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Three Semesters in: COVID’s Impact on the Health and Well-being of Students over Three Semesters of the Health Emergency Order Concerning the Pandemic

John Woosley
Southeastern Louisiana University, USA
Aristides Baraya
Southeastern Louisiana University, USA
Jose Noguera
Southeastern Louisiana University, USA
Michael C. Budden
Southeastern Louisiana University, USA
* Corresponding author
DOI icon 10.24018/ejedu.2023.4.5.563

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Submitted 2022-11-18
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Health impacts of COVID-19 are many. COVID-19 manifested itself through a variety of symptoms, resulting in illnesses, debilitations, and too often death. The serious nature of the virus became clear as the number of infections and deaths rose, economies contracted, and governments began issuing public health emergencies with coincident stay-at-home mandates. Pandemic impacts on student health resulting from the move to online education amid a public health emergency are discerned over the course of three semesters.

Keywords: COVID-19 emergency health order health pandemic students

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