CONTEXT Asthma symptoms that occur at night may signal worse asthma control, but the nighttime occurrence may have additional clinical significance. To date, however, there have been few studies of the impact of nocturnal awakening from asthma on children with the disease, including problems with daytime functioning. OBJECTIVE To determine if school absenteeism and school performance in child...

Although preschool has been shown to improve children’s school readiness in many developing countries, preschool attendance in poor rural areas of China is still low. The high cost of preschool is often regarded as a major barrier to attendance. In this paper, we evaluate the impact of a one-year voucher/CCT intervention on preschool attendance and school readiness. To do so, we conducted a ran...

In this paper, I examine the importance of declining economic conditions in school attendance decisions for households with teenagers aged 12–17 in Costa Rica. I estimate a reduced-form model for school attendance that includes variables to measure household labor market integration, other household factors, teenager characteristics, regional effects and year effects. The year effects — to meas...

Children's School Placement in Germany: Does Kindergarten Attendance Matter? The positive effects of early childhood programs on children's school success have been demonstrated in the literature. However, most studies were completed in the U.S.A., where early childhood programs vary widely, based on differing auspice, regulation, cost, and other factors. In European countries, early childhood ...

Children's School Placement in Germany: Does Kindergarten Attendance Matter? The positive effects of early childhood programs on children's school success have been demonstrated in the literature. However, most studies were completed in the U.S.A., where early childhood programs vary widely, based on differing auspice, regulation, cost, and other factors. In European countries, early childhood ...

OBJECTIVE To establish feasibility and preliminary efficacy of "Coping with Pain in School" (CPS), an intervention to improve school functioning in adolescents with chronic pain and depressive symptoms. METHODS Forty adolescents and parents participated in this uncontrolled trial. Participants completed measures of pain severity, depression, and school attendance at baseline and one month aft...