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Pilot Evaluation of Syndrome-specific School Absenteeism Data for Public Health Surveillance
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School absenteeism data could be used as an early indicator for disease outbreaks. The increase in absences, however, may be driven by non-sickness related factors. Reason for absence combined with syndrome-specific information… read more… for disease outbreaks. The increase in absences, however, may be driven by non-sickness related factors. Reason for … disease outbreaks1, 2. The increase in absences, however, may be driven by non-sickness related factors. Reason for … for 38% of the sick absences, followed by unknown (26%), GI (18%), respiratory (16%), and rash (0.6%). There …