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Household Effects of School Closure during Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Pennsylvania, USA

Authors :
Thomas L. Gift
Rakhee S. Palekar
Samir V. Sodha
Charlotte K. Kent
Ryan P. Fagan
W. Roodly Archer
Paul J. Edelson
Tiffany Marchbanks
Achuyt Bhattarai
David L. Swerdlow
Stephen Ostroff
Martin I. Meltzer
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 16, Iss 8, Pp 1315-1317 (2010)
Publication Year :
2010
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010.

Abstract

To determine the effects of school closure, we surveyed 214 households after a 1-week elementary school closure because of pandemic (H1N1) 2009. Students spent 77% of the closure days at home, 69% of students visited at least 1 other location, and 79% of households reported that adults missed no days of work to watch children.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
16
Issue :
8
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.0137bed4ebac4d169d45051014d10157
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1608.091827