Desenvolvimento de crianças pré-escolares na volta às aulas após o confinamento da covid-19 no Brasil: Development of preschool children in the return to school after the covid-19 confinement in Brazil

Dixis Figueroa  Pedraza; Davi Batista de  Brito; Rafaela Rosário; Luciane Bresciani  Salaroli

doi:10.17765/2176-9206.2025v18e12733

Authors

Dixis Figueroa Pedraza State University of Paraíba https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5394-828X
Davi Batista de Brito State University of Paraíba https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4531-2214
Rafaela Rosário University of Minho https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6986-0007
Luciane Bresciani Salaroli Federal University of Espírito Santo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1881-0306

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17765/2176-9206.2025v18e12733

Keywords:

COVID-19, Child, Child Development, Health-Related Behaviors, Health Level

Abstract

This cross-sectional study aimed to analyze determinants related to the development of preschool children in the return to school after the COVID-19 confinement in Brazil. Children’s development indicators (overall development, abilities, difficulties and special health needs) were expressed in scores and their means were analyzed according to biological factors, health conditions, maternal care, quality of life and repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, using the Student’s t-test. Children with the pentavalent vaccine, better quality of life and mothers with facility in terms of caring for were favorable to child development, while health problems and rejection of school represented negative factors. Health care, adaptation to remote learning, social support and financial stability during the pandemic also favored child development. Thus, the promotion of child development must permeate health care, quality of life and the child’s social context.

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Author Biographies

Dixis Figueroa Pedraza, State University of Paraíba

Associate Professor of the Department of Nursing at the State University of Paraíba, Campina Grande (PB), Brazil.

Davi Batista de Brito, State University of Paraíba

Undergraduate in Nursing at the State University of Paraíba, Campina Grande (PB), Brazil.

Rafaela Rosário, University of Minho

Professor and Researcher at the Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing, Coimbra School of Nursing, Coimbra, Portugal

Luciane Bresciani Salaroli, Federal University of Espírito Santo

Associate Professor of the Department of Nutrition and Postgraduate Program in Public Health, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória (ES), Brazil

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