Different School Reopening Plans on Coronavirus Disease 2019 Case Growth Rates in the School Setting in the United States.
J Sch Health
; 91(5): 370-375, 2021 May.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1153562
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
In fall 2020, all public K-12 schools reopened in broadly 3 learning models. The hybrid model was considered a mid-risk option compared with remote and in-person learning models. The current study assesses school-based coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread in the early fall using a national data set.METHODS:
We assess COVID-19 case growth rates from August 10 to October 14, 2020 based on a crowdsourcing data set from the National Education Association. The study follows a retrospective cohort design with the baseline exposures being 3 teaching models remote learning only, hybrid, and in-person learning. To assess the consistency of our findings, we estimated the overall, as well as region-specific (Northeast, Midwest, South, and West) and poverty-specific (low, mid, and high) COVID-19 case-growth rates. In addition, we validated our study sample using another national sample survey data.RESULTS:
The baseline was from 617 school districts in 48 states, where 47% of school districts were in hybrid, 13% were in remote, and 40% were in-person. Controlling for state-level risk and rural-urban difference, the case growth rates for remote and in-person were lower than the hybrid (odds ratio [OR] 0.963, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.960-0.965 and OR 0.986, 95% CI 0.984-0.988, respectively). A consistent result was found among school districts in all 4 regions and each poverty level.CONCLUSIONS:
Hybrid may not necessarily be the next logical option when transitioning from the remote to in-person learning models due to its consistent higher case growth rates than the other 2 learning models.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Models, Educational
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Return to School
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
J Sch Health
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Josh.13009
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