Caribbean Adolescent Health Survey (Jamaica Data) 1997
 

IDENTIFICATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  1. Title of Study
 Adolescent Health in Jamaica
  1. Local Archive(s) Where Study is Stored
Derek Gordon Databank, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, UWI, Jamaica
 
  1. Number of studies (data sets)
 1
  1. Depositor
Ministry of Health/PAHO
  1. Date (s) of deposit
2002
  1. Principal Investigator(s)
Ministry of Health (Dr. Sheila Campbell-Forrester)
  1. Data collector
Ministry of Health/Ministry of Education
  1. Funding Agency
Pan American Health Organisation

ANALYSIS CONDITIONS
  1. Research Topic (Abstract)
Health status,  problems and concerns of adolescents.
 
  1. Subject Categories (main topics)

Description of Records 

One file

 Drug use

Sexual orientation and  behaviour

Socialisation and social behaviour

Feelings and emotions

Relationships

General health

Medical care

Nutrition
  1. Kind of Data
 Cross-sectional survey 
  1. Time Dimensions
Not known
  1. Definition of Total Universe (Universe Sampled)
 School children 10 to 18 years
  1. Sampling Procedure
Random sample of school classrooms
  1. Number of Units (Cases)
 2635
  1. Dates of Data Collection
 1997
  1. Method of Data Collection
Self-administered questionnaire during class time
  1. Actions to Minimise Losses
None, children present on day of survey, interviewed

ACCESSIBILITY
A copy of the User Undertaking Form must be signed before data may be accessed from the DATABANK. 

PUBLICATIONS

 Main document - A Portrait of Adolescent health in the Caribbean, 2000. WHO Collaborating Centre on Adolescent Health, & PAHO