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Implementation of COVID‐19 Preventive Measures and Staff Well‐Being in a Sample of English Schools 2020‐2021

BACKGROUND: We examined fidelity and feasibility of implementation of COVID‐19 preventive measures in schools, and explored associations between adherence to these measures and staff well‐being, to inform policy on sustainable implementation and staff wellbeing. METHODS: Surveys were conducted acros...

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Autores principales: Sundaram, Neisha, Abramsky, Tanya, Oswald, William E, Cook, Sarah, Halliday, Katherine E, Nguipdop‐Djomo, Patrick, Sturgess, Joanna, Ireland, Georgina, Ladhani, Shamez N, Mangtani, Punam, Langan, Sinéad M, Hargreaves, James R, Bonell, Chris
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Publicado: Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9877738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36450450
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/josh.13264
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author Sundaram, Neisha
Abramsky, Tanya
Oswald, William E
Cook, Sarah
Halliday, Katherine E
Nguipdop‐Djomo, Patrick
Sturgess, Joanna
Ireland, Georgina
Ladhani, Shamez N
Mangtani, Punam
Langan, Sinéad M
Hargreaves, James R
Bonell, Chris
author_facet Sundaram, Neisha
Abramsky, Tanya
Oswald, William E
Cook, Sarah
Halliday, Katherine E
Nguipdop‐Djomo, Patrick
Sturgess, Joanna
Ireland, Georgina
Ladhani, Shamez N
Mangtani, Punam
Langan, Sinéad M
Hargreaves, James R
Bonell, Chris
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description BACKGROUND: We examined fidelity and feasibility of implementation of COVID‐19 preventive measures in schools, and explored associations between adherence to these measures and staff well‐being, to inform policy on sustainable implementation and staff wellbeing. METHODS: Surveys were conducted across 128 schools in England with 107 headteachers and 2698 staff‐members with reference to autumn term 2020, examining school‐level implementation of preventive measures, adherence, and teacher burnout (response rates for headteacher and staff surveys were 84% and 59%, respectively). RESULTS: The median number of measures implemented in primary and secondary schools was 33 (range 23‐41), and 32 (range 22‐40), respectively; most measures presented challenges. No differences were found regarding number of measures implemented by school‐level socio‐economic disadvantage. High adherence was reported for staff wearing face‐coverings, staff regularly washing their hands, (secondary only) desks facing forwards, and (primary only) increased cleaning of surfaces and student hand‐washing. Adherence to most measures was reported as higher in primary than secondary schools. Over half of school leaders and 42% (517/1234) of other teaching staff suffered from high emotional exhaustion. Higher teacher‐reported school‐wide adherence with measures was consistently associated with lower burnout for leaders and other teaching staff. CONCLUSIONS: Findings indicate a tremendous effort in implementing preventive measures and an urgent need to support investments in improving teacher wellbeing.
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spelling pubmed-98777382023-01-26 Implementation of COVID‐19 Preventive Measures and Staff Well‐Being in a Sample of English Schools 2020‐2021 Sundaram, Neisha Abramsky, Tanya Oswald, William E Cook, Sarah Halliday, Katherine E Nguipdop‐Djomo, Patrick Sturgess, Joanna Ireland, Georgina Ladhani, Shamez N Mangtani, Punam Langan, Sinéad M Hargreaves, James R Bonell, Chris J Sch Health Research Articles BACKGROUND: We examined fidelity and feasibility of implementation of COVID‐19 preventive measures in schools, and explored associations between adherence to these measures and staff well‐being, to inform policy on sustainable implementation and staff wellbeing. METHODS: Surveys were conducted across 128 schools in England with 107 headteachers and 2698 staff‐members with reference to autumn term 2020, examining school‐level implementation of preventive measures, adherence, and teacher burnout (response rates for headteacher and staff surveys were 84% and 59%, respectively). RESULTS: The median number of measures implemented in primary and secondary schools was 33 (range 23‐41), and 32 (range 22‐40), respectively; most measures presented challenges. No differences were found regarding number of measures implemented by school‐level socio‐economic disadvantage. High adherence was reported for staff wearing face‐coverings, staff regularly washing their hands, (secondary only) desks facing forwards, and (primary only) increased cleaning of surfaces and student hand‐washing. Adherence to most measures was reported as higher in primary than secondary schools. Over half of school leaders and 42% (517/1234) of other teaching staff suffered from high emotional exhaustion. Higher teacher‐reported school‐wide adherence with measures was consistently associated with lower burnout for leaders and other teaching staff. CONCLUSIONS: Findings indicate a tremendous effort in implementing preventive measures and an urgent need to support investments in improving teacher wellbeing. Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 2022-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9877738/ /pubmed/36450450 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/josh.13264 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Journal of School Health published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American School Health Association. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Sundaram, Neisha
Abramsky, Tanya
Oswald, William E
Cook, Sarah
Halliday, Katherine E
Nguipdop‐Djomo, Patrick
Sturgess, Joanna
Ireland, Georgina
Ladhani, Shamez N
Mangtani, Punam
Langan, Sinéad M
Hargreaves, James R
Bonell, Chris
Implementation of COVID‐19 Preventive Measures and Staff Well‐Being in a Sample of English Schools 2020‐2021
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title_short Implementation of COVID‐19 Preventive Measures and Staff Well‐Being in a Sample of English Schools 2020‐2021
title_sort implementation of covid‐19 preventive measures and staff well‐being in a sample of english schools 2020‐2021
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9877738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36450450
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/josh.13264
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