How Cohorts Diminish COVID-19 Transmission and Mental Health Concerns: Lessons Learned from the Pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorBerg, CeeJay
dc.creator.emailBerg, CeeJay
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-12T18:46:55Z
dc.date.available2024-02-12T18:46:55Z
dc.descriptionThis paper explores the benefits of cohorts on transmission of COVID-19 and student mental health by conducting a literature review and making a policy recommendation. Transmission of COVID-19 drew university administrators to implement changes to course delivery modes which often included sending students home and converting classes to online modality. While this addressed the high transmission, administrators were not yet aware of the significant negative mental health implications of isolation. An alternative transmission reduction method is cohorts, or smaller groups of students that continue to meet in person and foster connection among students. This literature review found from three different case studies that within COVID-19 cohorts, there was significantly reduced or no person-person transmission of the virus, and outside transmission was prevented from spreading within the cohorts. Since quarantine cohorts allow for social interaction despite periods of high transmission, they are also able to mitigate the severe negative mental health impacts felt from isolation. It is recommended that cohorts are implemented during periods of high transmission come a future virus.
dc.identifier.doi10.15786/19763362
dc.identifier.urihttps://wyoscholar.uwyo.edu/handle/internal/6708
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.15786/19763362
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherUniversity of Wyoming. Libraries
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectCOVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019)
dc.subjectMental Health Legislation
dc.subjectCohorts Treatment
dc.subjectpandemic
dc.titleHow Cohorts Diminish COVID-19 Transmission and Mental Health Concerns: Lessons Learned from the Pandemic
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dcterms.educationLevelBachelor's
dspace.entity.typePublication
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