This freshly published study from the International Journal of Public Health aimed to assess the presence and magnitude of inequalities in mental health and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children. The study used data from the KIDSCREEN project and included 16,210 parent-child paris, aged 8-18 years coming from 11 European countries (Austria, Czech Republic,… Read more »
The idea for this post came -as often- from a news item this morning: a recently published study found that bullying by siblings might have detrimental effects on children’s mental health – similar to that of bullying by peers in school. Also on the news today, Canadian leaders decided to make bullying a national agenda… Read more »
We are happy to announce a new course from the Swiss School of Public Health+ entitled “Qualitative Research in Health: Where Quantitative Methods Can Not Reach”. This is an introductory course, aiming to give participants an understanding of what qualitative research is, to judge whether it is needed for a specific project and to evaluate… Read more »
Youth smoking has been traditionally studied in relation to individual, family and peer influences. In the past few years, however, the physical environment of the neighbourhood has also been considered to be an important contributor in tobacco consumption. In a recently published study , researchers examined the relationship of recreational spaces (i.e., plazas and… Read more »
