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Other HBSC team publications
HEALTH BEHAVIOUR IN SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN (HBSC) IRELAND
World Health Organization Collaborative Cross-National Study
The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey is a WHO collaborative cross-national study that monitors the health behaviours, health outcomes and social environments of school-aged children every four years. HBSC Ireland surveys school-going children aged 9-18 years. The study is conducted by the HBSC Ireland team, based at the Health Promotion Research Centre, University of Galway.
As part of international collaboration activities HBSC Ireland team members are often co-authors on journal articles which do not contain Irish data. These are listed below alphabetically by year:
2023
Cosma, A., Költő, A., Young, H., Thorsteinsson, E., Godeau, E., Saewyc, E., & Nic Gabhainn, S. (2023). Romantic love and involvement in bullying and cyberbullying in 15-year-old adolescents from eight European countries and regions. Journal of LGBT Youth, 20(1), 33-54. DOI: 10.1080/19361653.2022.2061669
2020
Költő, A., Cosma, A., Moreau, N., Young, H., Thoresteinsson, E., Gobina, I., Godeau, E., Saewyc, E., & Nic Gabhainn, S. (2020). Self-reported health and patterns of romantic love in adolescents from eight European countries and regions. LGBT Health, 7(2), 90-100. DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2019.0107
2019
Költő, A., Cosma, A., Young, H., Moreau, N., Pavlova, D., Tesler, R., Thoresteinsson, E., Vieno, A., Saewyc, E., & Nic Gabhainn, S. (2019). Romantic attraction and substance use in 15-year-old adolescents from eight European countries. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(17), 3063. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16173063
2018
Költo, A., Young, H., Burke, L., Moreau, N., Cosma, A., Magnusson, J., Windlin, B., Reis, M., Sarwyc, E., Godeau, E., & Nic Gabhainn, S. (2018). Love and dating patterns for same-and both-gender attracted adolescents across Europe. Journal of Research on Adolescence. DOI: 10.1111/jora.12394
Moreau, N., Költő, A., Young, H., Maillochon, F., & Godeau, E. (2018). Negative feelings about the timing of first sexual intercourse: findings from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study. International Journal of Public Health, 1-9. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-018-1170-y
2017
Ng, K., Sigmundová, D., Sigmund, E., Pavelka, J., Hamřík, Z., Molcho, M., & Kalman, M. (2017). Trends in medically attended injuries in Czech adolescents. Central European Journal of Public Health, 25, S60. DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a5097
2015
Aasvee, K., Rasmussen, M., Kelly, C., Kurvinen, E., Giacchi, M.V., & Ahluwalia, N. (2015). Validity of self-reported height and weight for estimating prevalence of overweight among Estonian adolescents: the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study. BMC Research Notes, 8(1), 606. DOI: 10.1186/s13104-015-1587-9
Ahluwalia, N., Dalmasso, P., Rasmussen, M., Lipsky, L., Currie, C., Haug, E., Kelly, C., Damsgaard, M., Due, P., Tabak, I., Ercan, O., Maes, L., Aasvee, K., & Cavallo, F. (2015). Trends in overweight prevalence among 11-, 13-and 15-year-olds in 25 countries in Europe, Canada and USA from 2002 to 2010. The European Journal of Public Health, 25(suppl 2), 28-32. DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv016
Elgar, F.J., McKinnon, B., Walsh, S.D., Freeman, J., Donnelly, P.D., de Matos, M. Gariepy, G., Aleman-Diaz, A.l., Pickett, W., Molcho, M., & Currie, C. (2015). Structural determinants of youth bullying and fighting in 79 countries. Journal of Adolescent Health, 57(6), 643-650. DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.08.007
Pförtner, T.K., De Clercq, B., Lenzi, M., Vieno, A., Rathmann, K., Moor, I., Hublet, A., Molcho, M., Kunst, A., & Richter, M. (2015). Does the association between different dimension of social capital and adolescent smoking vary by socioeconomic status? a pooled cross-national analysis. International Journal of Public Health, 60(8), 901-910. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-015-0734-3
