic stress and traumatic exposure of COVID-19. Pediatricians are uniquely positioned to mitigate the extent to which the pandemic affects the nation's children and we believe it is our responsibility to do so, to uphold the health and wellness of pediatric patients across their lifespan.
为了在 COVID-19 期间有效地照顾儿童,儿科医生需要了解大流行带来的压力和潜在创伤影响。通过采用“CARES”框架,儿科医生可以与患者及其家属公开讨论大流行,共同建立适应力,并鼓励他们参与具有保护作用的活动和资源。这种方法可能会预防 COVID-19 带来的短期和长期健康后果,包括毒性压力和创伤暴露。儿科医生处于独特的位置,可以减轻大流行对全国儿童的影响,我们认为这是我们的责任,以维护儿科患者在其整个生命周期内的健康和幸福。