E-book
Healthy settings for young people in Canada
Record details
- ISBN: 9780662469681 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
electronic
electronic resource
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1 electronic text (xiv, 151 p. : ill.) : digital file. - Publisher: Ottawa, Ont. : Health Canada, c2007
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Multi-User. Distributed by the Government of Canada Depository Services Program. "HBSC: Health Behaviour in School-aged Children, a World Health Organization cross-national study". Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 1, 2008). Issued also in French under title: Des cadres sains pour les jeunes du Canada. New May 2011. Issued as part of the Canadian electronic library documents collection. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Canada's school systems -- The HBSC study in Canada -- The contribution of the HBSC study to the health of Canadian young people -- Methodology of the study -- Outline of the report -- Examining the contexts for Young People's Health -- The importance of parents and home life -- How is the home setting measured by the HBSC study? -- Living arrangements of Canadian students -- Reports of happiness at home -- Parental communication, understanding, and trust -- Parental opinion and expectations -- Conflict with parents -- The home setting -- School -- The importance of the school environment -- How is the school setting measured by the HBSC study? -- Student achievement -- Feelings of satisfaction, belonging, and safety at school -- Aspects of teacher, peer, and parental relationships -- The pressures of school -- The school setting -- Peers -- The importance of friends -- How is the peer context measured by the HBSC survey? -- Same-sex friends -- Opposite-sex friends -- Best friends -- Interactions with friends -- Pro-social attitudes of friends -- The peer context -- Socio economic conditions -- What is socio-economic status? Why does it matter? -- How are socio-economic conditions measured by the HBSC study? -- Family wealth among Canadian students -- Deprived conditions -- Socio-economic conditions -- Healthy Living and Healthy Weight -- What is healthy living? -- Physical activity -- Sedentary behaviours -- Food frequency -- Overweight and obesity -- Body image dissatisfaction and weight-loss practices -- How is healthy living measured by the HBSC study? -- What are we reporting on in this chapter? -- Physical activity levels of young Canadians -- Sedentary habits of Canadian young people -- Food frequency patterns in Canadian young people -- Overweight and obesity levels among young Canadians -- Body image and weight-loss practices of Canadian students -- Healthy living and healthy weight in context -- Health Risk Behaviours -- Why are health risk behaviours important? -- How are health risk behaviours measured by the HBSC study? -- Smoking patterns among Canadian young people -- Canadian students' alcohol consumption -- Substance use among Canadian students -- Sexual activity -- Health risk behaviours in context -- Bullying and Fighting -- What is bullying? -- Fighting and weapon carrying -- Why does bullying matter? -- How are bullying, fighting, and weapon carrying measured by the HBSC study? -- The size of the bullying problem in Canada -- How young people are victimized -- Fighting and weapon carrying -- Bullying in context -- Injury and Physical Trauma -- What is injury? -- What is meant by physical trauma? -- Why do injury and physical trauma matter? -- How is injury measured by the HBSC study? -- The size of the injury problem in Canada -- Impact of injury on young people's lives -- How are young people injured? -- Where are young people injured? -- Where are young people's injuries treated? -- Injury in context -- Emotional Health and Well-being -- The importance of emotional health -- How is emotional health measured by the HBSC study? -- Psychosomatic symptoms in Canadian students -- Emotional well-being of Canada's young people -- General health and life satisfaction among students -- Relationship of life satisfaction to emotional health -- Emotional health in context -- Overview of health behaviours and health outcomes in Canada's young people -- Settings for youth health interventions -- Appendix: Methodology. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
