Bonell, C;
Melendez-Torres, GJ;
Viner, RM;
Rogers, MB;
Whitworth, M;
Rutter, H;
Rubin, GJ;
(2020)
An evidence-based theory of change for reducing SARS-CoV-2 transmission in reopened schools.
Health Place
, 64
, Article 102398. 10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102398.
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Abstract
Schools have closed worldwide as part of measures to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission but are beginning to reopen in some countries. Various measures are being pursued to minimise transmission but existing guidance has not developed a comprehensive framework or theory of change. We present a framework informed by the occupational health hierarchy of control and a theory of change informed by realist approaches. We present measures focused on elimination, substitution, engineering, administration, education and personal protective equipment. We theorise that such measures offer a means of disrupting SARS-CoV-2 transmission via routes involving fomites, faeco-oral routes, droplets and aerosols.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | An evidence-based theory of change for reducing SARS-CoV-2 transmission in reopened schools |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102398 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.10239... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | COVID-19, Disease control, Environment, Prevention, SARSCoV2, Schools |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10108069 |
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