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SCHOOL HEALTH

 Global school-based student health survey (GSHS)

 The Global school-based student health survey (GSHS) is a
collaborative surveillance project designed to help countries
measure and assess the behavioural risk factors and protective
factors in 10 key areas among young people aged 13 to 17 years.
The GSHS is a relatively low-cost 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.

The key topics addressed by the survey are:

 Alcohol use

 Dietary behaviours
 Drug use
 Hygiene

 Mental health

 Physical activity
 Protective factors
 Sexual behaviours

 Tobacco use

 Violence and unintentional injury

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