WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION STUDY OF HEALTH BEHAVIOR IN SCHOOL CHILDREN

世卫组织协调了一项四年一次的调查， 27个国家的青少年。 该调查用于监测和 调查与健康有关的疾病的模式、决定因素和影响 行为包括吸烟、物质使用和伤害行为。 NICHD 工作人员参加了与国际工作组的会议， 关于比较最近的数据和结果的过程 国际问题研究 美国已被临时接受为 参与成员须成功完成调查会议 WHO-HBSC指导委员会的严格要求。 该物质 虐待和心理健康服务管理局（SAMHSA）资助并 进行了一项以美国学校为基础的调查， 美国参与WHO-HBSC项目的标准。 成功 完成和分析美国的调查，并与现有的 正在进行的世卫组织调查的数据将使美国能够比较 和相关伤害因素的数据来自欧洲27个国家，加拿大， 和其他地方。 流行病学和人类学习与行为学分支 NICHD正在与SAMHSA合作进行数据分析， 美国和国际数据集。 NICHD将特别关注 受伤比较。 这些数据将证明是无价的， 伤害及相关行为的国际国内比较 在青少年中，由于伤害是主要原因， 美国儿童的死亡率

The WHO coordinates a quadrennial survey that compares health behavior in adolescents in 27 countries. The survey is used to monitor and investigate patterns, determinants and effects of health related behaviors including smoking, substance use, and injury behavior. NICHD staff attended meetings with the international working group to learn about the process of comparing the data and results of the most recent international studies. The U.S. has been provisionally accepted as a participating member subject to successful completion of a survey meeting the tight requirements of the WHO-HBSC steering committee. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has funded and fielded a U.S. school-based survey that will meet the preliminary criteria for U.S. participation in the WHO-HBSC project. The successful completion and analysis of the U.S. survey and linkage to the existing data of the ongoing WHO surveys will allow the U.S. to compare behavior and related injury factors to data from 27 countries of Europe, Canada, and elsewhere. The Epidemiology and Human Learning and Behavior Branches of NICHD are collaborating with SAMHSA to conduct the data analysis for both the U.S. and international data sets. NICHD will focus particularly on injury comparisons. The data will prove invaluable for both international and domestic comparisons of injury and related behaviors in adolescents to target interventions since injury is the leading cause of death for children in the U.S.