Ervasti, J;
Kivimäki, M;
Kawachi, I;
Subramanian, SV;
Pentti, J;
Oksanen, T;
Puusniekka, R;
... Virtanen, M; + view all
(2012)
School environment as predictor of teacher sick leave: data-linked prospective cohort study.
BMC Public Health
, 12
, Article 770. 10.1186/1471-2458-12-770.
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Abstract
Poor indoor air quality (IAQ) and psychosocial problems are common in schools worldwide, yet longitudinal research on the issue is scarce. We examined whether the level of or a change in pupil-reported school environment (IAQ, school satisfaction, and bullying) predicts recorded sick leaves among teachers.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | School environment as predictor of teacher sick leave: data-linked prospective cohort study |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-770 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-770 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2012 Ervasti et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. PMCID: PMC3490775 |
| Keywords: | Air Pollution, indoor, bullying, confidence intervals, faculty, Finland, forecasting, humans, logistic models, odds ratio, prospective studies, questionnaires, schools, sick leave, ventilation |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Epidemiology and Public Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1387367 |
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