Pupils with special educational needs in basic education schools and teachers' sickness absences - a register-linkage study

• Main Authors: Jenni Ervasti (Author), Mika Kivimäki (Author), Ichiro Kawachi (Author), S V Subramanian (Author), Jaana Pentti (Author), Kirsi Ahola (Author), Tuula Oksanen (Author), Tiina Pohjonen (Author), Jussi Vahtera (Author), Marianna Virtanen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: We examined whether having a high percentage of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) in basic education schools increases the risk of sickness absence among teachers and whether this risk is dependent on the pupil-teacher ratio (PTR), an indicator of teacher resources at school. M...