COVID-19 School vs. Community-Based Outbreak Trends among New Jersey K–12 Schools during the 2020–2021 School Year
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. COVID-19 Surveillance Data
2.2. Sociodemographic Data
3. Results
3.1. COVID-19 Surveillance Data
3.2. Sociodemographic Data
4. Discussion
4.1. Strengths
4.2. Limitations
5. Conclusions
Recommendations for Future Research, Policy, and Practice
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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5–9 Years | 10–14 Years | 15–17 Years | 18–19 Years | 20–24 Years | |
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Northwest | 8.79 | 12.38 | 9.26 | 3.15 | 2.93 |
Morris County | 9.91 | 15.29 | 10.80 | 1.81 | 2.02 |
Passaic County | 8.69 | 8.99 | 6.16 | 6.33 | 3.78 |
Sussex County | 8.84 | 30.62 | 23.75 | 18.43 | 4.47 |
Warren County | 5.61 | 16.22 | 27.04 | 1.70 | 4.31 |
Northeast | 9.63 | 10.11 | 7.82 | 2.83 | 1.98 |
Bergen County | 6.05 | 7.54 | 6.33 | 3.55 | 1.76 |
Essex County | 21.71 | 13.31 | 9.42 | 2.58 | 2.98 |
Hudson County | 9.97 | 11.90 | 9.33 | 2.28 | 1.54 |
Central West | 9.08 | 9.12 | 7.62 | 2.56 | 1.75 |
Hunterdon County | 20.82 | 11.33 | 7.16 | 10.32 | 1.25 |
Mercer County | 11.07 | 10.00 | 11.58 | 2.29 | 1.47 |
Somerset County | 6.57 | 7.79 | 5.68 | 2.33 | 2.82 |
Central East | 4.21 | 6.10 | 6.03 | 3.91 | 2.29 |
Middlesex County | 7.41 | 13.56 | 14.39 | 9.62 | 2.97 |
Monmouth County | 5.25 | 9.74 | 5.71 | 2.14 | 1.29 |
Ocean County | 1.32 | 1.80 | 2.20 | 2.52 | 1.69 |
Union County | 17.55 | 18.80 | 14.20 | 3.46 | 4.66 |
Southwest | 7.45 | 9.35 | 6.87 | 5.48 | 3.68 |
Burlington County | 6.63 | 11.75 | 7.60 | 4.20 | 2.93 |
Camden County | 8.77 | 6.68 | 6.69 | 5.18 | 4.33 |
Gloucester County | 5.68 | 14.93 | 6.36 | 7.67 | 4.02 |
Salem County | 90.28 | 8.23 | 6.38 | 18.49 | 4.29 |
Southeast | 12.62 | 20.62 | 13.44 | 7.04 | 3.46 |
Atlantic County | 8.22 | 19.35 | 10.67 | 13.99 | 4.48 |
Cape May County | 35.78 | 17.45 | 40.60 | 1.00 | 1.47 |
Cumberland County | 21.50 | 24.69 | 14.85 | 5.52 | 2.80 |
Statewide/State of NJ | 6.79 | 8.82 | 7.36 | 3.48 | 2.38 |
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Aggarwal, J.; Gichura, M.W.; Campbell, M.L.F.; Nguyen, K.T.; Shendell, D.G. COVID-19 School vs. Community-Based Outbreak Trends among New Jersey K–12 Schools during the 2020–2021 School Year. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 9285. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159285
Aggarwal J, Gichura MW, Campbell MLF, Nguyen KT, Shendell DG. COVID-19 School vs. Community-Based Outbreak Trends among New Jersey K–12 Schools during the 2020–2021 School Year. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(15):9285. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159285
Chicago/Turabian StyleAggarwal, Juhi, Maureen W. Gichura, Maryanne L. F. Campbell, Kimberly T. Nguyen, and Derek G. Shendell. 2022. "COVID-19 School vs. Community-Based Outbreak Trends among New Jersey K–12 Schools during the 2020–2021 School Year" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 15: 9285. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159285