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ArticleAnnals of epidemiology2024

A longitudinal analysis of COVID-19 prevention strategies implemented among US K-12 public schools during the 2021-2022 school year.

Sarah Conklin, Luke McConnell, Colleen Murray, Sanjana Pampati, Catherine N Rasberry, Robert Stephens, India Rose, Lisa C Barrios, Neha Kanade Cramer, Sarah Lee

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Article in Annals of epidemiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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10 authors.

Sarah ConklinICF, Atlanta, Georgia. Electronic address: Sarah.Conklin@icf.com.
Luke McConnellICF, Atlanta, Georgia.
Colleen MurrayICF, Atlanta, Georgia.
Sanjana PampatiCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adolescent and School Health, USA.
Catherine N RasberryCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adolescent and School Health, USA.
Robert StephensICF, Atlanta, Georgia.
India RoseICF, Atlanta, Georgia.
Lisa C BarriosCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Readiness and Response, Division of Readiness and Response Science, USA.
Neha Kanade CramerCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion.
Sarah LeeCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adolescent and School Health, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeExamine how school-based COVID-19 prevention strategy implementation varied over time, including by local characteristics.

methodsSchool administrators (n = 335) from a nationally representative sample of K-12 public schools completed four surveys assessing COVID-19 prevention strategies at two-month intervals between October 2021 and June 2022. We calculated weighted prevalence estimates by survey wave. Generalized estimating equations (GEE) were used to model longitudinal changes in strategy implementation, accounting for school and county covariates.

resultsOpening doors/windows, daily cleaning, and diagnostic testing were reported by ≥ 50 % of schools at each survey wave. Several strategies were consistently implemented across the 2021-2022 school year (i.e., daily cleaning, opening doors and windows, diagnostic testing) while other strategies increased initially and then declined (i.e., contact tracing, screening testing, on-campus vaccination) or declined consistently throughout the school year (i.e., mask requirement, classroom distancing, quarantine). Although longitudinal changes in strategy implementation did not vary by school characteristics, strategy implementation varied by urban-rural classification and school level throughout the school year.

conclusionsStrategies that were consistently implemented throughout the school year were also reported by a majority of schools, speaking toward their feasibility for school-based infection control and prevention and potential utility in future public health emergencies.

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2SchoolsAdolescentChildCommunicable Disease ControlContact TracingFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleQuarantineSchool Health ServicesUnited StatesCOVID-19Infection prevention and controlK-12 schools

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PMID38823566
PMCPMC11298245

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