ILI-Related School Dismissal Monitoring System: An Overview and Assessment

Kann, Laura; Kinchen, Steve; Modzelski, Bill; Sullivan, Madeline; Carr, Dana Deravin; Zaza, Stephanie; Graffunder, Corinne; Cetron, Marty

doi:10.1001/dmp.2012.13

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“…During the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, 1947 schools closed between August 3, 2009 and December 18, 2009, at least in part, due to ILI [31]. These closures affected 623 616 students and 40 521 teachers, and a total of 1 565 321 student-days of school were lost [31]. Therefore, it is important to recognize that despite the lack of effect on slowing or reducing influenza/ILI transmission in communities, reactive school closures will most certainly cause difficulties to families.…”

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Reactive School Closure During Increased Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) Activity in Western Kentucky, 2013: A Field Evaluation of Effect on ILI Incidence and Economic and Social Consequences for Families

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Gao³

et al. 2016

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

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Reactive School Closure During Increased Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) Activity in Western Kentucky, 2013: A Field Evaluation of Effect on ILI Incidence and Economic and Social Consequences for Families

Russell

Zheteyeva²,

Gao³

et al. 2016

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

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“…During August–December 2009, communities in 46 U.S. states implemented 812 dismissal events (i.e., a single school dismissal or dismissal of all schools in a district), affecting 1,947 schools with approximately 623,616 students and 40,521 teachers ( 15 ). The 1,947 schools included 639 urban and 1,250 rural schools, representing 0.7% and 3.3% of all urban and rural schools, respectively, in the United States.…”

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Community Mitigation Guidelines to Prevent Pandemic Influenza — United States, 2017

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SummaryWhen a novel influenza A virus with pandemic potential emerges, nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) often are the most readily available interventions to help slow transmission of the virus in communities, which is especially important before a pandemic vaccine becomes widely available. NPIs, also known as community mitigation measures, are actions that persons and communities can take to help slow the spread of respiratory virus infections, including seasonal and pandemic influenza viruses.These guidelines replace the 2007 Interim Pre-pandemic Planning Guidance: Community Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Mitigation in the United States — Early, Targeted, Layered Use of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions (https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/11425). Several elements remain unchanged from the 2007 guidance, which described recommended NPIs and the supporting rationale and key concepts for the use of these interventions during influenza pandemics. NPIs can be phased in, or layered, on the basis of pandemic severity and local transmission patterns over time. Categories of NPIs include personal protective measures for everyday use (e.g., voluntary home isolation of ill persons, respiratory etiquette, and hand hygiene); personal protective measures reserved for influenza pandemics (e.g., voluntary home quarantine of exposed household members and use of face masks in community settings when ill); community measures aimed at increasing social distancing (e.g., school closures and dismissals, social distancing in workplaces, and postponing or cancelling mass gatherings); and environmental measures (e.g., routine cleaning of frequently touched surfaces).Several new elements have been incorporated into the 2017 guidelines. First, to support updated recommendations on the use of NPIs, the latest scientific evidence available since the influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 pandemic has been added. Second, a summary of lessons learned from the 2009 H1N1 pandemic response is presented to underscore the importance of broad and flexible prepandemic planning. Third, a new section on community engagement has been included to highlight that the timely and effective use of NPIs depends on community acceptance and active participation. Fourth, to provide new or updated pandemic assessment and planning tools, the novel influenza virus pandemic intervals tool, the Influenza Risk Assessment Tool, the Pandemic Severity Assessment Framework, and a set of prepandemic planning scenarios are described. Finally, to facilitate implementation of the updated guidelines and to assist states and localities with prepandemic planning and decision-making, this report links to six supplemental prepandemic NPI planning guides for different community settings that are available online (https://www.cdc.gov/nonpharmaceutical-interventions).

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“…During the 2009 pandemic, surveillance for pandemic-related school closures found that 81% of USCs resulted in <4 missed school days [9] . This differs from the pattern seen with respiratory illness-related closures in this study, which found that 94% of illness-related closures resulted in <4 missed school days.…”

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“…In addition to these preemptive closures, school closures may be implemented reactively due to high levels of student and staff absenteeism related with widespread influenza transmission, as previously reported during local epidemics of seasonal influenza [5] , [6] and during influenza pandemics [7] , [8] . During the second wave of the influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 pandemic in the United States, which coincided with the start of the 2009–2010 school year, 812 school closure events were reported to a national surveillance system developed to monitor pandemic-related closure events from direct reports, state monitoring systems, and media scans and online searches [9] . This surveillance system provided important situational awareness with regard to pandemic-related school dismissals, including the geographic distribution, the number of school days missed, and the number of students affected by dismissal events.…”

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Why Is School Closed Today? Unplanned K-12 School Closures in the United States, 2011–2013

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IntroductionWe describe characteristics of unplanned school closures (USCs) in the United States over two consecutive academic years during a non-pandemic period to provide context for implementation of school closures during a pandemic.MethodsFrom August 1, 2011 through June 30, 2013, daily systematic internet searches were conducted for publicly announced USCs lasting ≥1 day. The reason for closure and the closure dates were recorded. Information on school characteristics was obtained from the National Center for Education Statistics.ResultsDuring the two-year study period, 20,723 USCs were identified affecting 27,066,426 students. Common causes of closure included weather (79%), natural disasters (14%), and problems with school buildings or utilities (4%). Only 771 (4%) USCs lasted ≥4 school days. Illness was the cause of 212 (1%) USCs; of these, 126 (59%) were related to respiratory illnesses and showed seasonal variation with peaks in February 2012 and January 2013.ConclusionsUSCs are common events resulting in missed school days for millions of students. Illness causes few USCs compared with weather and natural disasters. Few communities have experience with prolonged closures for illness.

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ILI-Related School Dismissal Monitoring System: An Overview and Assessment

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Reactive School Closure During Increased Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) Activity in Western Kentucky, 2013: A Field Evaluation of Effect on ILI Incidence and Economic and Social Consequences for Families

Reactive School Closure During Increased Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) Activity in Western Kentucky, 2013: A Field Evaluation of Effect on ILI Incidence and Economic and Social Consequences for Families

Community Mitigation Guidelines to Prevent Pandemic Influenza — United States, 2017

Why Is School Closed Today? Unplanned K-12 School Closures in the United States, 2011–2013

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