Argentina Global School-Based Student Health Survey - 2018

Argentina
Latin America & Caribbean

The GSHS is a school-based survey which uses a self-administered questionnaire to obtain data on young people’s health behaviour and protective factors related to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children and adults worldwide.

Study Website

Adolescents: 56,981

Sex:

Females and Males

Age Range:

10-14
15-19

Study Design:

Observational

Type of Data:

Cross-sectional

Time Period: 2018

Areas Covered: Cities: Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Salta, San Juan, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego, Tucuman, Chubut

Investigators: Ministerio de Salud y Desarrollo Social de la Nación

Funders: World Health Organization (WHO); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Series:

Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS)

Topics

Demographic Characteristics;

Education - Grade attainment/attendance;

Family/Household Structure;

HIV/AIDS and STIs;

Mental Health - Life satisfaction;

Physical Health;

Reproductive Health - Sexual behavior;

Tobacco/Alcohol/Drug Use;

Violence;