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01-12-2010 | Editorial

Social determinants in child health: reflections from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey

Authors: Veronika Ottova, Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 6/2010

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Social determinants in child health according to WHO play a major role in Child Public Health (WHO 2003). This is one of the reasons why the International Journal of Public Health has taken up this issue and recently published a supplement titled “Social determinants of child and adolescent health: Findings from the International Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Study”. Based on data from the international “Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC)” Survey, this supplement not only covers key issues on child and adolescent health from a global perspective, but also gives implications for where Child Public Health should be heading in the future. …

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Title: Social determinants in child health: reflections from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey
Authors: Veronika Ottova
Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer
Publication date: 01-12-2010
Publisher: SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
Published in: International Journal of Public Health / Issue 6/2010
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-010-0208-6

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