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Managing teacher absenteeism: Lessons from independent primary schools in Gauteng, South Africa

South African Journal of Education, 2019
Teacher absenteeism is of concern in today’s developing educational climate. In South Africa, where education itself is a contested terrain, and decades of disadvantage still impact resources and skills, despite democracy, it is a compelling challenge ...
Keshni Bipath, Roy Venketsamy , Linda Naidoo   +2 more
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An Objective-Based Entropy Approach for Interpretable Decision Tree Models in Support of Human Resource Management: The Case of Absenteeism at Work

Entropy, 2020
The negative impact of absenteeism on organizations’ productivity and profitability is well established. To decrease absenteeism, it is imperative to understand its underlying causes and to identify susceptible employee subgroups.
G. Singer, Izack Cohen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Health economic considerations for pharmacogenomic services in the United Kingdom: The Centre for Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation in Pharmacogenomics

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Dyfrig A. Hughes, Henry Fong, Grace Hampson, Catrin O. Plumpton, Chris Sampson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Relationship Between School Counselor Self‐Efficacy, Empowerment, Critical Consciousness, and Social Determinants of Health Competency: An Initial Investigation

Journal of Counseling &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study employed an ecological perspective to examine the relationship between school counselors’ perceived social determinants of health (SDoH) competency and demographic, psychosocial, and contextual factors, including professional self‐efficacy, psychological empowerment, critical consciousness, and structural empowerment (SE).
Tevin Middleton, Gerta Bardhoshi, Yung‐Wei Lin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Danger on the Way to School: Exposure to Violent Crime, Public Transportation, and Absenteeism

Sociological Science, 2019
In this study, we propose and test a mechanism for the effect of neighborhood of residence on school outcomes: absenteeism that results from exposure to danger on the way to school.
Julia Burdick-Will, M. Stein, Jeffrey A. Grigg   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Experiences of Diagnostic Radiography Students With Workplace‐Based and Online Learning During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: A Study Across Four Higher Education Institutions in South Africa

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, EarlyView.
This study explored diagnostic radiography students' learning experiences during COVID‐19 across four South African Higher Education Institutions. Themes included challenges with clinical placements, PPE and online learning, as well as inclusive learning enablers. Findings inform strategies to support students during future crises.
Siyabonga Goodwill Hadebe, Amina Hajat, Lynne Janette Hazell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Total Health-Related Costs Due to Absenteeism, Presenteeism, and Medical and Pharmaceutical Expenses in Japanese Employers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2018
Objective: This study aimed to examine a detailed breakdown of costs (absenteeism, presenteeism, and medical/pharmaceutical expenses), of the employees in four pharmaceutical companies in Japan. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study.
T. Nagata, K. Mori, Makoto Ohtani, M. Nagata, S. Kajiki, Y. Fujino, S. Matsuda, R. Loeppke   +7 more
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Occupational burnout in nuclear medicine technologists working in Australia and New Zealand – results of a multi‐national survey

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, Volume 72, Issue 1, Page 25-33, March 2025.
Occupational burnout is associated with negative feelings about the workplace and is often caused by a high workload and a non‐supportive workplace. It is associated with absenteeism, high turnover of staff and decreased patient care. More than half of the New Zealand participants and three quarters of the Australian participants had moderate levels of
Melissa Shields, Daphne James, Lynne McCormack   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Staying Close’: Enabling social interdependence for young people leaving residential care in England

Children &Society, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Applying social interdependence theory as a framework for document analysis, this paper considers eight evaluations of an extended care scheme in England known as ‘Staying Close’. Findings suggest that for extended care projects like ‘Staying Close’ to work, any service offer designed to support the transition from residential care to ...
Dan Allen
wiley   +1 more source

Exercise alone and exercise combined with education both prevent episodes of low back pain and related absenteeism: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) aimed at preventing back pain

British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2019
Objectives We aimed to investigate which prevention strategies for low back pain (LBP) are most effective. Design We completed a Bayesian network meta-analysis to summarise the comparative effectiveness of LBP prevention strategies.
Rongzhong Huang, J. Ning, V. Chuter, J. Taylor, D. Christophe, Zengdong Meng, Yu Xu, Lihong Jiang   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source