Colombia Global School-Based Student Health Survey - 2007

Colombia
Latin America & Caribbean

The Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS) is a survey designed to assess health behaviors and protective factors among students to help countries develop priorities and advocate for school and youth health programs and priorities. It also establishes trends and allows international agencies to make comparisons across countries.

Study Website

Adolescents: 10,000+

Sex:

Females and Males

Age Range:

10-14
15-19

Study Design:

Observational

Type of Data:

Cross-sectional

Time Period: 2007

Areas Covered: Bogota, Bucaramanga City, Cali City, Manizales, Valledupar City

Investigators: Ministerio de Salud y Proteccion Social de Colombia, Institutio Nacional de Cancerologia

Funders: WHO; U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); UNICEF; UNESCO; UNAIDS

Series:

Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS)

Notes: Number of adolescents is summed across all survey rounds.

Topics

Demographic Characteristics - Urban;

Economics - Employment;

Education - Grade attainment/attendance;

HIV/AIDS and STIs - Knowledge;

Physical Health - Anthropometry, Nutrition;

Reproductive Health - Sexual behavior;

Time Use;

Tobacco/Alcohol/Drug Use;

Violence - Emotional/psychological violence, Physical, Sexual violence;