Stakeholder Perspectives on Primary School Pupils and Sickness Absence -- Exploring Opportunities and Challenges

Autor/inn/en	Pijl, Esther K.; Vanneste, Yvonne T. M.; Feron, Frans J. M.; Mathijssen, Jolanda J. P.; de Rijk, Angelique E.
Titel	Stakeholder Perspectives on Primary School Pupils and Sickness Absence -- Exploring Opportunities and Challenges
Quelle	In: Educational Review, 75 (2023) 6, S.1131-1149 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1911
DOI	10.1080/00131911.2021.1984212
Schlagwörter	Diseases; Attendance; Attendance Patterns; Elementary School Students; Stakeholders; Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Child Welfare; Prevention; School Health Services; Netherlands; Netherlands (Amsterdam) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Disease; Krankheit; Anwesenheit; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Ausland; Kindeswohl; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Schuleingangsuntersuchung; Niederlande
Abstract	School absenteeism and its underlying causes can have negative effects on the cognitive, psychosocial and health development of a child. Research in primary education shows high rates of sickness absence. Many stakeholders are involved in addressing school absenteeism, including primary school professionals, child and youth healthcare physicians, school attendance officers and parents. This study explores these stakeholders' perspectives, their approaches and what they envisage to be necessary in order to improve. It also aims to unveil opportunities and challenges in addressing sickness absence among primary school pupils. Qualitative research was performed with six semi-structured focus group interviews and involving 27 participants from the West-Brabant and Amsterdam regions of the Netherlands. Thematic analysis was used. The overarching theme was aiming for the child's wellbeing. Each focus group interview started with low awareness of sickness absence as a threat to this wellbeing, but awareness grew during the interviews. The participating stakeholders regarded problematic sickness absence as complex due to a wide variety of causes, and felt that each other's expertise was necessary to reduce sickness absence. Schools registered absence, but only occasionally used planned steps; they based the identification of problematic sickness on gut feeling rather than any agreed-upon criteria. To be able to systematically address sickness absence and thus improve the wellbeing of children, stakeholders felt the need for a clearly structured approach, including monitoring of sickness absence of all pupils, identifying problematic absence and promoting collaboration with other stakeholders. An approach should allow for tailoring solutions to the individual child. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01