Factors Associated with Participation in Elementary School–Based SARS-CoV-2 Testing — Salt Lake County, Utah, December 2020–January 2021

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Lewis, Nathaniel M. ; Hershow, Rebecca B. ; Chu, Victoria T. ; Wu, Karen ; Milne, Alison T. ; LaCross, Nathan ; Hill, Mary ; Risk, Ilene ; Hersh, Adam L. ; Kirking, Hannah L. ; Tate, Jacqueline E. ; Vallabhaneni, Snigdha ; Dunn, Angela C.
• Description:
  During December 3, 2020-January 31, 2021, CDC, in collaboration with the University of Utah Health and Economic Recovery Outreach Project,* Utah Department of Health (UDOH), Salt Lake County Health Department, and one Salt Lake county school district, offered free, in-school, real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) saliva tTesting as part of a Transmission investigation of SARS-CoV-2, the Virus that causes COVID-19, in elementary school settings. School contacts| of persons with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, including close contacts, were eligible to participate (1). Investigators approached parents or guardians of student contacts by telephone, and during January, using school phone lines to offer in-school specimen collection; the tTesting procedures were explained in the preferred language of the parent or guardian. Consent for participants was obtained via an electronic form sent by e-mail. Analyses examined participation (i.e., completing in-school specimen collection for SARS-CoV-2 tTesting) in relation to factors| that were programmatically important or could influence likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 tTesting, including race, ethnicity, and SARS-CoV-2 incidence in the community (2). Crude prevalence ratios (PRs) were calculated using univariate log-binomial regression.| This activity was reviewed by CDC and was conducted consistent with federal law and CDC policy.*.
• Subjects:
  Child Contact Tracing CoronaVirus Infections COVID-19 COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing Humans School Health Services Schools Socioeconomic Factors
• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 70(15):557-559
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7015e1
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  33857064
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8344994
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Utah
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• Volume:
  70
• Issue:
  15
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0fc4ec522c6dd23eae29596d3d532e0a24b6606f34830e04b956e7b8ca40c017577c9f042804ea441977f04f5a3048160ad11fe5082acf1fed8f7d0c11fa5604
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/109039/cdc_109039_DS1.pdf
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