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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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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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Identifying School Climate Predictors of School Absenteeism

2020
Attendance is a crucial component of the education system and may be addressed utilizing Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) models. To effectively utilize such models, clear demarcations between tiers must exist to classify students appropriately. Additionally, relevant risk and protective factors must be identified as targets for intervention and ...
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The Presence of School Absenteeism

Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies, 2014
In the vast majority of Swedish schools, computer software is used for the registration of the absences and presences of students. How can the material-discursive engagements and practices of registration be researched? The article elaborates, from an agential realist account, on “doing research” in relation to the phenomenon of school absence. Through
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School Absenteeism in Pediatric Chronic Pain: Identifying Lessons Learned From the General School Absenteeism Literature

Children's Health Care, 2007
Although the high rates of school absenteeism among children and adolescents with chronic pain have been well-documented, school absenteeism among these youths remains a poorly understood phenomenon. Literature focusing on school avoidance or refusal in the general (non-pain) population holds potential for contributing to a better understanding of ...
Amy F. Sato, Keri R. Hainsworth, Kim Anderson Khan, Renee J. Ladwig, Steven J. Weisman, W. Hobart Davies   +5 more
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Understanding Excessive School Absenteeism as School Refusal Behavior

Children & Schools, 2009
Understanding excessive absenteeism is important to ameliorating the negative outcomes associated with the behavior. The present study examined behavioral reinforcement profiles of school refusal behavior: negative reinforcement (avoidance) and positive reinforcement (gaining parental attention or receiving tangible benefits from not attending school).
S. R. Dube, P. Orpinas
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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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[School Absenteeism and Anxiety Disorders].

Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, medizinische Psychologie
Many children and adolescents in Germany do not attend school regularly despite compulsory school attendance. Some of them only miss a few lessons, while others stay away from school for whole days, months or even years. The article shows how anxiety disorders can be the cause of school absenteeism and how this can be treated therapeutically.
Verena, Pflug, Silvia, Schneider
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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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Preventing School Absenteeism during Menstruation

Indian Journal of Youth & Adolescent Health, 2022
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