TY - JOUR
T1 - COVID-19 school closures and mental health of adolescent students
T2 - Evidence from rural Mozambique
AU - Chimbutane, Feliciano
AU - Herrera-Almanza, Catalina
AU - Karachiwalla, Naureen
AU - Lauchande, Carlos
AU - Leight, Jessica
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, entailing widespread school closures as well as acute disruptions to household livelihoods, had substantial consequences for adolescent well-being in low-income countries. We present novel evidence about the prevalence of mental health challenges among adolescent students in rural Mozambique using data from an in-person survey conducted in 105 schools in 2021, immediately following the post-pandemic school reopening. In our sample, 31% of students reported low levels of well-being (though only 10% suffer from high anxiety): students enrolled in schools that used a wider variety of distance learning measures and who had more robust social networks reported lower anxiety, while students who experienced household-level disruptions linked to the pandemic reported higher anxiety and lower well-being.
AB - The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, entailing widespread school closures as well as acute disruptions to household livelihoods, had substantial consequences for adolescent well-being in low-income countries. We present novel evidence about the prevalence of mental health challenges among adolescent students in rural Mozambique using data from an in-person survey conducted in 105 schools in 2021, immediately following the post-pandemic school reopening. In our sample, 31% of students reported low levels of well-being (though only 10% suffer from high anxiety): students enrolled in schools that used a wider variety of distance learning measures and who had more robust social networks reported lower anxiety, while students who experienced household-level disruptions linked to the pandemic reported higher anxiety and lower well-being.
KW - Adolescents
KW - COVID-19
KW - Mental health
KW - School closures
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100203
DO - 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100203
M3 - Article
C2 - 36987504
AN - SCOPUS:85152054591
SN - 2666-5603
VL - 3
JO - SSM - Mental Health
JF - SSM - Mental Health
M1 - 100203
ER -