Parents' and Caregivers' Support for in-School COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies: A Socioecological Perspective.

ABSTRACT: Informed by the social ecological model, which asserts that health behaviors and beliefs are the result of multiple levels of influence, we examined factors related to parents' support for in-school COVID-19 mitigation strategies. Using data from a survey of 567 parents/caregivers of public elementary and middle school students in eight Maryland counties, we employed regression models to examine relationships between parent-, child-, family-, school-, and community-level factors and acceptability of mitigation strategies. Acceptance of COVID-19 mitigation strategies was positively correlated with child- and family-level factors, including child racial identity (parents of Black children were more accepting than those of White children, odds ratio [OR]: 2.5, 95% confidence interval [

SUBMITTER: Prichett L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11337969 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature