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HBSC Scotland

@HBSCScotland

The Scottish Health Behaviour in School Children international survey (@HBSCStudy). A study focused on young people's #health and #wellbeing. Based in @theSPHSU

 Glasgow, Scotland
Joined August 2015
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📰 Read new international report from @HBSCStudy and @WHO_Europe based on survey of over 220,000 #youngpeople from 45 countries ➡️ bit.ly/HBSCspotlight #teenhealth #wellbeing #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek @ScotlandShine @TRIUMPHnetwork @HBSCEngland @YoungScot @P_H_S_Official
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New #HBSCScotland briefings: * Young people's experiences of bullying and cyberbullying in Scotland * Anxiety among young people in Scotland * Trends in young people's substance use in Scotland View at buff.ly/3UzVERC
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Fruit consumption is the highest in 20 years and four in ten (40%) young people ate vegetables every day. Daily consumption of sweets, chocolate, chips & sugary drinks have increased slightly since 2018. #HBSCScotland buff.ly/3PnKkqP
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Less than a quarter (23%) of adolescents achieved 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous #PhysicalActivity (MVPA) a day. Almost three quarters (71%) took part in at least one organised activity every week. #HBSCScotland buff.ly/3PnKkqP
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Cigarette smoking is at its lowest level in 32 years. #Vaping has now overtaken cigarette smoking, with almost one in five (18%) adolescents reporting having used an e-cigarette at least once. #HBSCScotland buff.ly/3PnKkqP
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Almost one in seven (14%) adolescents reported problematic social media use, with girls more likely to report this than boys. #HBSCScotland buff.ly/3PnKkqP
Cartoon figures of 2 boys and a girl. The text says "13% of those who reported playing computer games, over one in ten 13 and 15 year olds reported problematic levels of gaming. This was more common among boys than girls".

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Adolescent confidence is at the lowest level in 28 years, with only 42% reporting often or always feeling confident in themselves. Around a fifth (19%) of young people reported feeling lonely all or most of the time in the past year. #HBSCScotland buff.ly/3PnKkqP
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The most positively affected aspects of life reported during the #COVID19 pandemic were family relations (54%) and friendships (50%). The main negative impacts were on #MentalHealth (38%) and school performance (34%). #HBSCScotland buff.ly/3PnKkqP
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Most young people (80%) reported high life satisfaction. A fifth rated their health as excellent. But nearly half experienced multiple health complaints every week (most common - feeling nervous & irritable, sleep difficulties). #HBSCScotland buff.ly/3PnKkqP
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The HBSC Scotland 2022 National Report is out today. Follow #HBSCScotland for key findings on adolescent health and wellbeing. View the full report at buff.ly/3PnKkqP @WHO @P_H_S_Official @theSPHSU @StAndMedicine
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New #HBSCScotland ‘at a glance’ research briefings summarise findings from the 2018 survey. 🏫Life at school 🏃Diet and physical activity ☺️Mental health and wellbeing 📱Screen time and social media use ➡️bit.ly/2QJv3Ek #teenhealth #healthbehaviours #wellbeing
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England, Scotland and Wales are in the top third for: 💬Preference for online communication 📱Problematic social media use 💤Sleep difficulties 🏫School pressure, particularly in 15-year-olds @HBSCStudy @HBSCEngland (1/2)
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They are also in the lowest third of countries for family support, peer support, classmate support. Read the full report ➡️ bit.ly/HBSCspotlight (2/2) @ScotlandShine @TRIUMPHnetwork #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #teenhealth
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😰 #Mental #wellbeing declines as children grow older. One in four adolescents report feeling nervous, feeling irritable or having difficulties getting to sleep at least once a week. #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek Read the report ➡️ bit.ly/HBSCspotlight
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It's been three weeks since we launched the latest data on #adolescent #health and #wellbeing in #Scotland. Missed it? View the executive summary & our full report gla.ac.uk/hbsc
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We’re excited to be in Edinburgh to launch the latest data from the HBSC Scotland study. Watch this space and follow #HBSCScotland for key findings on #adolescent #health and #wellbeing. View the full report ➡️ gla.ac.uk/hbsc @WHO @NHS_HS @theSPHSU
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Missed our report launch last week? View the executive summary & our full report ➡️ gla.ac.uk/hbsc #adolescent #health #wellbeing #Scotland @WHO @NHS_HS @theSPHSU
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Want to find out more? Read the full #HBSCScotland report ➡️ gla.ac.uk/hbsc The HBSC study is funded by @NHS_HS - we're grateful for the support. 🙏 Thank you to participating schools and pupils, @ScotlandShine schools and our @HBSCStudy colleagues across the 🌍
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😰 Traditional bullying was more common than cyberbullying - 14% of young people reported that they had been bullied at school at least 2 or 3 times in the past couple of months whereas 5% reported being cyberbullied. #HBSCScotland Find out more ➡️ gla.ac.uk/hbsc
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Lifetime use of #tobacco is at its lowest level in 28 years. Young people were also asked about #ecigarette use for the first time in #HBSCScotland: 7% of 15-year olds and 3% of 13-year olds had used an e-cigarette in the last 30 days. #HBSCScotland gla.ac.uk/hbsc
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One in five 15-year olds said that they've had sexual intercourse. The proportion of girls who reported having had sexual intercourse has fallen since 2014, but there was no significant change among boys. #HBSCScotland Find out more ➡️ gla.ac.uk/hbsc
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📱 Nearly all young people said they owned a smartphone with connection to the internet, and a third reported that they had online contact almost all the time throughout the day with close friends. #HBSCScotland Find out more ➡️ gla.ac.uk/hbsc
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