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title: Do child care programs spread COVID-19? Share the study.
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We need your help in sharing Yale's largest workforce epidemiological study ever. Keep our nation's workforce and children stay safe.

| View in browser Hi Friend,   We wanted to send a final request for your help in spreading the word about critical study of the likely spread of COVID-19 in child care programs being conducted by the Yale School of Medicine, “COVID-19 Infection Rates and Mitigation in U.S. Child Care Programs: A Natural Experiment of Critical Implications for Reopening Child Care and Public Schools (PDF download)” (Yale IRB # 2000028232).    Child care professionals, this is one of the largest workforce epidemiological studies ever attempted! We need your help in reaching the massive number of child care respondents needed to conduct the study. Please share this linked email with providers in your network.   As a reminder, the survey takes 12-20 minutes and is hosted through a secured online survey platform and maintained in a de-identified state to ensure confidentiality. It asks about COVID-19 exposure and symptoms, as well as methods of reducing the spread of the virus. We have to act fast in getting data— before child care programs reopen—in order to generate useful policy recommendations.    Thank you in advance for sharing the survey with your network and for your continued work in child care.   Sincerely, Walter S. Gilliam, PhD  Elizabeth Mears & House Jameson Professor of Child Psychiatry & Psychology Director, Edward Zigler Center in Child Development & Social Policy Yale Child Study Center  Yale School of Medicine  Child Care Aware of America, President of the Board of Directors   Lynette M. Fraga, PhD Executive Director  Child Care Aware of America  Child Care Aware® of America, 1515 North Courthouse Road, 3rd Floor, Arlington, Virginia 22201, United States, (703) 341-4100 Unsubscribe Manage preferences |
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