Os adolescentes europeus estão a fumar e a beber menos e a começar mais tarde a sua vida sexual, mas o uso do preservativo está a diminuir, conclui um relatório da Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS) apresentado no dia 15 de março.

Realizado entre 2013 e 2014 junto de 220 mil adolescentes de 11, 13 e 15 anos em 42 países da Europa e América do Norte, o inquérito “Health Behaviour in School-aged Children” (HBSC), no qual também participa Portugal, conclui que os comportamentos de risco estão a diminuir nos adolescentes.

O bullying é outra questão analisada no relatório da OMS e, embora não haja grandes mudanças na probabilidade de se sofrer de bullying na adolescência, há uma ligeira redução na percentagem de jovens que admite ter feito bulliyng sobre outros aos 13 e 15 anos.

O relatório HBSC é realizado de quatro em quatro anos desde há 33 anos e tem influenciado as políticas e a legislação em vários países europeus.

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Launch of the HBSC study’s international report: March 15th

Over the past 30 years, the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study has provided information about the health, well-being, social environment and health behaviour of 11-, 13- and 15-year-old boys and girls. The latest international report, “Growing up unequal: gender and socioeconomic differences in young people’s health and well-being”, will be launched in Brussels, Belgium, on 15 March 2016.

The report will release data from 42 countries on a range of new topics, such as peer relationships and family support, the school environment, migration, cyber-bullying and serious injury, with the more traditional data on alcohol and tobacco consumption, mental health and nutrition-related behaviour. The report provides data on gender differences and behaviour change in the 11–15-year age group, years that mark a period of increased autonomy that can influence how health and health-related behaviour develops and continues into adulthood. The report highlights socioeconomic differences and variations between countries and regions. It identifies opportunities for policy interventions, as the findings underline the importance of the wider social context and the effect it can have on young people’s health.

The last international report from the HBSC study, published in 2012, is available online. For queries, please contact info@hbsc.org.