ACTIVITIES
SCHOOL STUDIES
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WHY ARE WE DOING THEM?
There is a high need to find solutions to support safe schools opening during the pandemic based on scientific evidence of harms and benefits. This means for instance to establish affordable and reliable surveillance systems to evaluate the prevalence, attack rates and clusters of SARS-CoV-2 in schools in relation to Variants of Concern (VOCs), to assess the best preventive measures to be adopted in schools in relation to VOCs, to disentangle the effects of mobility related to school on the transmission rate in the society. It is also important to evaluate the psychological and learning loss associated with school closure and with other preventive measures.
In order to answer these multiple and multifaceted questions, the EuCARE project put together an interdisciplinary group of high-level scientists and student representatives.
TWO STUDIES HAVE BEEN DESIGNED:
The Interventional Lolli study to evaluate the emerging saliva based methodology for screening “Lolli-Methode”, as well as epidemiological aspects, containment measures and psychological effects of the SARS-COV-2 epidemics in schools.
The Observational study to evaluate epidemiological aspects, containment measures and psychological effects of the SARS-COV-2 epidemics in schools.
THE INVOLVED SCHOOLS
| Country | Centre | City | School | N. of Kindergarten classes | N. of Elementary classes | N. of Intermediate high school classes | N. of High school classes | Tot N. of enrolled classes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | IEO | Lodi | Maria Ausiliatrice | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Italy | IEO | Lodi | Liceo Gandini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Italy | IEO | Milano | Gonzaga-Gentilino | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Italy | IEO | Milano | Gonzaga-Brunacci | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Italy | IEO | Milano | Gonzaga-Tabacchi | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Italy | IEO | San Donato Milanese | ITIS Mattei San Donato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Italy | IEO | Sesto San Giovanni | Istituto Enrico Falck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Italy | UNISAL | Lecce | 5° Circolo Livio Tempesta | 14 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Italy | UNISAL | Lecce | I.C. Ammirato - Falcone | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Italy | UNISAL | Monteroni | I.C 1° Polo "S. Colonna" | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Italy | UNISAL | Squinzano | I.C. E. De Amicis | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Italy | UNISAL | Copertino | I.C. Giovanni Falcone | 7 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 31 |
| Italy | IEO | Cento (FE) | Istituto Comprensivo "Il Guercino" | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Italy | IEO | Bologna | Da Vinci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Italy | IEO | Rivolta d'Adda CR | Rivolta D'Adda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy | IEO | Milano | Manzoni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 40 |
| Italy | IEO | Lodi | Pio XII | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy | UNISAL | Frosionone | Istituto Comprensivo “Castro dei Volsci” | 11 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 51 |
| Italy | UNISAL | Vico del Gargano (Foggia) | I.C. Manicone-Fiorentino | 4 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| Italy | UNISAL | Scafati (Salerno) | Liceo "Renato Caccioppoli" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Portugal | UNL | Amadora | Escola Azevedo Neves | 0 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 26 |
| Portugal | UNL | Amadora | Escola EB1/JI José Ruy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Portugal | UNL | Amadora | Escola EB1 Condes da Lousã | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Portugal | UNL | Amadora | Escola EB1/JI José Garcês | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Portugal | UNL | Amadora | Escola EB1/JI Moinhos da Funcheira | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Mexico | University of Guanajuato | Leon | Instituto Ghandi | 5 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 27 |