Missing School Matters for Children's Health: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Chronic Absenteeism and its Socioeconomic Drivers

Authors

• Rachel Lee, Emory College of Arts and Sciences, 201 Dowman Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Electronic address: rachxlee28@gmail.com.
• Nicholas Wilson, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Dr SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.
• Austin D. Le, University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria, One Illini Drive, Peoria, IL 61605, USA.
• Courtney Lubaczewski, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, 607 Grove Road, Greenville, SC 29605, USA.
• Jared Boyce, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Medical Scientist Training Program, Madison, WI, USA.
• Daniel Resnick, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, USA.
• Crystal C. Uwazie, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Dr SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.
• Shaminy Manoranjithan, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, 1 Hospital Dr, Columbia, MO 65212, USA.
• Riddhi Modi, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, 101 Northern Boulevard, Glen Head, NY 11545, USA.
• Kyle Smith, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Dr SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.
• Adrienne Nguyen, Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine, 8025 Grand Avenue, West Des Moines, IA 50266, USA.
• Heidi Schumacher, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, USA.
• Danielle G. Dooley, Children's National Hospital, Child Health Advocacy Institute, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, USA.
• Elliott Attisha, Senior Fellow for Health, Attendance Works, USA.

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

1-15-2026

Journal

The Journal of pediatrics

DOI

10.1016/j.jpeds.2026.114986

APA Citation

Lee, Rachel; Wilson, Nicholas; Le, Austin D.; Lubaczewski, Courtney; Boyce, Jared; Resnick, Daniel; Uwazie, Crystal C.; Manoranjithan, Shaminy; Modi, Riddhi; Smith, Kyle; Nguyen, Adrienne; Schumacher, Heidi; Dooley, Danielle G.; and Attisha, Elliott, "Missing School Matters for Children's Health: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Chronic Absenteeism and its Socioeconomic Drivers" (2026). GW Authored Works. Paper 8562.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/8562

Department

Pediatrics