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The Kids and Teens at School (KiTeS) Framework: An Inclusive Bioecological Systems Approach to Understanding School Absenteeism and School Attendance Problems

Frontiers in Education, 2019
Absence from school jeopardizes children's and adolescents' education and their social and emotional development. Proximal and distal individual, parental, familial, and environmental factors have been linked to absenteeism and the development and ...
Glenn A. Melvin, Glenn A. Melvin, David Heyne, Kylie M. Gray, Kylie M. Gray, Richard P. Hastings, Richard P. Hastings, Vaso Totsika, Vaso Totsika, Vaso Totsika, Bruce J. Tonge, Bruce J. Tonge, Mina Mirjana Freeman   +12 more
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The impact of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria on school absenteeism among primary school-aged children in Handeni District Council, Tanzania: quasi-experimental study [PDF]

Malaria Journal
Background Malaria remains a major public health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa, with school-aged children (SAC) increasingly recognized as a high-risk group due to asymptomatic infections that sustain transmission. In Tanzania, where malaria prevalence
Fortunata M. Kidumule, Huda Omary, Abdallah Zacharia, Benson Mringo, Akinola Shonde, Billy Ngasala, Theresia A. Ottaru   +6 more
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Correlates of school dropout and absenteeism among adolescent girls from marginalized community in north Karnataka, south India. [PDF]

Journal of Adolescence, 2017
Secondary education among lower caste adolescent girls living in rural Karnataka, South India, is characterized by high rates of school drop-out and absenteeism.
Ackerson, Adato, Adukia, Arthur, Baird, Beattie, Bhagavatheeswaran, Brown, Calum Davey, Charlotte Watts, Chaudhury, Duflo, Ghosh, Greene, Hallfors, Hindin, Hu, Hunt, International Institute for Population Sciences, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), James Blanchard, Kumar, Lori Heise, Martine Collumbien, Mehra, Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Parinita Bhattacharjee, Patton, Pettifor, Prakash, Prakash, Prakash Javalkar, Raghavendra Thalinja, Raj, Ramanaik, Ravi Prakash, Roby, Satyanarayana Ramanaik, Shah, Shajy Isac, Snilstveit, Srikanta Murthy, Stephen Moses, Tara Beattie, The PROBE Team, UNESCO, UNICEF, UNICEF, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation, van Eijk, Vittinghoff, Warner, Warrington, Yi, Yi   +55 more
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Changes in the menstrual hygiene management facilities and usage among Bangladeshi school girls and its effect on school absenteeism from 2014 to 2018 [PDF]

Global Health Action
Background The lack of menstrual hygiene management (MHM) information and facilities in schools is a major contributor to adolescent girls’ school absenteeism in low- and middle-income countries like Bangladesh. Objectives This paper examines the changes
Farjana Jahan, Noshin Sayiara Shuchi, Abul Kasham Shoab, Mahbub-Ul Alam, Sk. Md. Kamrul Bashar, Khairul Islam, Hasin Jahan, Mahadi Hasan, Md. Masud Alam, Mahbubur Rahman   +9 more
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Menstrual hygiene practices and school absenteeism among adolescent girls in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study

Population Medicine, 2021
Introduction Menstrual hygiene practices refers to maintaining specific hygiene during menstrual periods. Excused or unexcused school absenteeism can be attributed to adopted menstrual hygiene practices.
Mehedi Hasan, Md Nazmul Hassan, Mohsina H. Mita, Fatema T. Zahara, Md Hasib   +4 more
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Menstruation-Related School Absenteeism: An Urban Centre Study in the Northern Region of Ghana

Women, 2023
Menstruation-related school absenteeism significantly affects girls’ academic progress and general wellbeing. This study aimed to assess menstruation-related school absenteeism in an urban population in the Northern Region of Ghana.
Mubarick Nungbaso Asumah, Qorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah Adnani, Edem Kojo Dzantor, Mirza Adil Beig, Gifty Mary Wuffele, Doreen-Remember Donkor, Abdul-Malik Abdulai, Wisdom Klutse Azanu, Ali Davod Parsa, Russell Kabir, Abdulai Abubakari   +10 more
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Alcohol and drug use as factors for high-school learners’ absenteeism in the Western Cape

South African Journal of Psychiatry, 2021
Background: School absenteeism has been studied in detail in relation to health risk behaviours using cross sectional studies. Aim: The aim of this longitudinal study was to examine the association amongst alcohol, drug use and high-school learners ...
Godswill N. Osuafor
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A Change in the Frame: From Absenteeism to Attendance [PDF]

, 2020
School attendance is important for student long-term academic and career success. However, in the U.S., our current practice often disenfranchises more at-risk students than it helps.
Gentle-Genitty, Carolyn, Renguette, Corinne, Taylor, James   +2 more
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Types and correlates of school non-attendance in students with autism spectrum disorders [PDF]

, 2020
School non-attendance in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has received very little attention to date. The study aimed to provide a comprehensive description of school non-attendance in students with ASD.
Dutton, Y., Gray, Kylie M., Hastings, Richard P., Heyne, D., Melvin, Glenn A., Tonge, Bruce, Totsika, Vasiliki, Worsley, A.   +7 more
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Body Mass Index and Associated Factors of School Absenteeism by School Feeding Program at Selected Primary Schools in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Comparative Study

Scientifica, 2021
Background. Quality of education plays a crucial role in the social, economic, and political development of a nation. Primary school is a vital stage in developing the personality and consciousness of school children. Objective.
Solomon Muluken Ayehu, Addisu Tadesse Sahile   +1 more
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