Emergency Preparedness and Factors Influencing Decision-Making in a Sample of Public K-12 Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Evaluate factors influencing the decision-making processes of school administrators and investigate the existence and use of emergency operations plans (EOPs) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

Using survey data representative of US K-12 public schools in 2022, the prevalence of 16 factors that influenced reporting school administrators' COVID-19 prevention strategy implementation decision-making (Wave 4; N = 399) and the presence and use of school EOPs (Wave 5; N = 400) are presented overall and by urban-rural classification, poverty level, and school level. Qualitative interviews were conducted with a subset of school administrators and used thematic analysis to understand factors influencing implementation of prevention strategies and emergency

SUBMITTER: Licitis L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12707252 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature