COVID-19 Information
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Consultants and advisors are available for you.The Missouri Healthy Schools team includes experienced professionals who are available to answer your questions, provide training, and support your decision-making. Your consultants for general COVID-19 Information are:
Contact Project Manager Anna Trainer, MPH with general inquiries. |
Downloads, webinars and videos
BRAND NEW RESOURCE!
COVID-19 Educational Testing Toolkit >> Main topics: A toolkit to support school leaders in implementing COVID-19 Screening testing in their schools - supporting schools from childcare to grade 12 >> View resource Provided 4.15.21 ----- 
BRAND NEW RESOURCE!
COVID-19 Learning & Action Collaborative >> Main topics: Join the discussion and share how infection control impacts the work that you do. After a year of living with the COVID-19 pandemic and the evolving guidance on how to stay safe, it would be interesting to hear from this community about how infection prevention and control measures impact the work that you do. >> Join the discussion Provided 4.12.21 ----- 
BRAND NEW RESOURCE!
U.S. Department of Education Releases COVID-19 Handbook, Volume 2: Roadmap to Reopening Safely and Meeting all Students' Needs >> Main topics: Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) released the COVID-19 Handbook, Volume 2: Roadmap to Reopening Safely and Meeting All Students' Needs to provide additional strategies for safely reopening all of America's schools and to promote educational equity by addressing opportunity gaps that have been exacerbated by the pandemic. >> Read more here Provided 4.9.21 ----- More COVID-19 Resources
>> Main topics: See how PHI and programs are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, plus find resources and tools, including new web forums, policy updates and more. >> Access Public Health Institute website Provided 4.5.21 ----- 
PHI's Mary A. Pittman on Lessons for the Next Public Health Disaster >> Main topics: To manage COVID-19 and prevent the next pandemic, we must fully fund science-driven public health departments and leverage community-based mobile teams that can quickly adapt to local emergencies, says PHI President and CEO Mary A. Pittman in Modern Healthcare. Mary, recently named to Modern Healthcare's Top 25 Women Leaders, also discusses how decades of undervaluing public health created a perfect storm for the virus to spread among vulnerable populations that were already harder to reach before the pandemic, and shares insights from PHI's equity-centered responses to COVID-19. >> Read full article here Provided 4.5.21 ----- 
Best Practices and Resources to Guide Vaccine Equity >> Main topics: Structural and systemic barriers mean that the people who are hardest hit by the pandemic—including Black and brown people, immigrants and essential workers—have less access to vaccines. On average, states have vaccinated over a quarter of their White populations, but only around one in seven Black people and one in eight Latinx people. We know what is working: investing in trusted community experts, organizations and networks, using culturally resonant primary language materials and outreach, and bringing down barriers to accessing vaccines. View the below resources for further information:
----- School and Childcare Staff COVID-19 Vaccination Month
>> Main topics: New videos of teachers and childcare providers sharing why they got vaccinated and how it feels to be fully vaccinated:
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Food and Food System Resources During COVID-19 Pandemic >> Main topics: CDC recently updated resources for individuals and families seeking food assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Guidance is also available for food assistance programs and food system stakeholders. >> View resources >> Updated web page with the latest information for teachers, school staff, and childcare providers on how to get vaccinated. >> Communication toolkit with posters, fact sheets, newsletter articles, social media graphics, and “I Got My COVID-19 Vaccine” stickers >> Other resources
----- Science Based Strategies for Reopening U.S. Schools
>> Main topics: CDC recently released two resources for schools: Operational Strategy for K-12 Schools through Phased Mitigation and The Science Brief: Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in K-12 Schools that add to CDC’s existing guidance for K-12 schools in opening for in-person instruction and remaining open. >> Operational Strategy for K-12 Schools through Phased Mitigation >> The Science Brief: Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in K-12 Schools >> Safely Distributing School Meals during COVID-19 >> Checklist for School Nutrition Professionals Serving Meals Eaten at School Updated 3.23.21 ----- |
Save the date. Upcoming events.Apr 20 - 11AM CST
Insights into Successful COVID-19 Messaging in Rural Communities >> Register here Apr 21 - 12PM CST HRSA Telehealth Learning Series: An Overview of Federal Broadband Programs >> Register here Apr 24 - 11AM CST Session 1 - The Pandemic A Year Later - Addressing the Social Emotional of Students and Families >> Register here Apr 29th - 8AM-12PM CST Building Resilience in a Post-Pandemic World - Virtual Conference (Use promo code "BHCCF2021" at checkout to receive complimentary registration.) >> Register here Apr 29 - 2PM CST COVID-19 Partner Update - When to Clean, When to Disinfect, and What Science Says about SARS CoV-2 on Surfaces >> Register here Every Thursday from 4-5PM - COVID-19 and Kids ECHO created in partnership between Missouri Telehealth Network and the MO Chapter of the AAP. Provides up-to-date info and support for healthcare, school, and public health professionals >> Visit ECHO to register >> Case form Every Monday 12:00 PM - COVID-19 ECHO hosted by Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Director Dr. Randall Williams (Live on Project ECHO Zoom platform) >> Register here Daily - St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force Briefing on Facebook Live >> Click here Read success stories and case studies.
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