Rapid Diagnostic Testing and School Closures
Impact of Rapid Diagnostic Testing on School Closures: Rapid Systematic Review
Project Status:Complete
Knowledge User(s)
Health Canada
Project Trainee(s)
Dan Kim
Collaborator(s)
Neale Smith, Meghan Donaldson
Funding Source(s)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) through COVID-END
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) through the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) Evidence Alliance
- Health Canada
Project Objectives
To provide evidence on the impact of rapid diagnostic testing for COVID-19 [i.e., SARS-CoV-2] on school closures (kindergarten to grade 12).
Research Approach
Rapid Systematic Review
Project Lead(s)
Craig Mitton
Dr. Mitton is a Professor in the School of Population and Public Health and Senior Scientist at the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation. Dr. Mitton’s research is focused on the application of health economics to impact health policy and to inform clinical practice. He has worked extensively with health authorities in numerous countries on the development and implementation of priority setting and resource allocation processes.
He is the lead author on a book titled “The Priority Setting Toolkit: a guide to the use of economics in health care priority setting” and is the lead or co-author on more than 170 peer reviewed journal articles. In addition, he has delivered over 200 presentations across many different countries and regularly runs workshops and short courses on health economics and health care priority setting.
In 2015, he was awarded a Killam Teaching Prize from the University of British Columbia.
Craig Mitton
School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
Dr. Mitton is a Professor in the School of Population...