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The Impact of School Building Conditions on Student Absenteeism in Upstate New York

SIMONS, Elinor ; HWANG, Syni-An ; FITZGERALD, Edward F ; KIELB, Christine ; SHAO LIN

American journal of public health (1971), 2010, Vol.100 (9), p.1679-1686 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
The Impact of School Building Conditions on Student Absenteeism in Upstate New York
Author: SIMONS, Elinor ; HWANG, Syni-An ; FITZGERALD, Edward F ; KIELB, Christine ; SHAO LIN
Subjects: Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine ; Public health. Hygiene ; General aspects ; Miscellaneous ; Biological and medical sciences ; Medical sciences ; Occupational medicine ; Fungi ; New York ; Animals ; Humans ; Humidity ; Rodentia ; Logistic Models ; Ventilation ; Absenteeism ; Schools ; Cockroaches ; Facility Design and Construction ; Influence ; Forecasts and trends ; School buildings ; School attendance ; Index Medicus ; Abridged Index Medicus ; 91 ; 83 ; Research and Practice ; 5 ; 17
Is Part Of: American journal of public health (1971), 2010, Vol.100 (9), p.1679-1686
Description: We investigated Upstate New York school building conditions and examined the associations between school absenteeism and building condition problems. We merged data from the 2005 Building Condition Survey of Upstate New York schools with 2005 New York State Education Department student absenteeism data at the individual school level and evaluated associations between building conditions and absenteeism at or above the 90th percentile. After adjustment for confounders, student absenteeism was associated with visible mold (odds ratio [OR]=2.22; 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.34, 3.68), humidity (OR=3.07; 95% CI=1.37, 6.89), poor ventilation (OR=3.10; 95% CI=1.79, 5.37), vermin (OR=2.23; 95% CI=1.32, 3.76), 6 or more individual building condition problems (OR=2.97; 95% CI=1.84, 4.79), and building system or structural problems related to these conditions. Schools in lower socioeconomic districts and schools attended by younger students showed the strongest associations between poor building conditions and absenteeism. We found associations between student absenteeism and adverse school building conditions. Future studies should confirm these findings and prioritize strategies for school condition improvements.
Publisher: Washington, DC: American Public Health Association
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0090-0036
EISSN: 1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.165324
PMID: 20634471
CODEN: AJPEAG

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The Impact of School Building Conditions on Student Absenteeism in Upstate New York

SIMONS, Elinor ; HWANG, Syni-An ; FITZGERALD, Edward F ; KIELB, Christine ; SHAO LIN

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