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High School Absenteeism

NASSP Bulletin, 1975
A Connecticut study of school absenteeism re ported here provides pertinent data for considera tion of a national conundrum. The author's suggestions for dealing with the problem are thought-provoking.
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Persistent School Absenteeism

Westminster Studies in Education, 1982
SUMMARY This paper presents a general discussion of some of the main findings from a study undertaken on the social, psychological and institutional factors relating to persistent school absenteeism using 128 persistent school absentees and two carefully selected control groups at two inner‐city comprehensive schools in industrial South Wales between ...
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Reducing School Absenteeism - Promoting Health

Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Digital Public Health, 2019
Education is crucial to social and economic development and has a profound impact on population health. The health benefits of education accrue at the individual level, the community level and at the national level. School absenteeism is a major concern, which has long-term consequences on the individual level and societal level.
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Absenteeism in the public schools

1925
In consideration of the affections causing absences it has been necessary to depend upon morbidity statistics compiled largely by the United States Bureau pf the Public health and a few summaries from single institutions. The conclusions drawn from the tables and figures included in this paper might give one a concrete conception - allowance must be ...
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Retrospection and persistent school absenteeism

Educational Research, 1983
Summary This paper presents and discusses data based on the perceptions of 128 persistent school absentees on their initial and continued reasons for missing school. The findings suggest that despite the absentees’ generally unfavourable social and educational backgrounds, a greater proportion of the pupils were inclined to blame their institutions ...
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A model of persistent school absenteeism

Educational Research, 1986
Summary Most research has either concentrated upon school refusal or truancy. A variety of models has been used to explain the disorders. Truancy has been described in terms of the disaffected youth. Much attention has been given to the home background. School refusal has been based frequently upon a faulty mother‐child relationship.
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School Absenteeism During Childhood

2014
Public Health is one of the fastest growing university programs in the United States today. At the same time, the challenges that face the practitioner continue to grow and become more complex. This Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion, 2nd ed covers more than 250 topics, taking a lifespan approach to the fields of public health and ...
Kearney, Christopher A., Diliberto, R.
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Pupil Absenteeism in the Primary School

2002
The term pupil absenteeism is used in preference to alternatives such as parental condoned absence, truancy or school phobia/school refusal because it does not carry with it specific connotations, namely that the problem lies with the parents, as implied by the term parental condoned absence, or with the child, as suggested by the labels truancy and ...
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School Absenteeism in Children and Adolescents.

American family physician, 2019
Frequent school absenteeism has immediate and long-term negative effects on academic performance, social functioning, high school and college graduation rates, adult income, health, and life expectancy. Previous research focused on distinguishing between truancy and anxiety-driven school refusal, but current policy has shifted to reducing absenteeism ...
Claudia W, Allen, Sharon, Diamond-Myrsten, Lisa K, Rollins   +2 more
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Absenteeism in the School Health Program

Journal of the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, 1949
(1949). Absenteeism in the School Health Program. Journal of the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation: Vol. 20, No. 10, pp. 638-679.
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