Health behaviour and lifestyle of Pacific youth surveys: a resource for capacity building.
Health behaviour and lifestyle of Pacific youth surveys: a resource for capacity building.
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太平洋青年健康行为和生活方式调查：能力建设资源。
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发表时间：
2005
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2.7
通讯作者：
Jack Chen
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作者：
P. Phongsavan;A. Olatunbosun;D. Havea;A. Bauman;Ben J. Smith;G. Galea;Jack Chen
过去二十年来，不断变化的全球社会经济环境对中低收入国家青年的健康和发展产生了重大影响。在太平洋区域，青年人面临着与发达国家同龄人类似的健康不良原因。本文件介绍了太平洋青年健康行为和生活方式调查的制定、实施和主要结果，这是一项区域举措，旨在获取瓦努阿图、汤加和密克罗尼西亚联邦青少年健康相关行为和需求的代表性数据。太平洋地区学龄儿童健康行为调查是以世卫组织欧洲学龄儿童健康行为调查为模型的。2000-2001年进行的调查建立在强有力的地方伙伴关系的基础上，并在青年参与下进行，以确保对调查的自主权。成立了一个区域技术小组，提供培训和支助，以加强青年及其机构的健康调查能力。调查结果显示，烟草是最常用的物质，29.7%的15岁男孩和15.7%的女孩每周吸烟。超过一半的学生没有从事体育活动，每周至少2小时，这些比率大大低于通常在欧洲发现的。这一群体的饮食习惯也令人关切，这反映了国际上远离高营养传统饮食的趋势。HBLPY调查表明，在中低收入国家收集基于人口的数据是可能的，以便制定适当的青年健康方案和政策。在这些国家实施类似于HBLPY模式的持续监测系统，值得进一步调查。这些倡议应在区域和全球一级得到支持。
The changing global socio-economic environment over the last two decades has had significant ramifications for the health and development of youth in lower- and middle-income countries. In the Pacific region, young people are exposed to similar causes of ill-health as their peers in developed countries. This paper describes the development, implementation and major findings of the Health Behaviour and Lifestyle of Pacific Youth (HBLPY) surveys, a regional initiative to obtain representative data about health-related behaviour and needs of adolescents in Vanuatu, Tonga and the Federated States of Micronesia. The Pacific HBLPY is modelled on the WHO Europe Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) surveys. The surveys, undertaken in 2000-2001, were built upon strong local partnerships and were undertaken with youth participation to ensure survey ownership. A regional technical group was formed to provide training and support to strengthen health survey capacity of youth and their agencies. The findings showed that tobacco was most commonly used substance, with 29.7% of 15-year-old boys and 15.7% of girls smoking weekly. Over half of the students did not engage in physical activity for at least 2 h per week; these rates are substantially lower than those usually found in Europe. Dietary habits among this group are also of concern, reflecting international trends away from highly nutritious traditional diets. The HBLPY surveys have shown that it is possible to collect population-based data in lower- and middle-income countries so that appropriate youth health programmes and policies can be developed. Implementation of an ongoing surveillance system similar to the HBLPY model in these countries warrants further investigation. Such initiatives should be supported at the regional and global level.