Students experiencing difficulty with their studies don’t often identify themselves as students in need of support. The Science Student Success Centre at Carleton University actively seeks out these science students to give them the help they require. One indicator of need is a student’s grades. Another indicator is attendance in class. In this paper, we describe how we use beacon technology to...

Non-attendance at mental health clinics is an international problem. A survey was conducted in the UK investigating communication methods used by staff to inform and remind patients about appointments. Increased number of communication methods used was associated with a reduced non-attendance rate. A care modelling analysis is provided that explores the healthcare use of three hypothetical pati...

OBJECTIVES To ascertain whether the weather affects the attendance rate of children with injuries at a paediatric accident and emergency department. METHODS The maximum daily temperature and weather conditions (rain/cloud/sun) were noted over a three month period in spring/summer 2002, together with the number of children attending with new injuries or trauma. RESULTS There was a direct ass...

Many methadone maintenance clients are required to visit a clinic daily, so treatment attendance is essential for clients' compliance and treatment effectiveness. Using data derived from a unique survey, this study provides evidence of economic barriers to regular treatment attendance. Hypotheses tested are (1) higher personal costs reduce treatment attendance, and (2) willingness to pay (WTP) ...

Tracking attendance is a necessity in a variety of contexts in the developing world: health programs, schools, government offices, and a litany of other milieux. While electronic attendance tracking systems exist and perform their core function well, they are expensive and offer little customizability. In this demonstration we present a fingerprint-based biometric attendance system which uses o...

In this paper the correlation between class attendance and performance has been analyzed to identify whether attendance is a factor which affects the students’ performance in a computers related subject. The data for analysis was taken from two classes of undergraduate students of Computer Application Course at a college in New Delhi India. The correlation was found using Pearson correlation co...

Three Minor League Baseball leagues across the Southeastern United States are studied in order to determine what drives fan attendance. Individual game attendance and game characteristics are examined for three leagues located in the American southeast, the Florida State League, the Southern League, and the South Atlantic League. Despite the three leagues encompassing different levels of play (...

BACKGROUND Most research on frequent attendance has been cross-sectional and restricted to one year attendance rates. A few longitudinal studies suggest that frequent attendance is self-limiting. Frequent attenders are more likely to have social and psychiatric problems, medically unexplained physical symptoms, chronic somatic diseases (especially diabetes) and are prescribed more psychotropic ...

BACKGROUND Non-attendance in general practice has received increasing attention over the past few years. Its relationship with access to health care has been recognized and is of particular relevance in light of the access targets set out in the NHS Plan. METHODS The literature was searched for articles relating to non-attendance. Titles and abstracts were examined, and relevant articles obta...