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Jessica Packer
Researcher at UCL Institute of Child Health
Publications - 12
Citations - 2070
Jessica Packer is an academic researcher from UCL Institute of Child Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 7 publications receiving 1114 citations. Previous affiliations of Jessica Packer include University College London.
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School closure and management practices during coronavirus outbreaks including COVID-19: a rapid systematic review.
Russell M Viner,Simon Russell,Helen Croker,Jessica Packer,Joseph L Ward,Claire Stansfield,Oliver T Mytton,Chris Bonell,Robert Booy +8 more
TL;DR: Policy makers need to be aware of the equivocal evidence when considering school closures for COVID-19, and that combinations of social distancing measures should be considered.
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School Closures During Social Lockdown and Mental Health, Health Behaviors, and Well-being Among Children and Adolescents During the First COVID-19 Wave: A Systematic Review.
Russell M Viner,Simon Russell,Rosella Saulle,Helen Croker,Claire Stansfield,Jessica Packer,Dasha Nicholls,Anne-Lise Goddings,Chris Bonell,Lee Hudson,Steven Hope,Joseph L Ward,Nina Schwalbe,Antony Morgan,Silvia Minozzi +14 more
TL;DR: In this narrative synthesis of reports from the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, studies of short-term school closures as part of social lockdown measures reported adverse mental health symptoms and health behaviors among children and adolescents.
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Front of pack nutritional labelling schemes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of recent evidence relating to objectively measured consumption and purchasing.
TL;DR: Evidence is provided from experimental and 'real-life' studies indicating that FOPL encourages healthier food purchasing, resulting in healthier purchasing in ITS studies.
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School Closure and Management Practices During Coronavirus Outbreaks Including COVID-19: A Rapid Narrative Systematic Review
Russell M Viner,Simon Russell,Helen Croker,Jessica Packer,Joseph L Ward,Claire Stansfield,Oliver T Mytton,Robert Booy +7 more
TL;DR: The authors conducted a rapid systematic review of 2 electronic databases and a preprint server to identify what is known about the effectiveness of school closure and other social school social distancing practices on infection during coronavirus outbreaks.
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Impacts of school closures on physical and mental health of children and young people: a systematic review
Russell M Viner,Simon Russell,R. Saulle,Helen Croker,Stansfeld C,Jessica Packer,Dasha Nicholls,Anne-Lise Goddings,Chris Bonell,Lee Hudson,Steven Hope,Schwalbe N,A. Morgan,S. Minozzi +13 more
TL;DR: A systematic review of the evidence is needed to inform policy decisions around school closures and re-openings during the COVID-19 pandemic as mentioned in this paper, concluding that closing schools is associated with significant health harms to children and young people.