COVID-19 school closures and mental health of adolescent students: Evidence from rural Mozambique
2023
Chimbutane, Feliciano; Herrera-Almanza, Catalina; Karachiwalla, Naureen; Lauchande, Carlos; Leight, Jessica | http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6662-106X Karachiwalla, Naureen; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1691-9682 Leight, Jessica
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.
Afficher plus [+] Moins [-]IFPRI3; Cross-cutting gender theme; Capacity Strengthening; DCA; CRP2
Afficher plus [+] Moins [-]Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion (PGI); Food and Nutrition Policy; PIM
Afficher plus [+] Moins [-]CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)
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