Comportement des écoliers suisses en matière de santé - 2002

Abstract

The Swiss HBSC study aims to assess health behaviour and lifestyles in fifth- to ninth-graders (seventh to eleventh grade HarmoS), most of whom are between 11 and 15 years old. The study is carried out every four years and is based on a nationally representative sample. This is why it allows to assess the health-related situation of adolescents in Switzerland on a regular basis, to compare it to the situation in earlier years, and to detect changes over time.
More details on http://www.hbsc.org.

The Swiss HBSC study is one of the national health statistics in Switzerland. The study provides the federal and cantonal authorities with important information that can be used for health policy development. The HBSC study is also a valuable scientific basis for the development of prevention and health promotion programs, in the school and the recreational context as well as on federal and cantonal level. In particular, two of the national health strategies (the strategy on "addiction" and the strategy on "non-communicable diseases") rely, in part, on HBSC data.

In Switzerland, the HBSC study is funded by the Federal Office of Public Health and the majority of the cantons. In 2018, Addiction Switzerland conducts the HBSC study for the ninth time (after 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014) in Switzerland.
More details on http://www.hbsc.ch.