title: Household effects of school closure during pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Pennsylvania, USA.
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.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. tgift@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Thomas L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Gift
authors.forename: Rakhee S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Palekar
authors.forename: Samir V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Sodha
authors.forename: Charlotte K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Kent
authors.forename: Ryan P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Fagan
authors.forename: W Roodly
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Archer
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Edelson
authors.forename: Tiffany
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Marchbanks
authors.forename: Achuyt
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhattarai
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Swerdlow
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ostroff
authors.forename: Martin I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Meltzer
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005191:Family Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D058873:Pandemics / Q000191:economics*; D010414:Pennsylvania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012574:Schools; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students