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A new pan-European World Health Organisation (WHO) survey
of schoolchildren reveals that the proportion of 15-year-olds who first smoked
at the age of 13 has fallen significantly since 2010. The main findings of the
‘International Health Behaviour in School-aged Children’ (HBSC) 2014 study was
launched today in Brussels, with The Health Promotion Research Centre at NUI
Galway carrying out the Irish survey.
The WHO report entitled Growing up unequal:gender and socioeconomic differences in young people’s health and well-being covers 42 countries and regions across Europe and North America who participated in the study, collaborating with the WHO Regional Office for Europe. Findings in the report are based on almost 220,000 school students. Cross national comparisons are made for young people aged 11, 13 and 15 years.
The WHO report entitled Growing up unequal:gender and socioeconomic differences in young people’s health and well-being covers 42 countries and regions across Europe and North America who participated in the study, collaborating with the WHO Regional Office for Europe. Findings in the report are based on almost 220,000 school students. Cross national comparisons are made for young people aged 11, 13 and 15 years.
The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC)
survey, which is updated every four years, reveals that the proportion of
15-year-old Europeans who reported having a first cigarette at the age of 13 or
younger fell from 24% to 17% between 2009/2010 when the last survey was
conducted and 2013/2014. The reduction reported among girls (22% to 13%) was
larger than that among boys (26% to 22%), and the data shows no consistent
association with family affluence, suggesting that smoking behaviour is only
partially determined by socioeconomic factors.
This positive news on smoking is tempered by other aspects of the report, which goes on to warn that while 80% of the schoolchildren report generally high rates of life satisfaction, differences between genders and socioeconomic status are adversely affecting many young people’s health, well-being and lifestyle choices at a critical stage in their development.
This positive news on smoking is tempered by other aspects of the report, which goes on to warn that while 80% of the schoolchildren report generally high rates of life satisfaction, differences between genders and socioeconomic status are adversely affecting many young people’s health, well-being and lifestyle choices at a critical stage in their development.
The Irish Study
The Irish survey was carried out by the Health Promotion Research Centre at NUIGalway and it was the fifth round of data collection in Ireland. The overall study aims to gain new insight into, and increase our understanding of young people’s health and wellbeing, health behaviours and their social context.
The Irish survey was carried out by the Health Promotion Research Centre at NUIGalway and it was the fifth round of data collection in Ireland. The overall study aims to gain new insight into, and increase our understanding of young people’s health and wellbeing, health behaviours and their social context.
To access a full copy of Growing up unequal:
gender and socioeconomic differences in young people’s health and well-being, visit: http://www.euro.who.int/en/hbsc-report-2016
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