Báo cáo y học: "Prevalence and correlates of truancy among adolescents in Swaziland: findings from the Global School-Based Health Survey"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Prevalence and correlates of truancy among adolescents in Swaziland: findings from the Global School-Based Health Survey. | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health BioMed Central Research Prevalence and correlates of truancy among adolescents in Swaziland findings from the Global School-Based Health Survey Seter Siziya1 Adamson S Muula 2 and Emmanuel Rudatsikira3 Open Access Address Department of Community Medicine School of Medicine University of Zambia Lusaka Zambia 2Department of Community Health College of Medicine University of Malawi Blantyre Malawi and 3Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Global Health School of Public Health Loma Linda University Loma Linda California USA Email Seter Siziya - ssiziya@ Adamson S Muula - muula@ Emmanuel Rudatsikira - erudatsikira@ Corresponding author Published 23 November 2007 Received 18 May 2007 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2007 1 15 doi l753-2000-l- Accepted 23 November 2007 15 This article is available from http content 1 1 15 2007 Siziya et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract__ Background Educational attainment is an important determinant of diverse health outcomes. Truancy among adolescents jeopardizes chances of achieving their educational goals. Truant behaviors are also associated with various psychosocial problems. There is however limited data on the prevalence and factors associated with truancy among adolescents in Africa. Methods We used data from the Swaziland Global School-Based Health Survey GSHS conducted in 2003 to estimate the prevalence of self-reported truancy within the last 30 days among adolescents. We also assessed the association between self-reported truancy and a .

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