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2004
Global School-based Student Health Survey
(GSHS)
Alfonso Contreras, M.D., M.P.H.Pan American Health Organization / W..H.O.
Alfonso Contreras, M.D., M.P.H.Pan American Health Organization / W..H.O.
2004
• Alcohol use• Dietary behaviors• Drug use• Hygiene• Mental health• Physical activity• Protective factors• Sexual &
Reproductive Health
• Tobacco use• Violence &
unintentional injury
Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) Core Questionnaire Modules
2004
Pan AmericanHealthOrganization
GSHS PurposeGSHS Purpose
To provide accurate data on students To provide accurate data on students to:to:
• Help countries develop priorities, establish programs, and promote cross-sectoral policy dialogue
• Establish trends in the prevalence of health behaviors and protective factors by country
• Allow countries and international agencies to make comparisons across countries
To provide accurate data on students To provide accurate data on students to:to:
• Help countries develop priorities, establish programs, and promote cross-sectoral policy dialogue
• Establish trends in the prevalence of health behaviors and protective factors by country
• Allow countries and international agencies to make comparisons across countries
2004
• Anguilla• Antigua &
Barbuda• Argentina• Barbados• Belize• Bolivia• British Virgin
Islands• Cayman Islands• Chile• Colombia• Costa Rica• Dominica• Dominican
Republic• Ecuador• Grenada
Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) in the Americas*
• Guatemala• Guyana• Honduras• Jamaica• Montserrat• Nicaragua• Peru• St. Kitts & Nevis• St. Lucia• St. Vincent &
The Grenadines• Suriname• Trinidad &
Tobago• Uruguay• Venezuela
* As of February, 2012
Percentage of Students 13 to 15 Years of Age Who Usually Ate Fruits and Vegetables Five or More Times Per
Day During the Past 30 Days Ranking by Country
Percentage of Students, 13 to 15 Years Old, Who Smoked Cigarrettes One or More Times During
the Past 30 Days
Percentage of Students, 13 to 15 Years Old, Who Seriously Considered Attempting Suicide During
the Past 12 Months Ranking by Country