school absence

The Association Between Symptoms of Depression and School Absence in a Population-Based Study of Late Adolescents

Objective School attendance is an important functional marker in adolescence, and knowledge of the correlates of school absence is important to inform preventive efforts. The main aim of the present study was to investigate the association between …

Adolescent School Absenteeism and Service Use in a Population-Based Study

Background: school absenteeism is linked to a range of health concerns, health risk behaviors and school dropout. it is therefore important to evaluate the extent to which adolescents with absenteeism are in contact with health care and other …