Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Text Message System for COVID-19 Testing for K-12 School Communities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the COVID-19 pandemic, school closures led to loss of school-based resources and substantial learning losses for children. To facilitate the return to in-person learning, schools across the US partnered with health agencies to implement strategies such as on-site and at-home COVID-19 testing programs. We aimed to quantify the cost-effectiveness of SCALE-UP Counts, a project that used text messaging and health navigation interventions to promote equitable COVID-19 testing among K-12 school students and their families.

Methods

Families of children from sixteen K-12 schools in Utah were randomly assigned to one of three intervention arms from 2022-2023: unidirectional text messages regarding availability of free COVID-19 test kits [UC], intensive bidirectional

SUBMITTER: Dougherty M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12825298 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature