Observed Mask Wearing and Presence of SARS-CoV-2 in School Wastewater, San Diego County, CA, 2022

• Published in: American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 115; no. 4; pp. 519 - 527
• Main Authors: Fielding-Miller, Rebecca, Gaines, Tommi, Hassani, Ashkan, Le, Tina, Omaleki, Vinton, Flores, Marlene, Majnoonian, Araz, Wijaya, F. Carrissa, Knight, Rob, Karthikeyan, Smruthi, Garfein, Richard S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Public Health Association 01.04.2025
• Subjects: Bias; California - epidemiology; Caregivers; Child; Children & youth; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - prevention & control; COVID-19 diagnostic tests; COVID-19 vaccines; COVID-19: Minority Children; Data; Diagnostic tests; Disease transmission; Economic impact; Elementary schools; Health care access; Health services; Health surveillance; Human services; Humans; Infections; Low income groups; Marginality; Masks; Masks - statistics & numerical data; Methodological problems; Pediatrics; Polls & surveys; Prevention; Privacy; Public health; Public schools; Research & Analysis; SARS-CoV-2 - isolation & purification; School districts; School Health; Schools; Schools - statistics & numerical data; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Social desirability; Surveillance; Surveillance systems; Test bias; Validation studies; Wastewater; Wastewater - virology; Womens health; California; United States > US; San Diego County California

Objectives. To test the association between directly observed school masking behaviors and the presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in school wastewater. Methods. We randomly sampled a subset of schools participating in a translational study on the effectiveness o...