Use of emergency contraceptive pill by 15-year-old girls: results from the international Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study

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.

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Overweight in school-aged children and its relationship with demographic and lifestyle factors: results from the WHO-Collaborative Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Study

International Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1007/s00038-009-5408-6 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 54 (S2) ◽

pp. 167-179 ◽

Cited By ~ 129

Author(s):

Ellen Haug ◽

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Mette Rasmussen ◽

Oddrun Samdal ◽

Ron Iannotti ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Behaviour ◽

Lifestyle Factors ◽

School Aged Children ◽

Hbsc Study

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

Health SA Gesondheid ◽

10.4102/hsag.v8i1.111 ◽

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.

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Access to the Emergency Contraceptive Pill and Women's Reproductive Health: Evidence From Public Reform in Chile

Demography ◽

10.1215/00703370-9544015 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Damian Clarke ◽

Viviana Salinas

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Health ◽

Health Outcomes ◽

Well Being ◽

Public Health Care ◽

Data Sets ◽

Contraceptive Pill ◽

Emergency Contraceptive Pill ◽

Emergency Contraceptive ◽

Women’S Reproductive Health ◽

Women's Reproductive Health

Abstract We examine the sharp expansion in availability of the emergency contraceptive pill in Chile following legalized access through municipal public health care centers. We study the period 2002–2016 and a broad rollout of the emergency contraceptive pill occurring between 2008 and 2011. By combining a number of administrative data sets on health outcomes and pharmaceutical use, and using event-study and difference-in-differences methods, we document that this expansion improved certain classes of women's reproductive health outcomes, notably reducing rates of abortion-related morbidity. These improvements were greater in areas of the country where the rollout of the emergency contraceptive pill was more extensive. We also document some evidence that refusal to provide the emergency contraceptive pill upon a women's request was linked with a worsening in reproductive health outcomes. These results point to the importance of contraceptive access as a determinant of women's reproductive health and well-being and relates to a growing body of work documenting the importance of women's autonomy as a determinant of health.

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