Pupils with special educational needs in basic education schools and teachers' sickness absences - a register-linkage study

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 209-217

  Ervasti, Jenni ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^a,b,c   Kawachi, Ichiro ^d   Subramanian, S V ^d   Pentti, Jaana ^a   Ahola, Kirsi ^a   Oksanen, Tuula ^a,d   Pohjonen, Tiina ^e   Vahtera, Jussi ^a,f   Virtanen, Marianna ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e University of Turku and Turku University Hospital ^*

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Children; Comprehensive school; Exceptional children; Multilevel modeling; Pupil teacher ratio; Register study; School resource; Sick leave; Special education; Student

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIMARY EDUCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENT; TEACHING;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK; SPECIAL EDUCATION; SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEED; STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FACULTY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SICK LEAVE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

FINLAND;

EID: 84860751727     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3281     Document Type: Article

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