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

Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Aug;16(8):1315-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1608.091827.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Family Characteristics
  • Humans
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / isolation & purification*
  • Influenza, Human / economics*
  • Influenza, Human / epidemiology
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Pandemics / economics*
  • Pennsylvania / epidemiology
  • Schools
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Students