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School absenteeism data for surveillance purposes: a proxy for acute respiratory infection rates [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background School absenteeism data have potential as real-time public health surveillance tool to monitor infectious diseases. This study evaluates the validity and usefulness of school absenteeism data for application in acute respiratory illness (ARI ...
C. M. de Korne, M. Hooiveld, A. J. van Hoek, P. C.J.L Bruijning-Verhagen   +3 more
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Trajectories of school absenteeism in adolescents with recurrent pain: predictors and distal outcomes [PDF]

PAIN Reports
. Introduction:. A sizeable number of adolescents with recurrent pain frequently miss school, yet the trajectories of absenteeism and their correlates remain unclear.
Christiana Owiredua, Ida Flink, Brittany Evans, Katja Boersma   +3 more
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A longitudinal investigation of school absenteeism and mental health challenges among Canadian children and youth in the COVID-19 context [PDF]

Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
School absenteeism across the globe has risen dramatically since the COVID-19 pandemic. Literature indicates that children and youth of all ages are struggling to attend school regularly, leading to problematic outcomes both concurrently and across time.
Amanda Krause, Maria Rogers, Yuanyuan Jiang, Emma A. Climie, Penny Corkum, Janet W. T. Mah, Natasha McBrearty, J. David Smith, Jess Whitley   +8 more
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Malaria and missed school days: exploring school absenteeism patterns and local strategies in Odisha, India [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundMalaria continues to pose a significant global health challenge, disproportionately affecting children. While its effects on physical health are well-documented, the impact on education, particularly school absenteeism, remains less understood.
Muhammed Jabir, Dilip K. Panigrahi, Muhammad M. Baig, Vijayakumar Balakrishnan, Prasant K. Panda, Ashwani Kumar, Manju Rahi, Ananganallur N. Shriram   +7 more
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Factors associated with school absenteeism due to difficulty awakening: a two-year prospective cohort study of Japanese adolescents [PDF]

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
Background: Difficulty awakening is a common concern among adolescents and contributes to school absenteeism. Although cross-sectional studies suggest that commuting times, internet usage, and sleep disturbances are associated with school attendance ...
Yuichiro Otsuka, Mikiko Tokiya, Isao Saitoh, Osamu Itani, Yoshitaka Kaneita   +4 more
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The School Absenteeism among High School Students: Contributing Factors

Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice, 2016
All students, yet for one reason or another, at one time or other time want miss to a day of school. The general tendency to engage in such unwillingness is referred to absenteeism. Student absenteeism is defined by Teasley (2004) as a period of time when a student does not attend school, has become major and continuous problem among high school ...
Balkıs, Murat, Arslan, Gökmen, Duru, Erdinç   +2 more
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School absenteeism among children and adolescents aged 6-19 years with sickle cell disease in Uganda: A comparative cross-sectional study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
IntroductionSickle cell disease (SCD) contributes substantially to school absenteeism due to recurrent pain, infections, and frequent hospital visits that interrupt learning and long-term academic progress.
Juliane Peninah Nattimba, Sabrina Bakeera-Kitaka, Joseph Rujumba, Ruth Namazzi, Ivan Segawa, Kizza Lubega, Alphonse Taban, Edison Mworozi, Phillip Kasirye, Deogratias Munube, Grace Ndeezi, Sarah Kiguli, Thereza Piloya   +12 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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Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics 117:Sickness, absenteeism, “presenteeism” and sick pay [PDF]

, 2000
The annual cost of absenteeism from the workplace in the UK has been estimated to be over 1% of GDP. The traditional approach to a discussion of absence has been for the firm to passively accept both wages and sick pay and allow workers to choose their ...
Chatterji, Monojit, Tilley, Colin J.
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The perceptions of different professionals on school absenteeism and the role of school health care: A focus group study conducted in Finland

PLoS ONE, 2022
Purpose of the study School absenteeism and school dropout jeopardize the future health and wellbeing of students. Reports on the participation of school health care in absenteeism reduction are infrequent, although physical and mental health problems ...
Katja Melander, Tiina Kortteisto, Elina Hermanson, Riittakerttu Kaltiala, Katariina Mäki-Kokkila, Minna Kaila, Silja Kosola   +6 more
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