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Indoor Dining and In-Person Learning: A Comparison of 30 US Cities
International journal of environmental research and public health, v 18(20), p10967
01 Oct 2021
PMID: 34682712
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Abstract
With limited US federal leadership on closing and re-opening strategies to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic, cities and states were left to enact their own policies. This article examines two key sets of policies-in-person learning in public elementary schools and indoor dining-across 30 of the largest US cities in the summer, fall, and winter of 2020. We review indoor dining and in-person elementary education policy decisions between 1 May 2020 and 14 December 2020 across 30 US cities. We review the public health evidence, political power, and jurisdictional challenges that cities faced, and the policy implications of these factors. Overwhelmingly, indoor dining re-opened in cities while in-person elementary schools were kept closed; indoor dining re-opened in all cities in fall 2020, while only 40% of public elementary schools re-opened for in-person instruction. Looking ahead to fully bringing students back for in-person learning, and considering future potential community outbreaks, this retrospective analysis can help inform city and state governments on policy decisions around indoor dining and reopening/closing schools for in-person learning.
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- Title
- Indoor Dining and In-Person Learning: A Comparison of 30 US Cities
- Creators
- Gabriella O'Leary - Drexel Univ, Dornsife Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Hlth Management & Policy, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USAAlina S. Schnake-Mahl - Drexel UniversityVaishnavi Vaidya - Drexel UniversityUsama Bilal - Drexel UniversityJennifer Kolker - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- International journal of environmental research and public health, v 18(20), p10967
- Publisher
- Mdpi
- Number of pages
- 15
- Grant note
- DP5OD26429 / NIH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA RWJF 77644; 78325 / Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative; Health Management and Policy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000715314100001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85117237462
- Other Identifier
- 991019167573604721
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