How to deal with sickness absence among primary school pupils? Adaptation of the "Medical Advice for Sick-reported Students" intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Missing school impacts both education and health. The purpose of this study was to address sickness absence in primary schools by adjusting the 'Medical Advice for Sick-reported Students' intervention for secondary schools. This was necessary because of fundamental differences in relation to the children's age and in the schools' organizational structure.

Methods

The intervention mapping approach steps 1 through 4 were used to adapt 'Medical Advice for Sick-reported Students' to primary schools (MASS-PS), including a literature search, stakeholder interviews, establishing a planning group and pre-testing.

Results

In step 1, a planning group was formed and a logic model of the problem was created. In step 2, a logic model of change was created. In step 3, a

SUBMITTER: Pijl EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10701280 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature