Social Behaviors Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Test Positivity Among Children Evaluated in Canadian Emergency Departments, 2020 to 2022: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study
Attending social gatherings increased the risk of SARS-CoV-2 test positivity in 5-<12-year-old children, but in-person daycare/school was associated with a reduced odds of testing positive across all ages. Settings with high public health adherence (ie, schools) reduced the risk of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2, possibly from reduced close contact with SARS-CoV-2 positive individuals.
Authors
- Naveen Poonai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1540-0413)
- Gabrielle Freire
- Anne Moffatt
- Simon Berthelot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0372-0586)
- Roger Zemek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7807-2459)
- April Kam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9977-0966)
- Gillian A.M. Tarr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7372-1034)
- Ahmed Mater (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9478-1132)
- Bruce Wright (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5056-9356)
- Robert Porter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5505-0716)
- Darcy Beer
- Madeleine W. Sumner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8704-4406)
- Vikram Sabhaney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9460-2998)
- Jocelyn Gravel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5901-4990)
- Brett Burstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1107-9514)
- Stephen B. Freedman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2319-6192)
- Jason G. Emsley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9672-6329)
- Kathleen Winston
- Jianling Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0986-154X)
Institutions
- Western University (CA)
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Queen's University (CA)
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CA)
- Montreal Children's Hospital (CA)
- Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre (CA)
- London Health Sciences Centre (CA)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre (CA)
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
- McMaster Children's Hospital (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine (CA)
- Nova Scotia Health Authority (CA)
- University of Saskatchewan (CA)
- Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CA)
- Minnesota Department of Health (US)
- BC Children's Hospital (CA)
- Kingston Health Sciences Centre (CA)
- Stollery Children's Hospital (CA)
- Université Laval (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Academic Pediatrics
- Published
- 2024-08-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2024.08.016
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.64
Funders
- Public Health Agency of Canada