Tonga Global School-based Student Health Survey 2010

Date modified: 01 April 2019 Version 01

The 2010 Tonga Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) was a school-based survey of students in Forms 2, 3, and 4.

The purpose of the GSHS is to provide data on health behaviors and protective factors among students to: - Help countries develop priorities, establish programs, and advocate for resources for school health and youth health programs and policies; - Allow international agencies, countries, and others to make comparisons across countries regarding the prevalence of health behaviors and protective factors; and - Establish trends in the prevalence of health behaviors and protective factors by country for use in evaluation of school health and youth health promotion.

  • v01: Edited, anonymous dataset for public distribution.

The 2010 Tonga GSHS measured alcohol use; dietary behaviors; drug use; hygiene; mental health; physical activity; protective factors; tobacco use; and violence and unintentional injury.

  • Collection start: 2010
  • Collection end: 2010
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Data and Resources

Rating
Identifier TON_2010_GSHS_v01_M
Issued 2019-04-01
Modified 2019-04-01
Version 01
DCAT Type Text
Source https://microdata.pacificdata.org/index.php/catalog/156
Temporal Coverage From 2010-01-01
Temporal Coverage To 2010-12-31
Publisher Name
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Ministry of Education
  • Ministry of Health
  • Women Affairs and Culture (MEWAC)
  • World Health Organization
Contact Point
  • Department of Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion