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Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC)

A World Health Organization Collaborative Study

May 2017

Presentation outline

 HBSC Background  HBSC Methods  Framework  Findings  Dissemination

HBSC background

 Collaborative study with the WHO European Region  Initiated by 4 countries in 1982  42 countries and regions collected data in 2014  Irish data collected in 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014  Temporal trends presented for the second time

HBSC objectives

 To contribute to theoretical and methodological developments  To compare health of school-aged children in member countries  To monitor health of school-aged children over time  To develop partnerships with relevant external agencies  To establish and strengthen a multi-disciplinary network  To provide an international source of expertise and intelligence  To disseminate findings, contribute to practice and policy

Study growth over time

HBSC Ireland

 Five cycles of data collection to date

 1998 n=8,497; 5th class to 5th year; 10-17 year olds  2002 n=8,424; 5th class to 5th year; 10-17 year olds  2006 n=13,738; 3rd class to 5th year; 9-17 year olds  2010 n=16,060; 3rd class to 5th year; 9-17 year olds  2014 n=13,611; 3rd class to 5th year; 9-17 year olds

 Trends 1998 – 2014

 5th class to 5th year; 10-17 year olds  Items that were used in each cycle 1998-2014 or since 2002

Children’s lives

Contexts:

Family School Peers

Risk behaviours:

Drinking, Smoking...

Health enhancing behaviours:

Physical activity Leisure activity...

Health outcomes:

Well being Life satisfaction Self rated health …

SES

Gender Age Social Class Ethnicity

 Research protocol developed by the network  Class as the sampling unit  Nationally representative samples  Self-report, self-completion questionnaires  Testing for significance  Same methods used in all five cycles

HBSC methods

 Health behaviours  Health risk behaviours  Positive health behaviours  Health outcomes  Physical health outcomes  Positive health outcomes  Contexts of children’s lives  Family  School  Peers  Local area

2017 Trends Report

Findings

Main trends

The good news

 Increases in fruit consumption, tooth brushing, use of

seatbelt, excellent health, communication with mother, father and friends of the same sex, liking school and local area has good places to spend free time

 Decreases in smoking, drunkenness, cannabis use, bullying

• thers, early initiation of smoking and drinking alcohol

The less good news

 Increases feeling pressured by school work, feeling low,

headache, dieting and medically attended injury

 Decreases in having three or more close friends of the same

sex and reporting they could ask for help from a neighbour

 No changes in vigorous physical activity, being happy with

life, life satisfaction, organising school events, feeling safe in local area.

Current smoking

22.6 18.0 14.4 12.4 8.3 23.5 18.6 15.3 12.5 7.4 21.8 17.4 13.5 12.4 9.1

10 20 30 40 50 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 Overall Girls Boys

International ranking has improved from 12th-25th / 26

Early smoking initiation

26.7 18.9 12.4 10.5 61.0 53.8 41.1 35.4 87.5 86.8 82.4 77.7

20 40 60 80 100 2002 2006 2010 2014 ≤11 ≤13 ≤15

Significant decreases No international comparisons

Ever been drunk

International ranking is relatively stable 18th (1998) 21st (2002) 17th (2006) 17th (2010) 21st (2014)

33.0 31.7 30.6 29.7 21.0 28.7 29.4 28.8 28.2 19.1 37.0 33.8 32.3 31.2 22.8

10 20 30 40 50 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 Overall Girls Boys

Bullying others once or more

Significant decrease International ranking has been stable overall from 20th-20th of 26

25.1 21.1 21.5 16.5 13.4 14.2 13.7 14.0 10.3 8.8 35.4 28.2 28.7 22.4 17.9

10 20 30 40 50 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 Overall Girls Boys

Fruit consumption more than daily

Significant increases International ranking has been stable overall from 6th - 5th of 26

17.6 19.9 19.9 23.2 20.3 23.2 22.0 25.9 15.1 16.8 18.0 20.7

10 20 30 40 50 2002 2006 2010 2014 Overall Girls Boys

Always use seatbelt

41.0 62.2 80.4 81.7 81.1 47.2 67.1 83.3 84.4 82.2 35.1 57.5 77.5 79.0 80.0

20 40 60 80 100 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 Overall Girls Boys

Significantt increases No international comparisons

Vigourous exercise (4+ times per week)

