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December 21, 2020 SHARE
Researchers at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis are conducting discussion groups with parents and staff in the Special School District of St. Louis County (SSD) to develop communication tools surrounding COVID-19 testing and vaccination.
The research is funded by a two-year $5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to the Washington University School of Medicine to offer 50,000 saliva tests to students, teachers and staff in the six special education schools operated by the district. Read more about the testing and the disproportionate impact the pandemic has on students with special needs.
The Brown School’s role will be to assess the perspectives of parents and school staff to develop messaging that can encourage participation in regular testing and overcome barriers to it.