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ArticleJournal of public health (Oxford, England)2025

Chronic health conditions and school absence, exclusions, and non-enrolment: a cohort study using the Education and Child Health Insights from Linked Data database.

Matthew A Jay, Ania Zylbersztejn, Lauren Herlitz, Jessica Deighton, Ruth Gilbert, Ruth Blackburn

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Article in Journal of public health (Oxford, England), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Matthew A JayUniversity College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK.
Ania ZylbersztejnUniversity College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK.
Lauren HerlitzUniversity College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK.
Jessica DeightonThe Evidence Based Practice Unit, UCL and Anna Freud, 4-8 Rodney Street, London N1 9JH, UK.
Ruth GilbertUniversity College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK.
Ruth BlackburnUniversity College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK.

Funding

ADR UK (Administrative Data Research UK)Children and Families Policy Research Unit data ownersChildren and Families Policy Research Unit PR-PRU-1217-21301Economic and Social Research Council (part of UK Research and Innovation) programme ES/V000977/1Economic and Social Research Council (part of UK Research and Innovation) programme ES/X000427/1Economic and Social Research Council (part of UK Research and Innovation) programme ES/X003663/1National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)NIHR Programme Development Grant NIHR206946
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Abstract

backgroundPolicies to reduce school absence can place a burden on children with chronic health conditions (CHCs). Although estimates suggest > 25% of children in England have a CHC before age 16, there is limited evidence on extent of absence, exclusion, and non-enrolment from school among children with CHCs.

methodsWe used all-of-England inpatient data (Hospital Episode Statistics) to identify groups of adolescents with CHCs from age 5 to 15. Cohorts were born in 2000/01 to 2002/03. Data were linked to England's National Pupil Database for secondary school (age 11 to 16) persistent absence (>1 month missed/year), exclusion, and non-enrolment to examine rates of each outcome by CHC groups.

resultsOf 1 456 361 children, 12.5% had a CHC from age 5 to 11, and 18.9% to age 16. Rates of persistent absence were higher among children with CHCs than unexposed peers (e.g. 25.9% compared to 14.7% aged 15/16), especially among those with mental health presentations (32.1%). Increased rates were found for exclusion and non-enrolment for children with CHCs. The percentage of absence recorded as health-related was lowest among children with externalizing presentations.

conclusionsApproaches to improve school attendance should consider needs of children with CHCs, ensuring adequate support.

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AbsenteeismSchoolsAdolescentChildChild HealthChild, PreschoolChronic DiseaseCohort StudiesDatabases, FactualEnglandFemaleHumansMalechronic diseaseeducationemployment and skillsepidemiology

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