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HEALTH BEHAVIOUR IN SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN (HBSC) Ireland

Welcome

Welcome to the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Ireland website.

On this website you can find information about the HBSC study along with details of the HBSC Ireland Team Members and research findings and publications.

HBSC Ireland has been a member of the HBSC Network since 1994. The HBSC Ireland Team, based at the Health Promotion Research Centre, National University of Ireland, conducted the first survey of Irish schoolchildren in 1998. The Team has conducted a total of 4 surveys (1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010). HBSC Ireland surveys school-going children aged 9-18 years.

HBSC is a cross-national research study conducted in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Europe. HBSC Ireland is one of 43 countries and regions across Europe and North America that make up the HBSC Network.

HBSC collects data every four years on children and adolescent’s health and well-being, social environments and health behaviours. The findings are used at both a national and international level to:

Gain new insight into young people’s health and well-being
Understand the social determinants of health
Inform policy and practice to improve young people’s lives

HBSC Ireland National Reports

National Report
2012

National Report
2007

Inequalities report 2008

A full list of reports, journal articles, factsheets and other publications that contain HSBC Ireland data can be found on our publications page.

National Strategy for Research and Data on Children's Lives 2011-2016

HBSC Ireland findings were used as an information source for the first Action Plan update report on the implementation of the National Strategy for Research and Data on Children's Lives 2011-2016. More information can be found on DCYA website.

UNICEF Innocenti Report Card 11

This report looks at how children are faring in the world’s richest countries, providing an overview of child well-being across 29 industrialised countries. It can be downloaded from the UNICEF website.

State of the Nation's Children

This report containing HBSC data presents administrative, survey and Census data on children’s lives download (1.59MB)

HBSC Ireland 2010 Full Variable Report

The 2010 full variable report is now available and presents findings from children on socio-demographic patterns in the health behaviours, risk behaviours, health outcomes and social contexts of young people's health. download (7.16MB)

Health Behaviour in School-aged Children
National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
Phone: 353 91 493641
E-mail: hbsc

nuigalway.ie
This page was last updated Thursday, May 16, 2013