BACKGROUND A school absenteeism surveillance system was implemented in the province of Quebec, Canada during the second wave of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. This paper compares this surveillance approach with other available indicators. METHOD All (3432) elementary and high schools from Quebec were included. Each school was required to report through a web-based system any day where the proportion...

Using a cross section of matched data from the employee and management questionnaires European Company Survey, this paper investigates determinants worker commitment potential contribution to establishment performance. An index is constructed employer perceptions motivation workers their retention absenteeism propensities, while are fashioned observations taken representation side ordered along...

PURPOSE Elevated levels of absenteeism have been reported for students receiving special education services, especially students with learning disabilities (LDs) and emotional disturbances (EDs). In contrast, little is known about absenteeism rates associated with students with communication disorders (CDs). METHOD Archival records of student attendance for the 1997-2001 academic years from a...

In health economic evaluation studies, to value productivity loss due to absenteeism, existing methods use wages as a proxy value for marginal productivity. This study is the first to test the equality between wage and marginal productivity losses due to absenteeism separately for team workers and non-team workers. Our estimates are based on linked employer-employee data from Canada. Results in...

OBJECTIVE To analyze factors associated with self-reported sickness absenteeism among nursing workers. METHODS Cross-sectional study with 1,509 workers from three public hospitals in the city of Rio de Janeiro (Southeastern Brazil) in 2006. Absenteeism was classified in three levels: no day, a few days (1-9 days) and many days (> 10 days), based on the answer to a question of the work ability...

BACKGROUND School absenteeism, including medical absenteeism, is associated with early school dropout and may result in physical, mental, social and work-related problems in later life. Especially at intermediate vocational education schools, high rates of medical absenteeism are found. In 2012 the Dutch intervention 'Medical Advice for Sick-reported Students' (MASS), previously developed for p...

BACKGROUND Chronic school absenteeism and frequent school changes, particularly among younger children, may be antecedents for the high rates of school failure and subsequent dropout among youth in foster care. However, the relationship of foster care experience to absenteeism and school change has not been well studied. OBJECTIVE This study examined the association of placement experience wi...