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Elementary Schools' Response to Student Wellness Needs during the COVID-19 Shutdown: A Qualitative Exploration Using the R = MC2 Readiness Heuristic.

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Calvert, HG; Lane, HG; McQuilkin, M; Wenner, JA; Turner, L
Published in: Int J Environ Res Public Health
December 27, 2021

During spring of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying public health advisories forced K-12 schools throughout the United States to suspend in-person instruction. School personnel rapidly transitioned to remote provision of academic instruction and wellness services such as school meals and counseling services. The aim of this study was to investigate how schools responded to the transition to remote supports, including assessment of what readiness characteristics schools leveraged or developed to facilitate those transitions. Semi-structured interviews informed by school wellness implementation literature were conducted in the spring of 2020. Personnel (n = 50) from 39 urban and rural elementary schools nationwide participated. The readiness = motivation capacity2 (R = MC2) heuristic, developed by Scaccia and colleagues, guided coding to determine themes related to schools' readiness to support student wellness in innovative ways during the pandemic closure. Two distinct code sets emerged, defined according to the R = MC2 heuristic (1) Innovations: roles that schools took on during the pandemic response, and (2) Readiness: factors influencing schools' motivation and capacity to carry out those roles. Schools demonstrated unprecedented capacity and motivation to provide crucial wellness support to students and families early in the COVID-19 pandemic. These efforts can inform future resource allocation and new strategies to implement school wellness practices when schools resume normal operations.

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Int J Environ Res Public Health

DOI

EISSN

1660-4601

Publication Date

December 27, 2021

Volume

19

Issue

1

Location

Switzerland

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Toxicology
  • Students
  • Schools
  • School Health Services
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Pandemics
  • Humans
  • Heuristics
  • COVID-19
 

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Calvert, H. G., Lane, H. G., McQuilkin, M., Wenner, J. A., & Turner, L. (2021). Elementary Schools' Response to Student Wellness Needs during the COVID-19 Shutdown: A Qualitative Exploration Using the R = MC2 Readiness Heuristic. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010279
Calvert, Hannah G., Hannah G. Lane, Michaela McQuilkin, Julianne A. Wenner, and Lindsey Turner. “Elementary Schools' Response to Student Wellness Needs during the COVID-19 Shutdown: A Qualitative Exploration Using the R = MC2 Readiness Heuristic.Int J Environ Res Public Health 19, no. 1 (December 27, 2021). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010279.
Calvert HG, Lane HG, McQuilkin M, Wenner JA, Turner L. Elementary Schools' Response to Student Wellness Needs during the COVID-19 Shutdown: A Qualitative Exploration Using the R = MC2 Readiness Heuristic. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 27;19(1).
Calvert, Hannah G., et al. “Elementary Schools' Response to Student Wellness Needs during the COVID-19 Shutdown: A Qualitative Exploration Using the R = MC2 Readiness Heuristic.Int J Environ Res Public Health, vol. 19, no. 1, Dec. 2021. Pubmed, doi:10.3390/ijerph19010279.
Calvert HG, Lane HG, McQuilkin M, Wenner JA, Turner L. Elementary Schools' Response to Student Wellness Needs during the COVID-19 Shutdown: A Qualitative Exploration Using the R = MC2 Readiness Heuristic. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 27;19(1).

Published In

Int J Environ Res Public Health

DOI

EISSN

1660-4601

Publication Date

December 27, 2021

Volume

19

Issue

1

Location

Switzerland

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Toxicology
  • Students
  • Schools
  • School Health Services
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Pandemics
  • Humans
  • Heuristics
  • COVID-19