HEALTH BEHAVIOR IN SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
HEALTH BEHAVIOR IN SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

Summary/Abstract: Health related behavior among school children in Republic of Macedoniavary as a result of the influence from the social, cultural, economicfactors but also due their views on life and life values. In Macedonia for thefifth time in 2014/2015 was implemented the international study “HealthBehavior in School Age Children” (HBSC) of 4.218 pupils from 140schools both Macedonian and Albanian classes in order to see the trendof the movement of certain forms of behavior towards health in childrenof 11, 13 and 15 years of age. The findings were analyzed according age,gender, ethnicity, family wealthy and geographical position presenting theconditions and trends in the period of 2001/2002 - 2014/2015 and comparedwith other 44 countries also participating in the study.In conclusion, the environmental and socio-economic status of the family is also a big influence of the children behavior regarding their health,self-assessment and dissatisfaction. These conditions imply the need of taking systematic measures and access in creating the necessary programs to promote the health of the adolescents with specific sensitive measures and activities according the needs and rights of the children where they will have much more active roles then before.

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