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MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
. 2021 Apr 16;70(15):557-559.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7015e1.
Factors Associated with Participation in Elementary School-Based SARS-CoV-2 Testing - Salt Lake County, Utah, December 2020-January 2021
Nathaniel M Lewis, Rebecca B Hershow, Victoria T Chu, Karen Wu, Alison T Milne, Nathan LaCross, Mary Hill, Ilene Risk, Adam L Hersh, Hannah L Kirking, Jacqueline E Tate, Snigdha Vallabhaneni, Angela C Dunn
- PMID: 33857064
- DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7015e1
Abstract
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 testing 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 testing 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 testing) in relation to factors? that were programmatically important or could influence likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 testing, 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.*.