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Gender Differences and Predictors of Self-Rated Health Development Among Swedish Adolescents
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- Jerdén, Lars (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Uppsala universitet,Centrum för klinisk forskning Dalarna,Epidemiologi och global hälsa,Uppsala universitet, Centrum för klinisk forskning Dalarna
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- Burell, Gunilla (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Allmänmedicin och preventivmedicin,Uppsala universitet, Allmänmedicin och preventivmedicin
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- Stenlund, Hans (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Epidemiologi och global hälsa
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- Weinehall, Lars (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Epidemiologi och global hälsa
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- Bergström, Erik (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Pediatrik
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- Elsevier BV, 2011
- 2011
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Journal of Adolescent Health. - : Elsevier BV. - 1054-139X .- 1879-1972. ; 48:2, s. 143-150
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Abstract
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- Purpose: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the development of self-rated health among boys and girls during adolescence. Methods: Longitudinal cohort study, involving 1,046 Swedish adolescents from the seventh (12-13 years old) to the ninth grade. Self-rated health (well-being) and health-related empowerment were measured using a questionnaire. Results: In the seventh as well as in the ninth grade, the proportion of adolescents reporting a good health was lower in girls than in boys. In general, girls showed lower health-related empowerment as compared with boys and this difference remained between both the grades. In boys and girls belonging to both grades, a high empowerment score was related to a high self-rated health. For both boys and girls, self-rated health declined between the seventh and ninth grade. In girls, the proportion rating their health as "very good" declined from 47 % to 30%, and in boys the same proportion declined from 56% to 46%, indicating an increasing gender difference. Only a minor proportion of adolescents (16% of the boys and 13% of the girls) reported an improvement. A high self-rated health in grade nine was, in girls, predicted by positive school experiences in seventh grade and, in boys, by a good mood in the family. Conclusion: During adolescence, girls reported lower self-rated health than boys and this gender difference increased over the years. High empowerment is related to high self-rated health, and positive school experiences and a good mood in the family seem to be important predictors of a positive development of self-rated health.
Ämnesord
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Adolescents
- Self-rated health
- Health status
- Health behavior
- Empowerment
- Gender
- Sweden
- MEDICINE
- MEDICIN
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- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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