52.6 49.2 53.8 49.7 51.5 42.7 38.6 43.8 40.0 43.2 62.0 59.3 63.6 59.2 59.9

20 40 60 80 100 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 Overall Girls Boys

Inconsistent patterns 1998-2002: decrease 2002-2006: increase 2006-2010: decrease 2010-2014: stable Ranked 4th overall in 2014

Excellent health

Significant increase International ranking has remained stable from 15th to 14th of 26

28.2 34.0 32.0 34.4 24.8 29.3 26.9 28.7 31.5 38.4 36.9 39.9

10 20 30 40 50 2002 2006 2010 2014 Overall Girls Boys

Happy with life at present

88.1 90.0 91.2 90.8 88.9 85.9 88.8 89.5 89.4 85.4 90.2 91.2 92.7 92.1 92.2

20 40 60 80 100 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 Overall Girls Boys

Stable pattern No international comparisons

Felt low weekly over last six months

Significant increases International ranking has improved from 21st to 9th of 26

23.0 25.3 23.2 24.3 28.0 27.3 28.5 27.6 28.7 35.0 18.9 22.2 18.9 20.1 21.2

10 20 30 40 50 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 Overall Girls Boys

Medically attended injuries

Significant increases International ranking has improved from 12th - 18th of 26

40.0 47.4 42.2 37.1 41.3 31.6 37.7 33.7 29.7 34.4 48.1 56.8 50.3 44.2 48.1

20 40 60 80 100 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 Overall Girls Boys

Positive communication with parents

International rankings have improved Mothers: 23th-15th of 26 Fathers: 25th-14th of 26

73.0 77.5 81.6 81.6 82.2 47.4 58.1 65.4 66.5 69.3 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 Mother Father

4+ evenings out with friends per week

Stable pattern International rankings have been stable 12th-10th of 26

38.0 40.4 43.2 38.1 35.1 32.8 33.6 38.5 33.8 30.8 43.0 47.0 47.8 42.3 39.5

10 20 30 40 50 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 Overall Girls Boys

Liking school

Significant increases International rankings have decreased 11th-22nd of 26

68.1 68.3 70.4 72.3 74.3 74.0 74.9 73.6 62.2 63.0 66.2 71.1

20 40 60 80 100 2002 2006 2010 2014 Overall Girls Boys

Pressured by schoolwork

Significant increases International rankings have increased 11th-3rd of 26

32.9 34.4 39.2 38.8 42.9 34.7 35.5 40.7 41.5 47.3 31.1 33.3 37.8 36.2 38.6

10 20 30 40 50 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 Overall Girls Boys

Good places to spend free time in local area

45.1 43.6 50.1 59.7 41.4 40.0 47.1 56.2 48.8 47.1 52.9 63.3

20 40 60 80 100 2002 2006 2010 2014 Overall Girls Boys

Significant increases No international comparisons

HBSC Ireland team members

 Prof. Saoirse Nic Gabhainn  Dr. Colette Kelly  Dr. Michal Molcho  Dr. Eimear Keane  Ms. Aoife Gavin  Ms Catherine Perry  Ms. Mary Callaghan  Ms. Lorraine Burke  Ms. Larri Walker

Dissemination of Irish data since 1998

 87 reports (national and international)  132 journal articles  7 books or book chapters  >200 conference presentations  45 short reports  >80 Factsheets  38 other reports  12 interactive data visualisations

64 national factsheets 17 international factsheets

For a full list of papers, books, reports, factsheets and presentations from HBSC Ireland 1994-2017 see:www.nuigalway.ie/hbsc

Contact us

HBSC Ireland website: www.nuigalway.ie/hbsc HBSC International website: www.hbsc.org Contact HBSC Ireland: hbsc@nuigalway.ie

Acknowledgements …

Thank you to all children, parents, teachers and school managements who have taken part in HBSC Ireland since 1998

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The Department of Health

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The HBSC National Advisory Committee

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The Department of Children and Youth Affairs and the Department of Education and Skills

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Professor Cecily Kelleher, University College Dublin

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Professor Candace Currie and Dr. Jo Inchley, International Coordinators of HBSC, University of St. Andrews, Scotland

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Professor Oddrun Samdal, Data Bank Manager, University of Bergen, Norway

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All members of the international HBSC network (see hbsc.org)

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All researchers and students who have worked with us since 1997

Thank you