| Purpose
The GSHS is part of a global
surveillance system designed to provide accurate data
to periodically monitor the prevalence of important
health risk behaviours and protective factors among
students 13 to 15 years of age.
The GSHS is a relatively low-cost survey which uses
a self-administered questionnaire to obtain data from
a representative sample of students. Countries implementing
the GSHS receive technical assistance from WHO in
collaboration with the CDC.
Countries can add questions to the “core”
GSHS questionnaire.
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The key topics addressed
by the survey are:
• Alcohol
and other drug use
• Dietary
behaviors
• Hygiene
• Mental
health
• Physical
activity
• Protective
factors
• Respondent
demographics
• Sexual
behaviors that contribute to HIV infection, other
STI, and
unintended pregnancy
• Tobacco
use
• Violence
and unintentional injury |
GSHS
Regional Implementation Map
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“Each
link contains the country specific GSHS questionnaire,
fact sheet, and datasets when available.”
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