Directory: HBSC - Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children 1997 / 1998   

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Abstract:
The overall goal of the survey is to gain new insights into and to
increase our understanding of health behaviours, lifestyles and their
context in young people. The study also aims at increasing the
understanding of how young people perceive health itself. The
"dependent" variables of the study are lifestyle, health behaviour,
subjective health and young people's perception of health. 

The "predictors" are primarily characteristics of the children
themselves, of their environment (usually perceived environment) and of
the larger society. The project is based on surveys among school-aged
children carried out every four years since the 1985/86 survey in a
growing number of mainly European countries. 

A key aim of the study is to develop national information systems on
health and lifestyles among young people. The utilisation of the
information collected should be scientific as well as practical. Through
the involvement of cross-disciplinary groups of researchers in the
different countries, it is intended that national groups with
considerable expertise in this kind of applied behavioural and social
research will develop. Through the interchange and comparison of data,
findings, experiences, and ideas, it is expected that this field of
research will develop rapidly beyond its present level and status.
 
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February 2, 2005
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