New report from the HBSC study

Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC), a WHO collaborative cross-national study, has provided information about the health, wellbeing, social environment and health behaviour of 11-, 13- and 15-year-old boys and girls for over 30 years. The latest international report from the study, Growing up unequal: gender and socioeconomic differences in young people’s health and well-being, presents findings from the 2013/2014 survey, which collected data from almost 220 000 young people in 42 countries in Europe and North America.

The report focuses on social context (relations with family, peers and school), health outcomes (subjective health, injuries, obesity and mental health), health behaviours (patterns of eating, tooth brushing and physical activity), risk behaviours (use of tobacco, alcohol and cannabis, sexual behaviour, fighting and bullying), gender, family affluence, relevant to young people’s health and wellbeing. New items on family and peer support, migration, cyberbullying and serious injuries are also reflected in the report.

Collaborating efforts from a wide network of researchers internationally, the report provides a broad scope of expertise in areas such as clinical medicine, epidemiology, human biology, paediatrics, pedagogy, psychology, public health, public policy and sociology.