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Victoria E. Goldman; Jacqueline Antoun; Panteha Hayati Rezvan; Kevin Fang – Journal of School Health, 2025
Background: School absenteeism and health have a close bidirectional link: children with medical conditions miss more school, and chronic absenteeism is tied to poor health outcomes. Despite rising absenteeism, tools to assess school attendance in healthcare settings remain underexplored. Brief, standardized attendance screening may help address…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Screening Tests, Special Health Problems
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Heaman, Doris J.; Estes, Jenny – Journal of School Health, 1997
This study documented the prevalence of exercise-induced asthma (EIA) in rural elementary schools, examining the use of a free-running asthma screening test and peak expiratory flow-rate measurement for school screening. Results indicated that 5.7% of the students had EIA. Absenteeism and poverty were related to EIA. (SM)
Descriptors: Asthma, Attendance Patterns, Diagnostic Tests, Early Identification