Ghana Global School-Based Student Health Survey - 2012

Ghana
Sub-Saharan Africa

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: 5,000-9,999

Sex:

Females and Males

Age Range:

10-14
15-19

Study Design:

Observational

Type of Data:

Cross-sectional

Time Period: 2012;2007

Areas Covered: Nationally Representative

Investigators: WHO, Ghana Education Service (GES), Middle Tennessee State University

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. Female and male age range varies across survey rounds. Age range taken from most recent survey.

Topics

Demographic Characteristics - Urban and Rural;

Education - Grade attainment/attendance;

Family/Household Structure;

HIV/AIDS and STIs - Knowledge;

Mental Health;

Physical Health - Anthropometry, Nutrition;

Reproductive Health - Sexual behavior;

Social Networks;

Time Use;

Tobacco/Alcohol/Drug Use;

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