2004 Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) Alfonso Contreras, M.D., M.P.H. Pan American Health Organization / W..H.O. Alfonso Contreras, M.D.,

2004

Global School-based Student Health Survey

(GSHS)

Alfonso Contreras, M.D., M.P.H.Pan American Health Organization / W..H.O.

Alfonso Contreras, M.D., M.P.H.Pan American Health Organization / W..H.O.

2004

• Alcohol use• Dietary behaviors• Drug use• Hygiene• Mental health• Physical activity• Protective factors• Sexual &

Reproductive Health

• Tobacco use• Violence &

unintentional injury

Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) Core Questionnaire Modules

2004

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GSHS PurposeGSHS Purpose

To provide accurate data on students To provide accurate data on students to:to:

• Help countries develop priorities, establish programs, and promote cross-sectoral policy dialogue

• Establish trends in the prevalence of health behaviors and protective factors by country

• Allow countries and international agencies to make comparisons across countries

To provide accurate data on students To provide accurate data on students to:to:

• Help countries develop priorities, establish programs, and promote cross-sectoral policy dialogue

• Establish trends in the prevalence of health behaviors and protective factors by country

• Allow countries and international agencies to make comparisons across countries

2004

• Anguilla• Antigua &

Barbuda• Argentina• Barbados• Belize• Bolivia• British Virgin

Islands• Cayman Islands• Chile• Colombia• Costa Rica• Dominica• Dominican

Republic• Ecuador• Grenada

Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) in the Americas*

• Guatemala• Guyana• Honduras• Jamaica• Montserrat• Nicaragua• Peru• St. Kitts & Nevis• St. Lucia• St. Vincent &

The Grenadines• Suriname• Trinidad &

Tobago• Uruguay• Venezuela

* As of February, 2012

Percentage of Students 13 to 15 Years of Age Who Usually Ate Fruits and Vegetables Five or More Times Per

Day During the Past 30 Days Ranking by Country

Percentage of Students, 13 to 15 Years Old, Who Smoked Cigarrettes One or More Times During

the Past 30 Days

Percentage of Students, 13 to 15 Years Old, Who Seriously Considered Attempting Suicide During

the Past 12 Months Ranking by Country

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