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Why school is important: It's more than education
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30382
Subject(s) - absenteeism , medical education , child health , psychology , family medicine , pediatrics , medicine , social psychology
Most parents know that school is an important part of their children's education. But new research has shown that it's also a part of good health. About 13% of students across the United States miss 15 or more days of school a year. Chronic absenteeism makes children more at risk for poor long‐term health outcomes, according to research published in Pediatrics , the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.