Children and young people's access to food, education, play and leisure in times of crisis

An international, integrative review of policy responses, impacts and adaptations during the Covid ‐19 pandemic

Datos Bibliográficos

ID14896166
AutoresLesley Andres (0000-0002-0039-3989, University College London London UK, autor de correspondencia), Paul Moawad (0000-0003-2105-5417, University College London London UK), P Kraftl (0000-0002-7915-4808, University of Birmingham Birmingham UK), Stuart Paul Denoon-Stevens (0000-0002-7640-0970, Nottingham Trent University), Stuart Denoon Stevens (Nottingham Trent University Nottingham UK), Lochner Marais (0000-0002-0299-3435, University of the Free State Bloemfontein South Africa), Abraham R Matamanda (0000-0001-5260-5560, University of the Free State), Abraham Matamanda (University of the Free State Bloemfontein South Africa), Luciana Maciel Bizzotto (0000-0002-4357-3488, Universidade de São Paulo), Luciana Bizzotto (Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo Brazil), Leandro L Giatti (0000-0003-1154-6503, Universidade de São Paulo), Leandro Giatti (Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo Brazil)
Año2025
Volumen39
Número2
Páginas495-511
Fecha de publicación2025-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaChildren & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0951-0605 • E-ISSN: 1099-0860
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/chso.12924
OpenAlexW4404298811
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas52

The COVID‐19 pandemic led to an unprecedented global moment when the core needs of children and young people (rights for education, food, play and leisure) were not adequately addressed, recognised from a policy perspective and to varying extents, ignored. This paper, by bringing scholarship and grey literature together, provides an integrative, international, comprehensive review and analysis of how the pandemic affected children's core needs (and rights) simultaneously. It also reviews and compares adaptations—often local, informal and/or community‐led—that attempted to respond to the shortcomings and negative impacts of more formal policy measures, including lockdowns themselves. By doing so, it engages with the question of resilience and calls for children and young people's needs and voices to be heard in the future, particularly considering future forms of crisis‐preparedness that can better account for children and young people's needs

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Food insecurity · Food security · Geography · Pandemic · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Disaster Management and Resilience · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics