Young people's experiences of COVID-19 messaging at the start of the UK lockdown: lessons for positive engagement and information sharing

• Main Authors: Sofia T. Strömmer (Author), Divya Sivaramakrishnan (Author), Sarah C. Shaw (Author), Kathleen Morrison (Author), Millie Barrett (Author), Jillian Manner (Author), Sarah Jenner (Author), Tom Hughes (Author), Polly Hardy-Johnson (Author), Marike Andreas (Author), Donna Lovelock (Author), Sorna Paramananthan (Author), Lisa Bagust (Author), Audrey Buelo (Author), Kathryn Woods-Townsend (Author), Rochelle Ann Burgess (Author), Nancy Kanu (Author), Malik Gul (Author), Tanya Matthews (Author), Amina Smith-Gul (Author), Mary Barker (Author), Ruth Jepson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background To reduce COVID-19 infection rates during the initial stages of the pandemic, the UK Government mandated a strict period of restriction on freedom of movement or 'lockdown'. For young people, closure of schools and higher education institutions and social distancing rul...