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Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2018 OBJECTIVES: Spinal (ie, back and neck) pain often develops as early as during adolescence and can set a trajectory for later life. However, whether early-life spinal-pain-related behavioral responses of missing school/work are predictive of future work ...
Pieter Coenen +8 more
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Estimating the costs of school closure for mitigating an influenza pandemic
BMC Public Health, 2008 Background School closure is a key component of many countries' plans to mitigate the effect of an influenza pandemic. Although a number of studies have suggested that such a policy might reduce the incidence, there are no published studies of the cost ...
Adams Elisabeth J +2 more
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Household food insecurity and its association with school absenteeism among primary school adolescents in Jimma zone, Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2016 Background Household food insecurity and lack of education are two of the most remarkable deprivations which developing countries are currently experiencing. Evidences from different studies showed that health and nutrition problems are major barriers to
Aderajew Nigussie +5 more
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Annals of Health Research, 2021 Background: Dysmenorrhea remains one of the common gynaecological conditions among women of reproductive age. With varying severity, it can be associated with morbidities that affect the quality of life.
Ezebialu IU, Ezenyeakuu CC, Umeobika JC
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School Absenteeism Among Children Living With Smokers [PDF]
Pediatrics, 2011 OBJECTIVE:Involuntary tobacco smoke exposure causes substantial morbidity in children. We hypothesized that children exposed to tobacco smoke in the home would have increased school absenteeism with associated costs due to lost caregiver wages/time.METHODS:We analyzed data on health and absenteeism among schoolchildren aged 6 to 11 years identified in ...
Douglas E, Levy +2 more
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Minding the Gaps in Absenteeism: Disparities in Absenteeism by Race/Ethnicity, Poverty and Disability [PDF]
, 2018 Children from certain racial and ethnic minority backgrounds, in poverty, and/or with a disability, often face distinct challenges in attending school, leading them to miss more school relative to their non-minority, more socio-economically advantaged ...
Gee, Kevin
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Effects of a Post-Deworming Health Hygiene Education Intervention on Absenteeism in School-Age Children of the Peruvian Amazon [PDF]
, 2014 Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are a leading cause of disability and disease burden in school-age children of worm-endemic regions. Their effect on school absenteeism, however, remains unclear.
Blouin, Brittany +4 more
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BMC Public Health, 2017 Background Previous studies have proposed that having parents out of work may influence adolescent illness behaviour and school attendance. However, prior research investigating this question has been limited by retrospective reporting and case control ...
Mari Hysing +3 more
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Identifying the determinants of chronic absenteeism: A bioecological systems approach [PDF]
, 2017 Background/Context: Chronic school absenteeism is a pervasive problem across the US; in early education, it is most rampant in kindergarten and its consequences are particularly detrimental, often leading to poorer academic, behavioral and developmental ...
Gee, KA, Gottfried, MA
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JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2014 BackgroundSchool absenteeism is a common source of data used in syndromic surveillance, which can eventually be used for early outbreak detection. However, the absenteeism reporting system in most schools, especially in developing countries, relies on a ...
Lawpoolsri, Saranath +7 more
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