New article: Exposome changes in primary school children following the wide population non-pharmacological interventions implemented due to COVID-19 in Cyprus: A national survey

• Exposogas Project
• February 24, 2021

#𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 #𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (𝗡𝗣𝗜) 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 #𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗𝟭𝟵 𝗶𝗻 #𝗖𝘆𝗽𝗿𝘂𝘀

New publication in EClinical Medicine (The Lancet): http://bit.ly/ExposomeAtSchool — Collaboration of CII with the Cyprus Ministry of Health

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁?

• A survey in Cyprus to study the impact of the initial population-wide NPI measures (lockdown) (March 13 – May 4) on the primary school children’s exposome during the school re-opening period (May 21 – June 26).
• Responses were received for 1509 children from over 180 primary schools in Cyprus.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄?

• More than 72% of children complied with most NPI measures.

• Changes in food frequency consumption, physical activity, screen time, digital communication and hand hygiene habits were observed between the pre- and post-lockdown periods.

𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲

• Findings could inform COVID-19 risk-based public health response strategies targeted for school settings.
• Future response strategies to epidemics should consider elements of promoting a healthy lifestyle for children at school and at home.
• Public health policy could benefit from the inclusion of the human exposome methodological framework and its tools to facilitate the deployment of site-tailored public health measures.