Rathmann, K., Ottova, V., Hurrelmann, K., de Looze, M., Levin, K., Molcho, M., Elgar, F., Nic Gabhainn, S., van Dijk, J., & Richter, M. (2015). Macro-level determinants of young people's subjective health and health inequalities: A multilevel analysis in 27 welfare states. Maturitas. DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.01.008
Ramiro, L., Windlin, B., Reis, M., Gabhainn, S.N., Jovic, S., Matos, M.G., Magnusson, J., & Godeau, E. (2015). Gendered trends in early and very early sex and condom use in 20 European countries from 2002 to 2010. The European Journal of Public Health, 25(suppl 2), 65-68. DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv030
2014
Madkour, A.S., de Looze, M., Ma, P., Halpern, C.T., Farhat, T., Ter Bogt, T.F., Ehlinger, V., Nic Gabhainn, S., Currie, C., & Godeau, E. (2014). Macro-level age norms for the timing of sexual initiation and adolescents' early sexual initiation in 17 European countries. Journal of Adolescent Health. DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.12.008
2013
Lazzeri, G., Rossi, S., Kelly, C., Vereecken, C., Ahluwalia, N., & Giacchi, M.V. (2013). Trends in thinness prevalence among adolescents in ten European countries and the USA (1998–2006): a cross-sectional survey. Public Health Nutrition, 1-9. DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013002541
2012
De Looze, M., Pickett, W., Raaijmakers, Q., Kuntsche, E., Hublet, A., Nic Gabhainn, S., Bjarnason, T., Molcho, M., Vollebergh, W., & Ter Bogt, T. (2012). Early risk behaviors and adolescent injury in 25 European and North American countries: A cross-national consistent relationship. Journal of Early Adolescence, 32(1), 104-125. DOI: 10.1177/0272431611414062
2010
Gaudineau, A., Ehlinger, V., Nic Gabhainn, S., Vayssiere, C., Arnaud, C., & Godeau, E. (2010) Use of emergency contraceptive pill by 15 years old girls: Results from the international Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 117(10), 1197-1204. DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02637.x
Madkour, A.S., Farhat, T., Halpern, C.T., Godeau, E., & Nic Gabhainn, S. (2010) Early adolescent sexual initiation and physical/psychological symptoms: A comparative analysis of five nations. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 39(10), 1211-25. DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9521-x
Madkour, A.S., Farhat, T., Halpern, C.T., Godeau, E., & Nic Gabhainn, S. (2010) Early adolescent sexual initiation as a problem behavior: A comparative study of five nations. Journal of Adolescent Health, 47(4), 389-398. DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.02.008
2009
Al Sabbah, H., Vereecken, C., Abdeen, Z., Kelly, C., Ojala, K., Németh, Á., Ahluwalia, N., & Maes, L. (2009). Weight control behaviors among overweight, normal weight and underweight adolescents in Palestine: Findings from the national study of Palestinian schoolchildren (HBSC‐WBG2004). International Journal of Eating Disorders, 43(4), 326-336. DOI: 10.1002/eat.20698
Haug, E., Rasmussen, M., Samdal, O., Iannotti, R., Kelly, C., Borraccino, A., Vereecken, C., Melkevik, O., Lazzeri, G., Giacchi, M., Ercan, O., Due, P., Ravens-Sieberer, U., Currie, C., Morgan, A., Ahluwalia, N., & the HBSC Obesity Writing Group. (2009) Overweight in school-aged children and its relationship with demographic and lifestyle factors: results from the WHO-Collaborative Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Study. International Journal of Public Health, 54, s167-s179. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-5408-6
Nic Gabhainn, S., Baban, A., Boyce, W., Godeau, E., & the HBSC Sexual Health Focus Group. (2009) How well protected are sexually active 15-year olds? Cross-national patterns in condom and contraceptive pill use 2002–2006. International Journal of Public Health, 54, s209-s215. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-5412-x
2008
Godeau, E., Vignes, C., Ross, J., Nic Gabhainn, S., Boyce, W., & Todd, J. (2008). Contraceptive use by 15 year old students at their last sexual intercourse: results from 25 countries. Archives of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 162(1), 66-73. download