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Articles from IPPO

  1. Nature Scientific Reports: The COVID-19 social media infodemic

    Nature Scientific Reports: The COVID-19 social media infodemic

    March 27, 2021

    Cinelli et al, Nature (06.10.20) We address the diffusion of information about COVID-19 with a massive data analysis on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit and Gab. We analyze engagement and interest in the COVID-19 topic and provide a differential assessment on the evolution of the discourse on a global scale for each platform and their users. We fit information spreading with epidemic models characterizing the basic reproduction number

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  2. IFS: Family time use and home learning during the COVID-19 lockdown

    IFS: Family time use and home learning during the COVID-19 lockdown

    March 27, 2021

    Institute for Fiscal Studies (21.09.20) In this report, we present analysis of some of the first data on children’s lives during the lockdown and how home learning during the lockdown worked in practice. Between 29 April and 20 June 2020, we interviewed over 5,500 parents with at least one child entering Reception in September 2020 or a child in school aged 4–15. We asked parents about their employment circumstances, as well as how they and their children spent their time during a weekday. We also asked about the resources (both from their...

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  3. Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2020: Wave 1 follow-up to 2017 survey

    Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2020: Wave 1 follow-up to 2017 survey

    March 27, 2021

    NHS Digital: Part of Mental Health of Children and Young People Surveys (22.10.20) This is the first in a series of follow-up reports to the Mental Health and Young People Survey 2017, exploring the mental health of children and young people in July 2020, during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and changes since 2017. Experiences of family life, education and services, and worries and anxieties during the COVID-19 pandemic are also examined. The sample for this ‘wave 1’ follow-up was based on 3,570 children and young people who took part in the MHCYP 2017 survey,...

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  4. National Audit Office: Investigation into the housing of rough sleepers during the COVID-19 pandemic

    National Audit Office: Investigation into the housing of rough sleepers during the COVID-19 pandemic

    March 27, 2021

    National Audit Office for the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (14.01.21) This investigation is part of a programme of work we are undertaking to support Parliament’s scrutiny of the government’s response to COVID-19. In this report, we set out the steps taken by the Department in rehousing rough sleepers in England during the pandemic, focusing particularly on the steps taken at the outset of the pandemic; the information held by the Department on those at risk of rough sleeping; and subsequent steps that the Department has taken to provide long-term...

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