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Authors:
Philip Jacobs, PhD
Arvi Ohinmaa
Objective:
We developed categories of the degree of restrictiveness of public schoolboards’ face mask policies in 10 US states that had no statewide mask mandates at any time during the COVID-19 pandemic. We collected data on schoolboards’ mask wearing policies for the individual boards in these states.
Methods:
We obtained school reopening plans found on school district webpages. We abstracted district mask policies and sorted them into groups indicating whether mask wearing was required or recommended.
Results:
Overall, 44% of boards mandated masks in school settings. There was a wide variation of policies within and between states.
Conclusions:
When left to their own resources, schoolboards will follow a variety of policies, many of which are a departure from state recommendations.
Source: Health Behavior and Policy Review, Volume 8, Number 5, September 2021, pp. 422-428(7)
Publisher: Paris Scholar Publishing Ltd.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14485/HBPR.8.5.3