Description
Book SynopsisThe "Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS)" is a World Health Organization and United States "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)" collaborative effort in helping countries to assess various behavioural risk and protective factors in their communities, including mental health, suicidal behaviour, protective factors, substance use, violence and unintentional injury" among adolescents. In this book we used the most recent GSHS data (2016-2017) to describe a range of interpersonal and self-directed violence among adolescents in 15 countries: Liberia, Lebanon, Myanmar, Jamaica, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Paraguay, Bhutan, Dominican Republic, Vanuatu, United Arab Emirates, Trinidad and Tobago, Tonga, Morocco and Suriname. The results of the various papers will inform stakeholders of the relevance of school and youth health programmes and related policies targeting interpersonal and self-directed violence in the adolescent population.
Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction; Interpersonal and Self-Directed Violence among Adolescents; Prevalence and Correlates of Physical Violence among a Nationally Representative Sample of In-School Adolescents in Liberia; Prevalence and Correlates of Peer Violence among a Nationally Representative Sample of In-School Adolescents in Lebanon; Prevalence and Correlates of Being Physically Attacked among In-School Adolescents in Myanmar: Results from a National Cross-Sectional Survey in 2016; Single and Multiple Suicide Attempts: Prevalence and Correlates in School-Going Adolescents in Jamaica in 2017; Prevalence and Correlates of Physical Attack and Fighting in School-Going Adolescents in Mauritius: A Cross-Sectional National Survey in 2017; Prevalence and Correlates of Infrequent and Frequent Bullying Victimization in Sri Lanka: Results of a National Cross-Sectional Survey among School-Going Adolescents in 2016; Prevalence and Correlates of Suicidal Behaviour in Paraguay: A Cross-Sectional National Adolescent School Survey in 2017; Prevalence and Correlates of Interpersonal Physical Violence among Adolescents in Bhutan: A Cross-Sectional National School Survey in 2016; Prevalence and Correlates of Dual-Victimization among a Nationally Representative Sample of In-School Adolescents in the Dominican Republic; Prevalence and Correlates of Single and Multiple Suicide Attempts among In-School Adolescents in Vanuatu: A National Cross-Sectional Survey in 2016; Prevalence and Correlates of Poly-Victimization among a Cross-Sectional Nationally Representative Sample of In-School Adolescents in United Arab Emirates; Prevalence and Correlates of Involvement in Physical Fighting and Experience of Physical Attacks among In-School Adolescents in Trinidad and Tobago in 2017; Prevalence and Correlates of Physical Assault among Adolescents in Tonga: Results of a National Cross-Sectional School Survey in 2017; Prevalence and Correlates of Poly-Violence among In-School Adolescents in Morocco: Results from the 2016 Global School-Based Student Health Survey; Prevalence and Correlates of Bullying Victimization among Adolescents: Results from the Global School-Based Student Health Survey in Suriname in 2016; About the Editors; About the ASEAN Institute for Health Development, Mahidol University, Salaya, Phutthamonthon, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand; Department of Research Administration and Development, University of Limpopo, Turfloop, South Africa; About the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel; Index.
