Principal Investigator:
Dr Will Boyce

Address:
Social Program Evaluation Group
McArthur Hall, Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6
CANADA

Web address:

educ.queensu.ca/ (Faculty of Education)
educ.queensu.ca/~speg/ (Social Program Evaluation Group)

Tel: 1 613 533 6000 #77405
Fax: 1 613 533 2556
Email: boycew@post.queensu.ca

Team members:
Mr Matt King
Ms Hana Saab (research associate)
Dr Don Klinger
Dr Wendy Craig
Dr John Freeman
Dr William Pickett
Dr Ian Janssen
Ms Patricia Walsh
Dr Frank Elgar
Mr Joel Warsh

Surveys Conducted:
1989/90, 1993/94, 1997/98, 2005/06

Areas of expertise:

• Adolescent health
• Adolescent risk behaviour
• Adolescent substance use
• Aggression
• Education/curriculum/schools
• Epidemiology of youth injury
• Epidemiological methods
• Evaluation methodology
• Peers
• School influences on health
• Social risk factors for youth injury
• Socio-emotional correlates of health
• Subjective health
• Survey instrument development
• Victimization
  
  

National Publications

Journal articles
Reports

Journal articles (most recent first)

Saab H, Klinger D (2010) School differences in adolescent health and wellbeing: findings from the Canadian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study. Social Science & Medicine 2010 Mar;70(6):850-8. Epub 2010 Jan 19.

Molcho M, Craig W, Due P, Pickett W, Harel-Fisch Y, & Overpeck M (2009) Cross-national time trends in bullying behaviour 1994-2006: findings from Europe and North America. International Journal of Public Health 2009 Sep; 54 Suppl 2: 225-34.

Iannotti RJ, Kogan MD, Janssen I, Boyce WF (2009) Patterns of adolescent physical activity, screen-based media use, and positive and negative health indicators in the U.S. and Canada. Journal of Adolescent Health 44(5): 493-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.10.142. Epub 2009 Jan 9.

Due P, Damsgaard MT, Rasmussen M, Holstein BE, Wardle J, Merlo J, Currie C, Ahluwalia N, Sørensen TI, Lynch J, HBSC obesity writing group, Borraccino A, Borup I, Boyce W, Elgar F, Gabhainn SN, Krølner R, Svastisalee C, Matos MC, Nansel T, Al Sabbah H, Vereecken C, Valimaa R (2009) Socioeconomic position, macroeconomic environment and overweight among adolescents in 35 countries. International Journal of Obesity (Lond). 2009; 10: 1084-93

Boyce WF, Davies D, Raman SR, Tynjälä J, Välimaa R, King M, Gallupe O, Kannas L (2009) Emotional health of Canadian and Finnish students with disabilities or chronic conditions. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 32, 154-61.

Jiang X, Li D, Boyce WF, Pickett W (2007) Patterns of injury among Canadian adolescents by urban-rural geographic status. Chronic Dis Canada, 28(1-2), 228-34.

Koven R, McColl MA, Ellis P and Pickett W (2005) Multiple risk behaviour and its association with head and neck injuries: a national analysis of young Canadians. Preventive Medicine, Vol. 41 (1), 240-246.

Ardern C, Pickett W, King MA, Boyce WF. (2001) Injury in Canadian youth: a brief report from the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Survey. Canadian Journal of Public Health, (92), 201-5.

King M, Pickett W, King AJC (1998) Injury in Canadian youth: a secondary analysis of the 1993-94 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Survey.Canadian Journal of Public Health, (89), 397-401.

Steele, C., Biggar, D., Bortolussi, J., Jutai, J., Kalnins, I. and Stevens, E. (1995) Health Promotion and Youth with Physical Disabilities. Rehabilitation Digest, (25), 13-14, 24.

Reports:

Boyce W (2004) Young people in Canada: their health and well-being - 2001/02 HBSC survey. Health Canada.
The report can be downloaded in English and in French from the Public Health Agency of Canada website.

Boyce W, Doherty M, Fortin C, MacKinnon D (2003) Canadian Youth, Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Study: Factors influencing knowledge, attitudes and behaviours. Council of Ministers of Education, Canada.

Connop H., King A.J.C., Boyce W. Youth smoking and the role of the peer group. Toronto: Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, Working Paper No. 47, 1999.

Doyle A-B, Moretti MM, Fraser S, Bukowski B, Brendgen M. (1999) Attachment to parents and adjustment in adolescence: data analyses.

King AJC, Coles B. (1992)The Health of Canada's Youth, Ottawa:Health and Welfare Canada, 198 pages.

King A.J.C., Boyce W., King M.A. Trends in the health of Canadian youth. Ottawa: Health Canada, 109 pages, 1999.

King, A. J. C., Connop, H., King, M. A., Mercer, T. (1995). Adolescent female smoking: Influence of home, school and peers. Toronto: Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, Literature Reviews Series No. 1.

Steele, C., Biggar, D., Bortolussi, J., Jutai, J., Kalnins, I. and Stevens, E. Promoting Health for Kids with Disabilities. Family Connection, The Hugh MacMillan Rehabilitation Centre, Toronto, May, 1995.

Steele, C., Biggar, D., Bortolussi, J., Jutai, J., Kalnins, I. and Stevens, E. Rap on Research. Family Connection, The Hugh MacMillan Rehabilitation Centre, Toronto, March, 1994.

Steele, C., Biggar, D., Bortolussi, J., Jutai, J., Kalnins, I. and Stevens, E. Health: Learning about Youth with Physical Disabilities. Participaper, Ontario Federation of Cerebral Palsy, Toronto, January, 1995.

Xin Ma, Ph.D., University of Alberta; Yanhong Xhang, Ph.D., Statistics Canada, The impact of school experiences on health outcomes of Canadian youth.