Rafael M F de Araújo, Leonardo Mazzochi, Diogo R Lara, Gustavo L Ottoni
Thinking about dying and trying and intending to die: results on suicidal behavior from a large Web-based sample
The Journal of clinical psychiatry
top public health experts organizations strongly recommend universal masking children older 2 years old covid19 pandemic speculate may difficult young children study sought assess usage cloth face masks grades prek2 identify associated characteristics adverse events first data assess mask wearing young children school online prospective observational survey multiple schools within single school district major metropolitan area measured adherence face covering mandates students grades prek2 measured percentage day appropriate face mask wearing per report via daily teacher surveys first 4 weeks school primary outcome percent day entire class wearing masks appropriately estimated almost 1000 students 1048 classroom days reported mean percentage school day appropriate mask usage 769 majority day conducting inperson instruction children grades prek2 able adhere mask wearing key mitigation strategy limiting sarscov2 infection spread possible future use