Association of Elementary School Reopening Status and County COVID-19 Incidence.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association between elementary school opening status (ESOS) and changes in pediatric COVID-19 incidence.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study of US counties with school districts with ≥500 elementary school students. The main exposure was ESOS in September, 2020. The outcome was county incidence of COVID-19. Age-stratified negative binomial regression models were constructed using county adult COVID-19 incidence.

Results

Among 3220 US counties, 618 (19.2%) were remote, 391 (12.1%) were hybrid, 2022 (62.8%) were in-person. In unadjusted models, COVID-19 incidence after school started was higher among children in hybrid or in-person counties compared with remote counties. After adjustment for local adult incidence, among children aged 0

SUBMITTER: Michelson KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8455308 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature