Disparities in Implementing COVID-19 Prevention Strategies in Public Schools, United States, 2021-22 School Year.

ABSTRACT: During the COVID-19 pandemic, US schools have been encouraged to take a layered approach to prevention, incorporating multiple strategies to curb transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Using survey data representative of US public K-12 schools (N = 437), we determined prevalence estimates of COVID-19 prevention strategies early in the 2021-22 school year and describe disparities in implementing strategies by school characteristics. Prevalence of prevention strategies ranged from 9.3% (offered COVID-19 screening testing to students and staff) to 95.1% (had a school-based system to report COVID-19 outcomes). Schools with a full-time school nurse or school-based health center had significantly higher odds of implementing several strategies, including those related to COVID-19 vaccination. We identified

SUBMITTER: Pampati S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10124646 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature