scholarly journals Building knowledge on adolescent health: reflections on the contribution of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (suppl 2) ◽  
pp. 4-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Currie ◽  
A. Y. Aleman-Diaz
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Health Behaviour ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Hbsc Study

scholarly journals 12-Year Trends in Active School Transport across Four European Countries—Findings from the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 2118
Author(s):  
Ellen Haug ◽  
Otto Robert Frans Smith ◽  
Jens Bucksch ◽  
Catherina Brindley ◽  
Jan Pavelka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Travel Time ◽  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Family Affluence ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Hbsc Study ◽  
Using Data

Active school transport (AST) is a source of daily physical activity uptake. However, AST seems to have decreased worldwide over recent decades. We aimed to examine recent trends in AST and associations with gender, age, family affluence, and time to school, using data from the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) study collected in 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018 in the Czech Republic, Norway, Scotland, and Wales. Data from 88,212 students (11, 13 and 15 years old) revealed stable patterns of AST from 2006 to 2018, apart from a decrease in the Czech Republic between 2006 and 2010. For survey waves combined, walking to and from school was most common in the Czech Republic (55%) and least common in Wales (30%). Cycling was only common in Norway (22%). AST differed by gender (Scotland and Wales), by age (Norway), and by family affluence (everywhere but Norway). In the Czech Republic, family affluence was associated with change over time in AST, and the effect of travel time on AST was stronger. The findings indicate that the decrease in AST could be levelling off in the countries considered here. Differential associations with sociodemographic factors and travel time should be considered in the development of strategies for AST.

scholarly journals Health behaviour and school environment among school-aged black and white South African children in the Limpopo Province

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl Peltzer
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Health Behaviour ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Black And White ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Hbsc Study ◽  
African Youth ◽  
Health Related Behaviour

The main objective of the ‘Health Behaviour among School-Aged Children’ (HBSC) study was to collect information on health-related behaviour of South African youth. Opsomming Die hoofdoelwit van die studie “Health Behaviour among School-aged Children” (Gesondheidsgedrag van skoolgaande kinders) studie is om inligting in te samel ten opsigte van gesondheidverwante gedrag van die Suid-Afrikaanse jeug. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.

scholarly journals Enhancing Understanding of Adolescent Health and Well-Being: The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. S3-S5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna C. Inchley ◽  
Gonneke W.J. M. Stevens ◽  
Oddrun Samdal ◽  
Dorothy B. Currie
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Well Being ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Health And Well Being

scholarly journals Spirituality, Religious Attendance and Health Complaints in Czech Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 2339
Author(s):  
Radka Zidkova ◽  
Petr Glogar ◽  
Iva Polackova Solcova ◽  
Jitse P. van Dijk ◽  
Michal Kalman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Religious Attendance ◽  
Health Complaints ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Spiritual Well Being ◽  
Hbsc Study ◽  
Reported Health ◽  
Religiosity And Spirituality

Research in some religious countries shows that religiosity and spirituality positively affect adolescent health. We studied whether religiosity and spirituality also have positive associations with adolescent health in a secular country. We tested the associations between religious attendance and spirituality and self-reported health and health complaints using a representative sample of Czech adolescents (n = 4182, 14.4 ± 1.1 years, 48.6% boys) from the 2014 health behavior in school-aged children (HBSC) study. We used religious attendance, the adjusted shortened version of the spiritual well-being scale (SWBS), and its two components—religious well-being (RWB) and existential well-being (EWB)—as independent variables and the eight item “HBSC symptom checklist” and self-reported overall health as dependent variables. A higher level of spirituality was associated with lower chances of health complaints and self-reported health, ranging from a 9% to 30% decrease in odd ratios (OR). Religious attendance was not associated with any of the observed variables. The EWB showed a negative association with all of the observed variables, with associations ranging from a 19% to 47% decrease. The RWB was associated with a higher risk of nervousness (OR = 1.12), while other associations were not significant. Non-spiritual but attending respondents were more likely to report a higher occurrence of stomachache (OR = 2.20) and had significantly worse overall health (OR = 2.38). In a largely secular country, we found that spirituality and the EWB (unlike religious attendance and the RWB) could have a significant influence on adolescent health.

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