Abstract

GANDARO, Paula; GALLICCHIO, Paula; CARRIQUIRY, Mariana  and  RODRIGUEZ, Dima. Impact of the pandemic on the health and education of patients who received assistance at the Pereira Rossell Pediatric Hospital’s Neurodevelopment Clinic in 2019 and 2020. Arch. Pediatr. Urug. [online]. 2024, vol.95, n.1, e206.  Epub June 01, 2024. ISSN 0004-0584.  https://doi.org/10.31134/ap.95.1.6.

The pandemic has impacted people’s daily habits and health in multiple ways, affecting access to medical consultations, specialized treatments, and education. Populations with greater socioeconomic and/or health vulnerability start from a more disadvantaged level in a pandemic situation. Within the framework of the emergency health situation, we carried out a longitudinal descriptive study in order to know the development profile of the children assisted at the CHPR Clinic in 2020 and compared their access to health and education services to those assisted in 2019. The data was collected through a telephone interview with the referents and the data analyses were obtained from the development assessment reports carried out. The results showed that there is less access to education and health in pandemic times and there are various impacts on the daily life of children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Referents showed a 60% negative impact, mainly in the increase in irritability and restlessness. The pandemic restrictions brought on the consequences of previously existing problems, such as expensive access to specialized treatments and difficulty to access quality education adapted to the development profile of individual children. This paper intends to contribute to the improvement of the environmental conditions and access to opportunities of young children with developmental pathologies.

Keywords : Child Development; Pandemic; Health Services Accessibility; Education; Vulnerable Populations.

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