HEALTH BEHAVIOUR IN SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION COLLABORATIVE CROSS-NATIONAL SURVEY
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HBSC Online Consultation: Summary report publised
HBSC recently partnered with Wikichild, Wikigender, The Department for International Development (DFID), ASCD - The Whole Child, the Girl Hub, the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and Plan (UK) for an online discussion on the impacts of discriminatory social norms on adolescent girls.
For a full run down of the discussion, and to view all comments, you can visit the discussion page.
A summary report, which was presented at a meeting on 26/4/13 in London, hosted by DFID, is now available and includes HBSC's 2009/2010 International Report and a new Key Findings Fact-sheet on Gender as part of the recommended resources.
see here for further details
contact: Mr Joseph Hancock
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[30-04-2013 to 20-06-2013]
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