Household effects of school closure during pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Pennsylvania, USA

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 day...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2010-08, Vol.16 (8), p.1315-1317
Hauptverfasser:	Gift, Thomas L, Palekar, Rakhee S, Sodha, Samir V, Kent, Charlotte K, Fagan, Ryan P, Archer, W Roodly, Edelson, Paul J, Marchbanks, Tiffany, Bhattarai, Achuyt, Swerdlow, David, Ostroff, Stephen, Meltzer, Martin I
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Analysis Child Child, Preschool compliance Dispatch economics Epidemics Family Characteristics H1N1 subtype Health aspects Humans Influenza Influenza A virus Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype - isolation & purification Influenza, Human - economics Influenza, Human - epidemiology Interviews as Topic pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Pandemics - economics Pennsylvania - epidemiology Schools Socioeconomic Factors Students Surveys
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid1608.091827