IMPACT OF SOCIAL ISOLATION DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC ON CHILDREN

• Autor(a) principal: Rangel, Suellen Dos Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Damião Gomes, Patrícia, Peixoto Neto, Manuela, Barbara Barros, Marinna
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Científica da Faculdade de Medicina de Campos
• Texto Completo: https://www.fmc.br/ojs/index.php/RCFMC/article/view/570
• topic: COVID-19; ISOLAMENTO SOCIAL NA INFÂNCIA; IMPACTO SOCIAL NA PANDEMIA; COVID-19; SOCIAL ISOLATION IN CHILDHOOD; SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC.

Introduction: In March 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic began, and social isolation has been a measure of great comparison in the fight against this new pathology. However, the mental and physical health of the general population not satisfied, however, for children is even worse, as they are growing up and all of this has directly affected cognitive and social development. Objective: To understand the consequences caused by social isolation in children's lives, thus being able to collaborate with parents and educators in a better way to face them. Development: With the emergence of the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended several sanitary measures, they, social isolation, use of masks, closing schools and schools. However, social isolation has constantly affected the development of children, resulting in psychological changes, learning difficulties, social withdrawal, obesity and increased time in front of screens. Furthermore, in unfavorable family environments, the chances of child abuse increase according to the longer exposure of children to their aggressors. Conclusion: The negative points of social isolation for child development are evident, requiring an effort by family members and educational institutions to try to reduce its impacts.