256324 Lifestyle habits and physical, mental and psychosocial determinants of the risk of school dropout in Quebec High School Students, 2010-2011

Monday, October 29, 2012 : 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Lucille A. Pica, MSc , Direction des statistiques de santé, Institut de la statistique du Québec, Montreal, QC, Canada
Issouf Traoré, MSc , Direction des statistiques de santé, Institut de la statistique du Québec, Montreal, QC, Canada
Nathalie Plante, MSc , Direction de la méthodologie et de la qualité, Institut de la statistique du Québec, Québec, QC, Canada
     
The Quebec Health Survey of High School Students 2010-2011 (QHSHSS) was carried out at the request of the Ministry of Health and Social Services to help in the priority monitoring of adolescents, a segment of the population for which data are lacking or poorly covered. Data will be used to track a number of lifestyle habits, physical and mental health characteristics, social environments and psychosocial behaviors, including risk of school dropout.

Adolescence is a time when many lifestyle-risk behaviors are established which may lead to greater morbidity and mortality in adulthood. It is also a time when physical and mental wellbeing, psychosocial behaviors and family, school and peer environments play an important role in school success.

The survey was conducted from November 2010 to May 2011 on 63,196 students in 470 public and private high schools across Quebec. Two sampling frames were used. The first was the Ministry of Education database used to randomly select schools for each grade level. The second was formed by contacting principals of the selected schools and obtaining the list of classes in each grade level. A two-stage stratified cluster sampling plan was used to produce a representative sample of students from grades 7 to 11 at the both provincial and regional levels. In class, students filled out a computerized questionnaire on small laptops. The overall weighted, cascaded response rate was 88%.

Results are currently pending; a two-volume report will be published in late 2012 and early 2013.

Learning Areas:
Epidemiology
Public health or related education
Public health or related research
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the Quebec Health Survey of High School Students, 2010-2011 (QHSHSS) 2. Identify the risk factors associated with a high risk of school dropout in Quebec high school students

Keywords: Adolescent Health, Risk Behavior

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Research Project Manager of the Quebec Health Survey of High School Students 2010-2011 at the Institut de la statistique du Québec, a neutral government organization whose responsibility is to produce objective and accurate data on Quebec society. I have worked for more than 25 years in this field planning, budgeting and overseeing the conducting of population health surveys and data dissemination.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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