Global School-based Student Health Survey 2003
Philippines, 2003
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PHL_2003_GSHS_v01_M
Global School-based Student Health Survey 2003
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Philippines | PHL |
World Health Survey [hh/whs]
The GSHS is a collaborative surveillance project designed to help countries measure and assess the behavioural risk factors and protective factors in 10 key areas among young people aged 13 to 17 years. The GSHS is a relatively low-cost school-based survey which uses a self-administered questionnaire to obtain data on young people's health behaviour and protective factors related to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children and adults worldwide. The GSHS was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with United Nations' UNICEF, UNESCO, and UNAIDS; and with technical assistance from CDC.
As of December 2011, representatives from more than 107 countries have been trained and 73 countries have completed a GSHS. Twenty-nine countries have been trained but have not conducted their surveys because of insufficient funds, staff turnover, or other in-country barriers. More than 420,000 students have participated in a GSHS survey.
In 2001, the World Health Organization, in collaboration with UNAIDS, UNESCO, and UNICEF, with technical assistance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), initiated development of the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS). Since 2003, Ministries/ Department of Health and Education around the world have been using the GSHS to periodically monitor the prevalence of important health risk behaviors and protective factors among students. To date, 15 countries have completed a GSHS. This report describes results from the first GSHS conducted in Philippines by the Department of Health, Manila during September-December of 2003.
The purpose of the GSHS is to provide accurate data on health behaviors and protective factors among students to:
- Help countries develop priorities, establish programmes, and advocate for resources for school health and youth health programmes and policies;
- Allow international agencies, countries, and others to make comparisons across countries and within countries regarding the prevalence of health behaviors; and protective factors
- Establish trends in the prevalence of health behaviors and protective factors by country for use in evaluation of school health and youth health promotion.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Students aged 13-15 years
Version
- v01: Edited, anonymous datasets for public distribution.
Scope
The 2003 Philippines GSHS measured alcohol and other drug use; unintentional injuries and violence; hygiene; dietary behaviours and overweight; physical activity; tobacco use; mental health; and protective factors.
Coverage
National coverage
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| National Epidemiology Center | Department of Health |
| World Health Organization | |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Name |
|---|
| United Nations Children's Fund |
| United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
| Name |
|---|
| World Health Organization |
| Name |
|---|
| Department of Education |
| Health Operations Cluster |
| Health Policy Development and Planning Bureau |
| National Center for Health Promotion |
| National Center for Disease Prevention and Control |
| Bureau of International Health Cooperation |
Sampling
The 2003 Philippines' GSHS employed a two-stage cluster sample design to produce a representative sample of students in 2nd-4th year levels of Secondary Education or High School. The first-stage sampling frame consisted of all schools containing any of 2nd-4th year levels. Schools were selected with probability proportional to school enrollment size. One hundred and fifty schools (150) were selected to participate in the Philippines' GSHS.
The second stage of sampling consisted of randomly selecting intact classrooms (using a random start) from each school to participate. All classrooms in each selected school were included in the sampling frame. All students in the sampled classrooms were eligible to participate in the GSHS.
For the 2003 Philippines GSHS, 7, 338 questionnaires were completed in 148 schools. The school response rate was 99%, the student response rate was 85 %, and the overall response rate was 84%.
A weighting factor was applied to each student record to adjust for no response and for the varying probabilities of selection. 1.) Weights were scaled so that the weighted count of students was equal to the total sample size; and 2) the weighted proportions of students in each year matched national populations.
Survey instrument
The GSHS uses a standardized scientific sample selection process; common school-based methodology; and core questionnaire modules, core-expanded questions, and country-specific questions that are combined to form a self-administered questionnaire that can be administered during one regular class period.
The Philippines' questionnaire contained 92 questions addressing the following topics:
- Alcohol and other drug use
- Dietary behaviors
- Hygiene
- Mental health
- Physical activity
- Protective factors
- HIV-related knowledge
- Tobacco use
- Violence and unintentional injury
A GSHS Project Management Team of the Department of Health and the Institute of Clinical Epidemiology Unit, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines had developed the questionnaire. The questionnaire was with a corresponding translation in Filipino, a common language in the country.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2003-09 | 2003-12 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| National Epidemiology Center | Department of Health |
Survey administration occurred from September to middle of December 2003. Survey procedures were designed to protect students' privacy by allowing for anonymous and voluntary participation. Students completed the self-administered questionnaire during one class period and recorded their responses directly on computer-scannable questionnaire answer sheet. The questionnaire contained 92 multiple-choice questions. Approximately, 30 Survey Administrators were specially trained to conduct the GSHS nationwide. The research assistants from the Clinical Epidemiology Unit and Institute of Clinical Epidemiology of the University of the Philippines-Manila had served as the data administrators. Before the survey was conducted, local school officials' permission procedures were followed.
Data processing
The data set was cleaned and edited for inconsistencies. Missing data were not statistically imputed. Epi- Info Complex-Sample analysis that takes into consideration the complex sample design was used to compute prevalence estimates and 95% confidence intervals. GSHS data are representative of all students attending 2nd-4th year levels of High School in the Philippines.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion | World Health Organization | http://www.who.int/chp/gshs/en/ | chronicdiseases@who.int |
GSHS data release and publication policies and procedures are based on the following guiding principles:
- GSHS data are owned by the official country-level agency (ex. Ministry of Health) conducting or sponsoring the survey.
- Public health and scientific advancement are best served by an open and timely exchange of data and data analyses.
- The privacy of participating schools and students must be protected.
- Data quality must be maintained.
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
Example:
National Epidemiology Center of Department of Health, World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Philippines Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) 2003, Ref. PHL_2003_GSHS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [url] on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion | World Health Organization | chronicdiseases@who.int | http://www.who.int/chp/gshs/en/ |
Metadata production
DDI_PHL_2003_GSHS_v01_M_WB
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Data Group | The World Bank | Documentation of the DDI |
2014-01-07
Metadata version
Version 01 (January 2014)