Parents’ concerns and attitudes towards school reopening during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey-Tripoli, Libya, 2021
The issue of school reopening has raised several concerns; therefore, the parent’s opinion is essential to consider. This study aimed to evaluate the parent’s attitudes and concerns toward school reopening in the COVID-19 era. A cross-sectional survey was performed using in-person self-administered...
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| author | Mwada Jallul Nada Elgriw Farag I Eltaib Samira M Al Dwigen Asma Elfallah Hajer M Elgheriani Wafeya S Atwear Mohamed Burid Milad Inas M Alhudiri Adam Elzagheid |
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| description | The issue of school reopening has raised several concerns; therefore, the parent’s opinion is essential to consider. This study aimed to evaluate the parent’s attitudes and concerns toward school reopening in the COVID-19 era. A cross-sectional survey was performed using in-person self-administered questionnaires, the data was collected in the period between January and April 2021 covering parents’ concerns and attitudes toward school reopening. A total of 402 parents participated in the survey. Analysis showed that 56.7% of parents have agreed with school reopening, but 54% have raised some legitimate concerns. Importantly, there was a strong correlation between parents’ opinions towards school reopening and their level of education, and their concerns about their children’s safety if the school was reopened. Despite parents’ concerns, it does seem that slightly over half were in favour of school reopening and would send their children to school only if the schools did apply strict precautions and restriction measures. Sharing parents’ views toward school reopening with school leaders and decision-makers is important to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of return to schools and to improve existing prevention programs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4d4475795d874b2ead9e0e29776020012022-12-22T03:02:29ZengTaylor & Francis GroupLibyan Journal of Medicine1993-28201819-63572022-12-0117110.1080/19932820.2022.2087847Parents’ concerns and attitudes towards school reopening during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey-Tripoli, Libya, 2021Mwada Jallul0Nada Elgriw1Farag I Eltaib2Samira M Al Dwigen3Asma Elfallah4Hajer M Elgheriani5Wafeya S Atwear6Mohamed Burid Milad7Inas M Alhudiri8Adam Elzagheid9Department of Genetic Engineering, Libyan Centre for Biotechnology Research, Tripoli, LibyaDepartment of Microbiology, Libyan Centre for Biotechnology Research, Tripoli, LibyaDepartment of Genetic Engineering, Libyan Centre for Biotechnology Research, Tripoli, LibyaDepartment of Cell Biology, Libyan Centre for Biotechnology Research, Tripoli, LibyaDepartment of Genetic Engineering, Libyan Centre for Biotechnology Research, Tripoli, LibyaDepartment of Microbiology, Libyan Centre for Biotechnology Research, Tripoli, LibyaDepartment of Genetic Engineering, Libyan Centre for Biotechnology Research, Tripoli, LibyaDepartment of Cell Biology, Libyan Centre for Biotechnology Research, Tripoli, LibyaDepartment of Genetic Engineering, Libyan Centre for Biotechnology Research, Tripoli, LibyaDepartment of Genetic Engineering, Libyan Centre for Biotechnology Research, Tripoli, LibyaThe issue of school reopening has raised several concerns; therefore, the parent’s opinion is essential to consider. This study aimed to evaluate the parent’s attitudes and concerns toward school reopening in the COVID-19 era. A cross-sectional survey was performed using in-person self-administered questionnaires, the data was collected in the period between January and April 2021 covering parents’ concerns and attitudes toward school reopening. A total of 402 parents participated in the survey. Analysis showed that 56.7% of parents have agreed with school reopening, but 54% have raised some legitimate concerns. Importantly, there was a strong correlation between parents’ opinions towards school reopening and their level of education, and their concerns about their children’s safety if the school was reopened. Despite parents’ concerns, it does seem that slightly over half were in favour of school reopening and would send their children to school only if the schools did apply strict precautions and restriction measures. Sharing parents’ views toward school reopening with school leaders and decision-makers is important to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of return to schools and to improve existing prevention programs.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/19932820.2022.2087847Libyan parentsschool reopeningattitudesconcernsCOVID-19 |
| spellingShingle | Mwada Jallul Nada Elgriw Farag I Eltaib Samira M Al Dwigen Asma Elfallah Hajer M Elgheriani Wafeya S Atwear Mohamed Burid Milad Inas M Alhudiri Adam Elzagheid Parents’ concerns and attitudes towards school reopening during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey-Tripoli, Libya, 2021 Libyan Journal of Medicine Libyan parents school reopening attitudes concerns COVID-19 |
| title | Parents’ concerns and attitudes towards school reopening during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey-Tripoli, Libya, 2021 |
| title_full | Parents’ concerns and attitudes towards school reopening during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey-Tripoli, Libya, 2021 |
| title_fullStr | Parents’ concerns and attitudes towards school reopening during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey-Tripoli, Libya, 2021 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parents’ concerns and attitudes towards school reopening during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey-Tripoli, Libya, 2021 |
| title_short | Parents’ concerns and attitudes towards school reopening during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey-Tripoli, Libya, 2021 |
| title_sort | parents concerns and attitudes towards school reopening during covid 19 pandemic a cross sectional survey tripoli libya 2021 |
| topic | Libyan parents school reopening attitudes concerns COVID-19 |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/19932820.2022.2087847 |
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