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The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
Monday, August 23, 2021
Dear John,
A study in the August issue of Health Affairs finds that teacher
unionization was associated with school mask mandates.
COVID-19 & School Reopenings
As the school year is set to begin for many families and staff, we
highlight two Health Affairs articles about COVID-19 and schools.
In the August 2021 issue, Adam Dean and coauthors investigated the
relationship between mask mandates and teacher unionization
in Iowa.
Teachers' unionization rate was positively associated with school
district mask mandates. The relationship was strongest in districts
where a high percentage of union members were Democrats.
A one-standard-deviation increase in teachers' unionization was
associated with a 12.5 percent relative increase in the probability that
a school district adopts a mask mandate, they reported. Â
In a September 2020 article, Thomas Selden and colleagues examined the
risk for severe COVID-19 for people connected to schools
,
including employees and those living in the same households as school
employees or school-age children.
"Between 42.0 percent and 51.4 percent of all school employees met the
CDC definition for being at increased risk for severe COVID-19," they
reported.
Today on Health Affairs Blog, Jennifer Oliva and coauthors argue that
syringe services programs
have definitively established positive public health impacts despite
significant political opposition.
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Iowa School Districts Were More Likely To Adopt COVID-19 Mask Mandates
Where Teachers Were Unionized
Adam Dean et al.
The Risk Of Severe COVID-19 Within Households Of School Employees And
School-Age Children
Thomas M. Selden et al.
Defending Syringe Services Programs
Jennifer D. Oliva et al.
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