Open AccessMasking Adherence in K–12 Schools and SARS-CoV-2 Secondary Transmission
Author(s) -
Ganga S Moorthy,
Tara K Mann,
Angelique E Boutzoukas,
Ashley Blakemore,
M. Alan Brookhart,
Laura Edwards,
Jennifer Jackman,
Gabriela M. Maradiaga Panayotti,
Todd Warren,
Joanna Pendleton,
Andrew Willis Garcés,
Amy Corneli,
David J. Weber,
Ibukunoluwa C. Kalu,
Daniel K. Benjamin,
Kanecia O. Zimmerman
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.611
H-Index - 345
eISSN - 1098-4275
pISSN - 0031-4005
DOI - 10.1542/peds.2021-054268i
Subject(s) - medicine , masking (illustration) , psychological intervention , transmission (telecommunications) , covid-19 , intervention (counseling) , pediatrics , environmental health , nursing , art , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , electrical engineering , visual arts , engineering
Masking is an essential coronavirus 2019 mitigation tool assisting in the safe return of kindergarten through 12th grade children and staff to in-person instruction; however, masking adherence, compliance evaluation methods, and potential consequences of surveillance are currently unknown. We describe 2 school districts' approaches to promote in-school masking and the consequent impact on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 secondary transmission.