Children and Adolescents 7 - 18 years

Healthy Development

Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC)
HBSC is a cross-national study of the health behaviours of young people aged 11 to 15. It is supported by the World Health Organization and is carried out by research teams from 35 countries in Europe and North America.

Factsheets

National Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children reports:

• Healthy Settings for Young People in Canada
  Healthy Settings for Young People in Canada is the report based on data collected from the 2005/06 survey cycle for the World Health Organization Cross-National Collaborative Study: Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC). It provides an overview of important contexts for Canadian youth, including the home, school, peers, and socio-economic conditions. Links are identified between these contexts and examined health behaviours and outcomes such as physical activity, eating and dieting, risk behaviours, bullying, injury, physical symptoms of ill health, chronic health conditions, and various aspects of emotional health and well-being.
  • Read entire report (HTML) PDF Version (166 Pages - 10.02 MB)
  • Read summary overview (HTML) PDF Version (8 Pages - 265 KB)
• Young People in Canada : Their health and well-being is based on the data collected from the 2001/02 cycle of the World Health Organization Cross-National Collaborative Study: Health Behaviours in School-Age Children (HBSC).
  • Read the entire Report
  • Read the Executive Summary
• Trends in the Health of Canadian Youth Trends in the Health of Canadian Youth is a report based on the data collected through the 1989/90, 1993/94 and 1997/98 survey cycles for the World Health Organization Cross-National Collaborative Study: Health Behaviours in School-Aged Children (HBSC). The trend comparisons report on data collected from among 11, 13 and 15 year olds in Canada . This report includes data from a selection of other countries as well as data from grade 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 students in Canada .
  • Read the entire report
  • Read Executive Summary
• Health of Canada's Youth: Attitudes and Opinions of 11, 13 and 15 year olds from 11 countries H.C. (1992) This is the Executive Summary from the report on the 1989/90 cycle of the World Health Organization Cross-National Collaborative Study: Health Behaviours in School-Age Children (HBSC).
• A National Assessment of Effects of School Experiences on Health Outcomes and Behaviours of Children : Technical Report Central to the concept of schooling is the recognition that students' positive social bonds with schools are highly related to their well-being in terms of (a) academic performance, (b) social behaviours, and (c) physical and mental health. The 1997/98 data from the Cross-Nationa l Survey on Health Behaviours in School-Aged Children (HBSC), were used to examine the effects of school experiences on a number of health outcomes and behaviours of Canadian youth.
• E-STAT is Statistics Canada's interactive learning tool designed with the needs and interests of the education community in mind. Health Behaviours in School-Aged Children survey data have been included in E-STAT for use in secondary and post-secondary education institutions in Canada
• Opportunity of Adolescence
• Parent-Child Relationships and Attachment
• Coping with Mental Illness / Depression
• Teen Pregnancy

School Health

• Comprehensive School Health
• School Policy Framework: Implementation of the Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has produced the document “School Policy Framework: Implementation of the Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health” to assist member States in the implementation of the Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health (DPAS) at the country level.

  The purpose of the DPAS School Policy Framework is to guide policy-makers at national and sub-national levels in the development and implementation of policies that promote healthy eating and physical activity in the school setting through changes in environment, behaviour and education. It describes how to begin implementation, the various policy options available, how to involve stakeholders and it provides guidance on monitoring and evaluation of the policies implemented.

  WHO invited the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and Health Canada to work collaboratively to develop the DPAS School Policy Framework. As a part of this collaboration between the WHO and the Government of Canada, PHAC led a steering committee on its development and, along with Health Canada, provided financial support. 

• Voices and Choices: Planning for School Health an on-line strategic tool that engages students in identifying their health and school-related needs and in developing strategies to address those needs.
• Joint Consortium for School Health
• Quality School Health
• School Health questions

Participation

• Hearing the Voices of Youth: A Review of Research and Consultation Documents
  Hearing the Voices of Youth: Youth Participation in Selected Municipalities  
• Your Voice Matters
• Centres of Excellence for Youth Engagement
• Youth Participation in Public Decision-Making

Safe and Supportive Environments

• Safe, Supportive Environments The health and well-being of adolescents depends on the safety and quality of their physical and social environments.
• Kids Safety Site: Kids - Parents

Aboriginal Head Start (AHS)
Community Action Program for Children (CAPC)
Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program
CAPC /CPNP National Projects Fund (NPF)
FASD Initiative - What's New
Centres of Excellence for Children's Well-Being