TY  - JOUR
TI  - A Study in the Children’s Health-Oriented Health Policies After COVID-19 Pandemic Period in Turkey
AB  - Aim: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic revealed significant negativeeffects on children and people with disabilities who are classified as socioeconomicallydisadvantaged groups in addition to individuals in Turkey as in the whole world. Especially,children constitute the most disadvantaged group in families with low socioeconomic status.The situation of these children was analyzed in the study. Also, the performance of healthpolicies for children in COVID-19 pandemic period has been evaluated.Material and Methods: This study was used in the statistics published in Turkey and invarious countries.Results: Outbreaks are likely to cause significant physical and psychological problems,especially in children. In particular, the medium and long-term effects of being locked up athome on children when their parents have to work are not known in addition to the socialdistancing that they experience due to the inability of children to come together with theirpeers. In addition to the deaths in the near and distant environment due to the disease, the fearof getting sick has also a high risk to form negative effects on the psychological developmentof children. For this reason, to protect the health of future generations, policies implementedfor the health of today's children gain importance.Conclusion: The right to health and education should be universally given to every child. Butin developing countries, families cannot provide adequate support to their children for reasonssuch as unequal income distribution and unemployment. Children are forced to work to supporttheir families when the help of government and institutions is insufficient or cannot be doneregularly.
AU  - DURGUN, Özlem
DO  - 10.18678/dtfd.861559
PY  - 2021
JO  - Düzce Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi
VL  - 23
IS  - S1
SN  - 1307-671X
SP  - 94
EP  - 105
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/422373
ER  -