Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children, Sweden 2013/14
The survey Schoolchildren's Health Habits is a part of the international research project Health Behaviour in School-aged Children, created on the initiative of the World Health Organization. Sweden participated in the survey since 1985/86. The study includes a random sample of 11 -, 13 - and 15-year-olds in each country. The survey covers questions about health, lifestyle, the environment at school and at home. The results are used to monitor the children's and young people's health over time and to identify areas requiring action to promote child and adolescent health. School children's health habits is a basis in the follow-up work in the public health policy goal area three, children and young people's living conditions. The study that was conducted in 2013/14 is based on data from 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds, collected in January 2014. The survey was answered by nearly 7,867 students in Sweden, representing a response rate of 69,4 percent. Purpose: The purpose with Health Behaviour in School-aged children is partly to increase the knowledge of habits and conditions that are considered to be important for children's health, and partly to monitor progress over time and to make comparisons with other countries.
Public Health, Global Health and Social Medicine
Persons as individuals (e.g., ABORTION APPLICANTS) or as members of a group (e.g., HISPANIC AMERICANS). It is not used for members of the various professions (e.g., PHYSICIANS) or occupations (e.g., LIBRARIANS) for which OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS is available.
The performance of the basic activities of self care, such as dressing, ambulation, or eating.
A systematic collection of factual data pertaining to health and disease in a human population within a given geographic area.
Physical activity which is usually regular and done with the intention of improving or maintaining PHYSICAL FITNESS or HEALTH. Contrast with PHYSICAL EXERTION which is concerned largely with the physiologic and metabolic response to energy expenditure.
Ongoing scrutiny of a population (general population, study population, target population, etc.), generally using methods distinguished by their practicability, uniformity, and frequently their rapidity, rather than by complete accuracy.
Social and economic factors that characterize the individual or group within the social structure.
The observable response of a man or animal to a situation.
Regular course of eating and drinking adopted by a person or animal.
Behaviors associated with the ingesting of ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, including social drinking.
A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.
A social group consisting of parents or parent substitutes and children.
Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level.
The state of the organism when it functions optimally without evidence of disease.
The reciprocal interaction of two or more persons.
Emotional, psychological, and social well-being of an individual or group.
Any product of NICOTIANA TABACUM that is not smoked but is either inhaled through the nose, chewed, or stored in cheek pouches.
Studies in which the presence or absence of disease or other health-related variables are determined in each member of the study population or in a representative sample at one particular time. This contrasts with LONGITUDINAL STUDIES which are followed over a period of time.
Acquisition of knowledge as a result of instruction in a formal course of study.
Total number of calories taken in daily whether ingested or by parenteral routes.
Behavioral responses or sequences associated with eating including modes of feeding, rhythmic patterns of eating, and time intervals.