Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS)

Purpose

The GSHS is part of a global surveillance system designed to provide accurate data to periodically monitor the prevalence of important health risk behaviors and protective factors among students 13 to 15 years of age. 

The GSHS is a relatively low-cost survey which uses a self-administered questionnaire to obtain data from a representative sample of students. Countries implementing the GSHS receive technical assistance from PAHO/WHO and the CDC.

Countries can add questions to the “core” GSHS questionnaire.

The key topics addressed by the survey are:

• Alcohol and other drugs use
• Dietary behaviors
• Hygiene
• Mental health
• Physical activity
• Protective factors
• Respondent demographics
• Sexual behaviors that contribute to HIV infection, other STI, and  unintended pregnancy
• Tobacco use
• Violence and unintentional injuries

GSHS Regional Implementation Map

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	Anguilla		Guatemala
	Antigua and Barbuda		Guyana
	Argentina		Haiti
	Bahamas		Honduras
	Barbados		Jamaica
	Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela		Martinique
	Bolivia		Mexico
	Brazil		Montserrat
	British Virgin Islands		Netherland Antilles
	Canada		Nicaragua
	Cayman Islands		Panama
	Chile		Paraguay
	Colombia		Peru
	Costa Rica		Puerto Rico
	Cuba		Saint Kitts and Nevis
	Dominica		Saint Lucia
	Dominican Republic		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
	Ecuador		Suriname
	El Salvador		Trinidad and Tobago
	Field Office, El Paso TX, USA		Turks and Caicos
	French Guiana		United States of America
	Grenada		Uruguay
	Guadeloupe