Health Sciences School, Division of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
School of Education and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
Health Expect. 2021 Dec;24(6):2057-2064. doi: 10.1111/hex.13350. Epub 2021 Sep 8.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound impacts on how we live our lives; yet, the implications for children and the effects on children's everyday lives have been relatively underacknowledged. Understanding children's views on COVID-19 and related restrictions on their lives provides an important opportunity to understand how children have responded to the pandemic, including the impacts on their social and emotional well-being.
This study explored the experiences and perspectives of children in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions on everyday life.
A qualitative study using semistructured online interviews with participatory drawings was undertaken between May and July 2020. Eighteen children from England and Wales, aged 7-11 years, participated in interviews.
Themes included children's reflections on (1) COVID-19 as a deadly contagion; (2) fears and sadness and (3) social responsibility and opportunities to respond positively.
Young children offer insightful reflections on their experiences during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Children and young people's perspectives must be considered in future public health discourse.
This work was informed by conversations with my own three primary school-aged children and the children of friends. A formal Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) group was not established due to the speed with which the project was undertaken. Any future research in this area would benefit from formal PPI in the design, methods and questions.
新冠疫情对我们的生活方式产生了深远的影响；然而，儿童受到的影响以及对他们日常生活的影响相对来说却没有得到充分的认识。了解儿童对新冠疫情的看法以及对其生活的相关限制，为了解儿童如何应对疫情提供了一个重要的机会，包括对他们社会和情感健康的影响。
本研究探讨了儿童在新冠疫情和相关日常生活限制方面的经历和观点。
这是一项使用半结构式在线访谈和参与式绘画的定性研究，于 2020 年 5 月至 7 月进行。来自英格兰和威尔士的 18 名 7-11 岁的儿童参与了访谈。
主题包括儿童对（1）新冠疫情作为一种致命传染病的反思；（2）恐惧和悲伤；以及（3）社会责任和积极应对的机会的反思。
年幼的孩子对他们在英国新冠疫情第一波期间的经历提供了有见地的反思。在未来的公共卫生讨论中，必须考虑儿童和年轻人的观点。
这项工作是基于与我自己的三个小学生和朋友的孩子的对话。由于项目的开展速度很快，因此没有成立正式的患者和公众参与（PPI）小组。在这一领域的任何未来研究都将受益于在设计、方法和问题上的正式 PPI。
