Global School-based Student Health Survey 2008
Thailand, 2008
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THA_2008_GSHS_v01_M
Global School-based Student Health Survey 2008
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Thailand | THA |
World Health Survey [hh/whs]
The Global school-based student health survey (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.
Since 2003, World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) by collaborating with Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education from many countries. The Thailand GSHS 2008 was the first GSHS survey that was done in Thailand, and the objectives of this survey are the followings:
- To evaluate health situations of school age child and youth in both behaviours and protective factors
- To establish trends in the prevalence of health behaviours and protective factors for use in evaluation of school health and youth health promotion.
- To compare students’ health situations with other countries
Sample survey data [ssd]
Students aged 13-15 years
Version
- v01: Edited, anonymous dataset for public distribution.
Scope
The 2008 Thailand GSHS measured alcohol and other drug use; sexual behaviours that contribute to HIV infections, other STIs, and unintended pregnancies; 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 |
|---|
| Ministry of Public 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 | Role |
|---|---|
| World Health Organization | Financial and Technical Assistance |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Financial and Technical Assistance |
| Name |
|---|
| Ministry of Education |
| Ministry Of Interior |
| Bangkok Metropolitan |
Sampling
The 2008 Thailand GHSH employed a two-stage cluster sample design to produce a representative sample of students in Grades 7-10. The first-stage sampling frame consisted of all school containing any of Grades 7-10. Schools were selected with probability proportional to school enrolment size. 30 schools were selected to participate in Thailand GSHS.
The second stage of sampling consisted of randomly selecting intact classroom (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 classroom were eligible to participate in the GSHS.
30 schools countrywide were selected to participate in GSHS, Thailand. 2,963 students were eligible to participate in this survey, and 2,767 students completed our questionnaires by themselves.
The school response rate was 100%, the student response rate was 93%, and the overall response rate was 93%.
A weighting factor was applied to each student record to adjust for non-response and for the varying probabilities of selection.
Formula
The weighting formula used for most GSHS data sets is: W=W1 W2 f1 f2 f3
Survey instrument
The Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) questionnaires for Thailand were self administered questionnaires consisting of 89 questions divided into 3 sections. The First section consisted of 52 core questions, the second section consisted of 28 core expanded questions, and the third section consisted of 4 specific questions for Thailand. These questionnaires developed with the collaboration of the Global Schoolbased Student Health Survey project, the US Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO), were the main questionnaires used worldwide. In Thailand, we appointed the committee for selecting the questionnaires as the name list written in appendix. Questionnaires consisted of these 10 issues:
- Response Demographic
- Dietary Behaviour
- Personal Hygiene
- Violence and Unintentional Injury
- Mental Health
- Tobacco Use
- Alcohol and other Drug Use
- Sexual Behaviour
- Physical Activity
- Protective Factors
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2008-03-01 | 2008-11-30 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| School Age and Youth Health Group | Ministry of Public Health |
Survey Administration: Global School based Student Health Survey (GSHS) in Thailand, 2008, were conducted by the School Age and Youth Health Group, The Bureau of Health Promotion, Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health. Working group consisted of coordinators and representatives from related ministries, departments, divisions, such as managers and executives and technical officers from Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Education, Ministry Of Interior, Bangkok Metropolitan, and private organizations.
Administrating Procedures:
- Preparing documents presenting to Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Public Health and Ministry of Education in order to ask them to read and authorize their acceptance of the state policies and procedures of this survey.
- Appointing steering committee that consists of representatives from various organizations within and outside Ministry of Public Health
- Translating GSHS questionnaires from original manuscript in English to Thai
- Arranging meetings of steering committee in order to set the means to control the project as well as verify the accuracy of the report.
- Arranging meetings of related technical officers in order to consider choosing questionnaires that consists of 3 sections
- 52 core questionnaires from 10 issues
- 243 core expanded questionnaires from 8 issues
- Specific questionnaires for Thailand
- Trying out of the questionnaires with 30 students, age 13-15, before conducting a survey.
- Preparing name list of schools that had students age 13-15 along with classroom information, school size, and school location, and then informing the US Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) in order to select the sample
- Informing responsible organizations included Ministry of Education, Bangkok Metropolitan, and private schools in order to collect data from sampling.
- Conducting a survey that was designed to protect student privacy by allowing for anonymous and voluntary participation. Students completed the selfadministered questionnaire during one classroom period and record their response directly on a computer answer sheet. Approximately 8 survey administrators were specially trained to conduct the GSHS.
Data processing
The data set was cleaned and edited for inconsistencies. Missing data were not statistically imputed. Software that takes into consideration the complex sample design was used to compute prevalence estimate and 95% confidence intervals. GSHS data are representative of all students attending grade 7-10 in Thailand.
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:
World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Thailand Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) 2008, Ref. THA_2008_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_THA_2008_GSHS_v01_M_WB
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Data Group | The World Bank | Documentation of the DDI |
2013-11-07
Metadata version
Version 01 (November 2013)