The impact of statewide school closures on COVID-19 infection rates

Elena D. Staguhn; Renan C. Castillo; Elias Weston-Farber

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2021.01.002

The impact of statewide school closures on COVID-19 infection rates

Elena D. Staguhn, Renan C. Castillo, Elias Weston-Farber

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Abstract

Daily COVID-19 infection rates were examined before and after statewide school closure orders. Regression techniques were used to model changes in the number of confirmed cases and data was combined across states using meta analyses. School closures were found to have a significant impact on infection rates, and thus, may be considered a viable intervention to lower COVID-19 infection rates.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2021.01.002
State	Accepted/In press - 2021

Keywords

Coronavirus
Epidemiology
Nonpharmaceutical interventions

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Epidemiology
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

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