Trends in self-rated health in European and North-American adolescents from 2002 to 2010 in 32 countries

Cavallo, F; Dalmasso, P; Ottová-Jordan, V; Brooks, F; Mazur, J; Välimaa, R; Gobina, I; De Matos, MG; Raven-Sieberer, U

Trends in self-rated health in European and North-American adolescents from 2002 to 2010 in 32 countries

Cavallo, F Dalmasso, P Ottová-Jordan, V Brooks, F

Mazur, J Välimaa, R Gobina, I De Matos, MG Raven-Sieberer, U

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Citation:: European Journal of Public Health, 2015, 25 pp. 13 - 15
Issue Date:: 2015-04-01

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dc.contributor.author	Cavallo, F	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dalmasso, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ottová-Jordan, V	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Brooks, F https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8975-325X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Mazur, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Välimaa, R	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Gobina, I	en_US
dc.contributor.author	De Matos, MG	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Raven-Sieberer, U	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015-04-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	European Journal of Public Health, 2015, 25 pp. 13 - 15	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1101-1262	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/118658
dc.description.abstract	© 2015 The Author. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved. Background: Self-rated health (SRH) in adolescence is known to be associated with health outcomes in later life. We carried out a trend analysis on data coming from three waves of data collected in 32 countries (mostly European) from 2002 to 2010 coming from the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children surveys. Methods: SRH in adolescents was assessed using a Likert scale (excellent, good, fair and poor). Responses were dichotomized into 'excellent' vs. 'rest'. Country, age and gender groups were compared based on the odds ratio of declaring excellent SRH in 2010 with respect to 2002 and 2006. Results: The trend for European adolescents indicates an improvement over the last decade, although, in the majority of countries, a higher proportion of adolescents rate their health as excellent during the period 2002-06 with respect to the second half of the decade (2006-10).Girls were found to constantly rate their health as poorer, compared to their male peers, in all countries. Age has also a very stable trend towards a decreasing rating of health with increasing age. Conclusion: Decreased rating of health in the period 2006-10 may be a signal of the socio-economic difficulties of Europe in the last part of this decade.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	European Journal of Public Health	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1093/eurpub/ckv011	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Public Health	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Health Surveys	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent Behavior	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Health Status	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Child	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	North America	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Europe	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Female	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Male	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Social Determinants of Health	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent Health	en_US
dc.title	Trends in self-rated health in European and North-American adolescents from 2002 to 2010 in 32 countries	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	25	en_US
utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHSP - Health Services and Practice
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	25	en_US

Abstract:

© 2015 The Author. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved. Background: Self-rated health (SRH) in adolescence is known to be associated with health outcomes in later life. We carried out a trend analysis on data coming from three waves of data collected in 32 countries (mostly European) from 2002 to 2010 coming from the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children surveys. Methods: SRH in adolescents was assessed using a Likert scale (excellent, good, fair and poor). Responses were dichotomized into 'excellent' vs. 'rest'. Country, age and gender groups were compared based on the odds ratio of declaring excellent SRH in 2010 with respect to 2002 and 2006. Results: The trend for European adolescents indicates an improvement over the last decade, although, in the majority of countries, a higher proportion of adolescents rate their health as excellent during the period 2002-06 with respect to the second half of the decade (2006-10).Girls were found to constantly rate their health as poorer, compared to their male peers, in all countries. Age has also a very stable trend towards a decreasing rating of health with increasing age. Conclusion: Decreased rating of health in the period 2006-10 may be a signal of the socio-economic difficulties of Europe in the last part of this decade.

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