Worldwide, more than one in 10 children or adolescents is diagnosed with a mental disorder. Cash transfer programs, which aim to reduce poverty and improve life outcomes by providing direct cash assistance to families and incentivizing or enabling spending on education, health service use, dietary diversity and savings, have been shown to improve the ...
Sara R. Jaffee +3 more
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Early Predictors of School Absenteeism in First-Grade Children: A Multidimensional Longitudinal Study in Japan. [PDF]
Soma Y, Ogasawara Y, Kobayashi H.
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Prevalence and factors associated with chronic school absenteeism among 207,107 in-school adolescents: Findings from cross-sectional studies in 71 low-middle and high-income countries. [PDF]
Rahman MA +9 more
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Iron Deficiency Anemia and School Participation [PDF]
Iron-deficiency anemia is among the worldç—´ most widespread health problems, especially for children, but it is rarely studied by economists. This paper evaluates the impact of a health intervention delivering iron supplementation and deworming drugs to
Gustavo J. Bobonis
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Neurodevelopmental conditions and adaptive functioning – a co‐twin control study
Background Challenges in adaptive or daily functioning are inherent to diagnostic criteria for neurodevelopmental conditions (NDCs). However, less is known regarding the influence of factors that may confound the association between NDCs and adaptive functioning.
Johan Isaksson +4 more
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Framing chronic absenteeism and emotionally-based school absenteeism as public health problems. [PDF]
Kearney CA.
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Effects of Menstrual Health and Hygiene on School Absenteeism and Drop-Out among Adolescent Girls in Rural Gambia. [PDF]
Shah V +9 more
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This scoping study refined the first patient‐centred outcome set for psoriasis, involving patient representatives and dermatologists from 22 countries. The proposal includes 18 patient‐relevant outcomes, 2 patient experiences, corresponding outcome measurement instruments and 50 case‐mix variables.
Emma Vyvey +35 more
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Pediatric Health, Climate Perceptions, and School Absenteeism Across Three Regions of Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]
Jung YS +11 more
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ABSTRACT Background Dementia—the seventh leading cause of death globally—is most prevalent in Asia, home to over half of those affected. Yet, palliative approaches to dementia, endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Action Plan on the Public Health Response to Dementia, and focused on improving quality of life through a holistic and ...
Chetna Malhotra +2 more
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